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Great instructional video. Great woodworking techniques here. Specifically for a chicken coup, there are several points to be mindful of to improve on your next coop build. Ventilation and drafts, chicken wire vs ½" hardware cloth, roosting bars, chicken ramp, and extra predator proofing (on the ground perimeter, rafter openings and fasteners). Ventilation can enter the lower end of the rafters and exit the higher end, but it would be better to add vents high up on the side walls. Make sure the vents are higher than where the chickens will ne roosting so they don't feel a draft. Seal the door against a draft. Poor ventilation can be detrimental to the health of chickens, and drafts can be deadly for chickens. Chicken wire is universally unacceptable for securing chickens against predators. Chicken wire keeps chickens in, but large and determined predators like foxes, raccoons, possums, skunks, cats and dogs, falcons and owls can shred it. Smaller predators like snakes and weasels can slip right through. And mice and rats will be able to enter the run for food and water. You also want to bury hardware cloth around the perimeter, extending out at least 18"-24" to discourage digging. You can cover it with topsoil or landscaping rocks. And don't forget to seal openings in tbe rafters with hardware cloth as well. It should be fastened well with nails or screws with washers every foot or so, and 18 gauge staples inbetween. Also, the lid on the nesting boxes needs a predator-proof latch. Raccoons can defeat simple latches and that lid is not heavy enough to keep them out of it. Remember, raccoons can climb, squeeze through, throw their weight arpund, push and pull. They open trash can and dumpster lids all the time. Even in urban and suburban environments, you would be surprised what predators lurk at night. Some chickens will be sliding on that ramp. They need better traction. Install some treads on the ramp with your trim wood. The greater the incline of the ramp, the more treads needed. Roosting bars should not be so flat as the 4" side of a 2x4. They do not like to sleep perfectly flat-footed. At least, take your router and bullnose the corners so they can comfortably wrap their feet around the edge instead of wrapping their feet around a sharp 90⁰ corner, and use the 2" side up. 2x3's would be better if you've got them. Lastly, the slide-out poop tray is convenient. I did not see any handles on the board to pull it out. Maybe I missed it. This could be a rope handle. Keep in mind that the nesting boxes also need to be cleaned, so you might want to design a convenient way to sweep those out as well.

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looks great but I think ventilation ports should be added to keep coops well vented during hot days and reduce moisture buildup during the cold days

5⭐ chicken coop, great build! 👌👍Dunno about your area but in mine you usually do well to bury the chicken wire 8 or more inches into the ground to stop foxes and other predators from digging their way in. 👍

Looks good but I did notice a lot of flaws. The windows didn't open. They need to open and have hardware cloth, not chicken wire. The chicken wire only keeps chickens in, not predators out. The ramp needs rungs to help the chickens up without slipping. There should be ventilation on all sides of the coop. The nest box didn't look like it had anything at the back to stop any rain from getting in. Another safety measure would be to have hardware cloth all the way around the outside parameter of the coop/run to prevent any animal from digging under.

You should turn your nail gun 90° when nailing vertically. It will reduce all the blow out your always having.

The chickens will be living in style! We're glad you had the Wagner sprayer to apply the finishing touches

I've looked at a dozen+ of these videos, and yours is the best BY FAR, the most thorough, and the most complete! Thank you!

awesome job 👍 FYI raccoons/fox's will be able to push underneath the netting underneath the coop, you need to put a frame around the bottom and staple the netting to it like you did the run. Also put a lock on the laying box. I lost chickens because raccoons are too smart

Ooh Brent’s up with the chickens lol

Love how quick and simple the coop is. I need the cut sheet for the coop.

Really nice! Now I just have to convince my husband that we need chickens!!! Thank you for a very easy to understand chicken coop build!

I really enjoyed this. Step by step. Thank you so much. It is in my favorites bar for when I build it.

We just watched your video and I want to commend you on your skills, unreal! I'm a carpenter myself and am super impressed, gonna try my luck at one of these...have a blessed day

Thank you for this! I'm going to take some of these designs and incorporate them into my build!

Love how quick and simple

As always quality work! Their flock will be happy! 🐣

Excellent design/build. My 2 suggestions are legs under nesting box for extra support and wood strips across the ramp so that the chickens have traction walking up.

I swear he says “Let it started”. Every video I hear this

Wow, just wow!

Good stuff there. I really appreciate the ideas

Great coop, also liked the Wagner sprayer.

wow .. you and Robert from Under Dunn have best coops in the towns ... this could be some epic battle :)

Very nicely done. Great instructions. What about ventilation for the coop?

I’ve got a pipe stall out back that my horse refuses to stay in and I started converting it into a chicken stall/run/yard. I’ve got it enclosed in some chicken proof fencing and I’m going to top it with anti bird netting to keep predators out. This chicken coop is perfect to finish this area and I won’t have to build an eight foot chicken run onto the coop. Thanks for the video. Best and most detailed one that I’ve seen so far… guess I can stop looking and start building now.

Awesome job.

I really enjoy your videos! Makes me wanna start crafting my own things, but I'm no good craftsman haha. Keep up the great work! - esteban

Great work!

Well done build.

well I think you sold me on the wagner sprayer because I sure love how even that looks as well as how fast it seems to go. I am almost done with my coop and it has been a nightmare. But in the end, my girls will be happy

Have you made a 10x8 coop with the plan without the run?

Damn Brent chicken coops too..... nice

This is the most informative video that I’ve seen for a novice to build a chicken coop for my chickens. The thing is that most of the coops are designed with large fowl chickens in mind. I have Silkie chickens which are a bantam breed so I need a coop that is half the the height off the ground than most chicken coops because they don’t really like heights. Additionally, the roosting bars need to be at least half the height off the floor of the coop so the coop itself doesn’t need to be so tall. If you are really interested in designing a coop for my needs, I would really like a design that meets theses requirements. I would love to have a 4x8 platform with the last foot at the end for the nesting boxes 4x1, leaving the main coop with the dimensions 4x7. The opening to the run on the opposite wall of the nesting boxes and the cleaning door for my access on the long side. I’ve never seen it before, but I was thinking that a drop bottom with hinges on one side for cleaning would work best for a coop this size except not dropping under the nest box. Even if it was two sections of 4x3 1/2 drop bottoms with a 2x4 beam between them. And then a beam between the nest boxes and the rest of the coop. I know that’s a lot to ask but if you would like to design something like this it would be exactly what I would need.😊 Is there a way to contact you? Ginger

To say the least, you are quite talented!! Enjoyed this presentation!!

Wow! I was just thinking about how to build a chicken coop! I know it won't be as nice as yours, but you've inspired me 😀 I would love to see you build different sizes of chicken coops. You are an inspiration to me 😊

Congratulations, amazing job! You just gave me great ideas about my next chicken coop :) As a chicken keeper and a very amateur dyi person, however, I would like to point out some issues that I learned only by keeping chickens, if I may. I would recommend wires in the windows covered by a slideable plate from outside instead of glass: chickens need good air ventillation. Also, after I spent considerable amount of time trying to clean the nesting boxes, I made the front panels of the boxes completely removable in the manner as you did with the dividers (except for the two laths are not on the base but on the side, so the closed lid holds the front panel in place, that made the cleaning process so much easier. I also connected the legs of the coop with laths at the bottom to fasten the wire to that also, just to be more safe. One or two feets deep guard around and under the walls also required - wire, tiles, bricks, whatever - to prevent animals that desire some chicken for dinner, from digging in - but I guess that is not your job to do :) I so envy your tool set btw :)

I would love to see a larger chicken coop made with the run if possible... Great video

Well done! Would love to have one of this quality. 😎👍🏻

Awesome video!!!

darn good work..thanks for making the video

Fancy little chicken coop! However, I am concerned those Chickies are going to become supper for foxes raccoons possums or whatever. I like the dusk and dawn automatic door! That may do the trick. It would be really good to have buried some type of fencing a foot or so into the ground so predators cannot get in. Also, traditional chicken wire is very, very easily dismantled by predators like raccoons. A few staples on chicken wire won’t last long. Just a little bit of advice from someone who has seen a LOT of chickens disappear to raccoons!

Very very nice job!

Excellent! This can easily be so much more than a chicken coop!

Love this chicken coop. Like made for me, lol. 😊Yeah awesome size for 2 to 3 chickens. Love the height and under the coop you can have the water and feeder. Thanks for posting

It's look awesome

needs some ventilation there.

Wow!!! Best looking chicken coop ever. Those will be happy chickens. Hope. you have a lifetime supply coming your way. LOL

Amazing

Great job!

Gorgeous! My kitchen cabinets look extremely similar. If you don’t mind me asking, what did it cost you as well as what color white you got?

I love it!!!!!

Wow dude it came out eggcellent!

Nice beautiful chicken coops beautiful than my house

Hi. Well done. A few suggestions: - yes, THE COOP NEEDS VENTILATION. Even just a few holes near the high end of the roof will vent ammonia, etc. Do your own research. - in that vein, WINDOWS SHOULD OPEN. Otherwise it becomes a hotbox. - YOU WANT A LOCK ON THE EGG DOOR. Raccoons are notorious and very deft. You need a two-step lock, not just a hook. Same with the main access door. - CHICKEN WIRE will keep chickens in, but not predators out. This includes neighborhood dogs. Coons just reach into the wire and pull a chicken out piece by piece. Hardware cloth is better. - I assume food and water is hung at the run's main entrance. Where are the hooks?

This is awesome !!! Can’t wait to build one for myself

Love the design. Have you built one double the size to house more chickens?

awesome

There ends up being a gap towards the top for ventilation, right? Love this.

Good video

Have absolutely no need for a chicken coop but after watching I want one. Also very similar way to make a small play hove for young kids just without the cage 🤣🤣

hi! Really nice chicken coop and run. Ive picked up some good ideas to build mine. If you dont mind, I think it needs two important details: one, some plastic or metal to cover the nesting boxes so the water doesnt run inside, and two, the ramp needs some sticks attached on top (simulating a ladder) so the chickens dont slip off when they go out or into the coop. Finally, chicken poop is rather toxic, so it also needs some ventilation (by drilling some holes on the walls you can do it very easily). Greetings!

Руки с правильного места 👍

I love this i would definitly like dementions a coop for 6 chickens

Great video. Gonna follow your plans but little bigger

Is the laying box waterproof?

Awesome chicken coop, did you cover the exposed chicken wire in the bottom inside of the ? Just wondering

Hi What is the size of the window you put

Awesome video! Well built Chicken coop. I must say 1/2” wire cloth is recommended over chicken wire to keep out mice/rats as they can easily squeeze through the hole. Also, add ventilations on all 4 sides of the henhouse. Other than that I’d order one from you!

Interesting!

Hi. I just purchased your plans. I love the detailed drawings. The only thing i was disappointed in was the actual number of each piece of material needed. If you have that, i would surely appreciate it. This would really cut down the number of trips to the lumber yard.

Forget the chickens! I want to live in it!!!

This is a great build! We want it to be able to fit through our gate so 4 feet is perfect. However, 5 feet for the length would be ieal so we could have 5 chicken as planned. Do you have plans for a 4x5? Thank you!

New to your channel. What about a rollaway nesting box.Loosestanding from the coop ?Haven't checked your previous videos to see if fhere is one.

very nice

Great approach to the design. It only needs improved ventilation and suggest covering that piece of OSB or the floor to be covered with a piece of remnant sheet vinyl to make cleaning out easier.

Great 😊

Don't you have problems with moisture at the nestingbox, where the lit is connected to the hinges?

Awesome video! Thank you! Are you still intending to post the plans?

Super nice 😊 I'd advice you to making it, finding another solution than a hatch above the nesting hens. This is really stressing for them.

I'm strongly considering this coop, but in reverse. And roof to save the rain water. Maybe 4' × 8' or 10'

The nicest chicken coop I've seen on UKposts! Good job! What were your material costs? How many hours did you put into it?

Lmbo, I think you might of just saved me. The part where you locked yourself inside with the latch is the same system I'm going to use.

Looks like a coop made for making you work. No commercial coop would be made this way. You need heavy wire mesh for the floor so you don’t end up shoveling shit every week. Then you need an automatic chicken door, auto feeder, auto water, and auto egg catcher. Nice build!

Did you leave those small gaps between the roof/rafters and the walls? Perhaps more chicken wire/mesh in those spots will keep mice out and provide a little more ventilation?

make steps about an inch high and the width of the chicken rramp so the chickens have something to grab onto with their talons as they go down the ramp ( i didnt see those on the ramp in your video )

What exactly is the glass that you bought for then window? Any link? Thanks

Are coop plans available yet? I didn't see them on website yet? I'd like to adapt to an 8x4 coop. Great video! Thank you!

Also next time you're doing a steel roof on something could you go into more detail about the layout, cuts and bends required for flashing an outside corner? I can never get it to look quite right! 😂😂

Wow! That is a really nice chicken coop! I wished you were near me, so I could hire you to build me one…😂Yes, I would love to see you build different sizes, as well. Thank you for sharing this project with us!❤❤❤

helllo, nice chicken coop! where can I get these remote controlled doors(hatch) if I live in Croatia/Europe? anyone sells these?

i wanna see different sizes!!!!

I would like plans For a cube size to accommodate 2 to 4 dozen chickens.

Hi is the plywood waterproof ?

How r u keeping rainwater from coming down the wall into the egg laying boxs?

Wahoo😊

On a side note, I think that I would have put gussets on the legs to ensure that it won’t collapse with the chickens and eggs inside. Also chicken wire underneath the entire thing. We had a opossum find it’s way into one of ours and it was traumatizing for the chickens. Didn’t lay eggs for weeks.

Without framework around the bottom of the house where the chicken wire is stapled, it will be very easy for a predator to slip under the wire. If the chickens begin dust bathing near the wire once the grass is gone, it will also be easy for them to slip under the wire.

Do you happen to have an itemized bill of materials list put together?

What application do you use to create the plans?