Tour my open-air chicken coop that's great for warm climates!

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I turned my daughter's abandoned tree fort into a chicken coop, enclosed using 2x4's and hardware cloth! The coop uses a 2x6 roosting bar, with a dropping tray below filled with Sweet PDZ Stall Refresh to control waste odor. Controlling the night time waste effectively is the key to managing odor.
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Royal Rooster Feeder and Waterer: amzn.to/3wDsrup
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Raised fabric garden bed: amzn.to/39wveMF
Omlet chicken fencing: www.omlet.us/shop/chicken_kee...
Omlet Eglu coop: www.omlet.us/shop/chicken_kee...
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@timingisperfect Год назад

That was a fantastic showcase of your coop and I am shocked that this doesn't have gagillions of views. Great laughs as well 😂

@ericsuiter7619 Год назад

Well thought-out and executed. It's nice to see a success story that did not require huge (and costly) construction. Thank you for sharing your work.

@bidenisasnake9932 Год назад

The cost is insane for this kind of animal.

@ericsuiter7619 Год назад

@Bidenisasnake If 2022 taught me only one thing, it's that cost and value are both more significant than I ever thought. They don't seem to match anymore. We're now forced to decide what we value, then evaluate/manipulate the expenses involved. Security is evermore expensive, putting it mildly.

@TexasBeliever57 Год назад

Glad I found your channel. I'm looking for more local to me channels.

@user-ez5im8vk2d 5 месяцев назад

Great tips for a backyard chicken coop! I’ve many videos for backyard chicken coop set ups and yours is one of the best! Thank you!

@bethanybielamowicz9384 Год назад

Finally!!!! I’ve looked everywhere trying to see if doing something like this would work but everyone still had a coop inside or next to versus it being all in one. Thank you for sharing!

@DR-lh9rm 3 месяца назад

Side note- what a cute doggie ❤

@patshipp9195 Год назад

You are a great Chicken Momma, good work. God Bless

@onedazinn998 Год назад

great setup!

@sadieratliff2401 Год назад

I currently have two gateway chickens in the tiny coop you showed. I have two additional chickens coming in the next two weeks and we are about to convert an old metal shed we weren't using into an open air coop. (Open on two sides but also leaving two for a windbreak.) I was curious if I had to build an additional coop *inside the coop* for them to go into at night to roost. I really appreciated this video. Not only the information, but it was super helpful the way you showed everything, explained everything, and your intelligence and personality make you so relatable. Awesome. Thanks!

@tsantangelo 28 дней назад

Great content- I'm trying to do the same with a Producers Pride Universal Chicken Run as the main coop area. So far so good, but I am always looking for more ideas. Thanks for sharing.

@annwithaplan9766 5 месяцев назад

Your coop is similar to mine. The two sides both have plastic tarps (I think from signage tarps) that I can push down and pull up when it rains. There are poly ropes that hold the tarps in place. I put kitty litter boxes on the floor and they like those for laying. My coop is only about 5x8, but works well enough. I set up several easy-ups outside, with 100' of moveable electric fencing all around. I like the idea of putting those poop catching board under their roosting bars.

@flyingyogagirl4654 Год назад

Great video! Can totally relate to the ‘chicken poop on the patio is bad for my marriage’ 😂😂😂

@dawnpleasant2319 Год назад

This is fantastic! Perfect for my southern California hot climate!

@MamaZsTexasKitchen Год назад

*Thank you so much for this video, I'm fixing to do something like this and was worried LOL I live in North central Texas! God bless!*

@barbarapinti297 2 года назад

Hahaha, your dog looks too cute to be a bloodthirsty killer, but I'll take your word for it!

@homemadetexas 2 года назад

He is cleverly disguised as a cute dog.

@freddieivory625 4 месяца назад

Great tour, thanks for sharing

@BARBSCOUNTRYHOME999 Год назад

I agree with you about the chickens on the porch lol. Your open air chicken coop is amazing.. Beautiful job! New friend here from southeast Texas! 🤗

@Talvia920 Год назад

This was so much help I am in FL and need something that's not all closed in so they don't get to hot. Thank you so much for shring

@farmyourbackyard2023 Год назад

Great detailed tour. Thanks!

@patty9265 Год назад

That's a nice set up.

@michaelstlouis2472 Год назад

Ok now I know how I'm going to make my coup. I'm in fl so more heat than cold. Great ideas on the chicken droppings. I might just close in 3 sides where they sleep, gets a little windy sometimes.😁 Great coup thanks for all the great ideas. Have a great day 🌞

@patty9265 7 месяцев назад

I'm in the panhandle of Fl. and I have an 3 sided open air coop as well 8x 8 coop 8x24 run all covered 8x32 total, but my girls and roo sleep out in the run no matter how cold it gets here. Go figure. To deal with the heat I put sun sails up for Shade and keep the free range are wetted down in the summer. This is my first year and have not lost a bird yet. My nesting boxes and free freed tube are in the coop area.

@kekq3525 2 года назад

This is awesome!

@gracecanon2872 Год назад

Very nice set up, thank you for this video.

@Monami7th Год назад

One word = GENIUS 👏👏👏

@tracipeters23 Год назад

Great video

@R1M1r1m1 2 года назад

I live in FL and was thinking about an open air coop as well, but we have bears so I don't know.

@naegwut Год назад

Very good

@normbograham Год назад

I've done fairly much the same thing. Except one side has a sheet of plywood, about 4' off the ground, to 8', and then one side has 20", so, they have a corner wind break. Honestly, it seemed like they would use it, but they do not, they like the breeze, even at night.

@tjharmon891 Год назад

This is what I want to build..but I worry about the 2 months of colder Temps we get in the austin area

@homemadetexas Год назад

I am near Austin. Chickens are very cold-hardy. As long as you give them a dry place out of the wind, they will be fine. It's the heat you have to worry about killing them.

@737smartin 8 дней назад

@@homemadetexasI’m near Austin, too… Lake Travis / Volente area. This will be our first winter with chickens here. We had a small flock in S. Houston a few years back. It’s my understanding that as long as you give them a well-ventilated place and limit the drafts, chickens handle our kind of cold just fine. Also… ensure access to water that isn’t a block of ice!

@meagangarber8197 Год назад

What do you do about rain? I’m building a similar setup but am concerned about them getting wet when it rains.

@hectormaldonado4369 Год назад

Hi. What about the winter: how do you protet them from the winter cold?

@homemadetexas Год назад

Hi there! As I said in the video, I hung tarps on the north and west sides of the coop to form a wind break. Chickens are very cold-hardy animals and can easily withstand cold temperatures as long as you protect them from wind and rain.

@onemoredoll5791 Год назад

You can use clear roofing vinyl sheets that are grooved for ventilation that keeps coop/run light, protected from wind and rain and a tad warmer. Then take off in spring.

@shaukatalisheikh5374 Год назад

A clean and higeine coop.where in Texas are you.from where you get the chicks.i want to setup a similar coop in el paso

@homemadetexas Год назад

I got all my hens as pullets or adults from local Facebook groups or craigslist. I don't want to raise chicks. Good luck!

@darlene5621 Год назад

A raccoon could make short work of your lock, i've heard if a 2 yr old could slide the lock so could a coon. My coop could be used as a brinks truck if something gets my girls he's gona have to work at it.

@oftin_wong Месяц назад

Chicken also need protection from winds especially cold nightime winds

@737smartin 8 дней назад

So… did you actually watch the video? 🤷🏻‍♂️

@oftin_wong 8 дней назад

@@737smartin The one titled ...open air chicken coop ? Nightime temperatures can still plummet with a wind behind it Even in arid places like Texas Chickens deserve some protection from that Oh yes I see ...she puts a tarp on the side seasonally ....I must've gone to make a cup of tea previously and missed it