Whitewashing (Lime Washing) - Building Chicken Coop from Dog Kennel

[@TimTurner115]

White wash. I remember those days. I got smart put it in a paint spray rig.

[@kickinitwithkaren]

All those natural sounds in the background as well as the brush sounds are very relaxing.

[@mizsterious]

Great information DK!! I had no idea that whitewash was lime. Thanks for the history and back story, I had zero idea about it, even tho' I remember folks doing whitewashing. My dad used powdered lime in the planting fields, that I remember very clear, seeing all the white in the fields. Ahh Ha ha ha ha ha . . The predators wanting to move in? NOT! It'll be me first! Any Hoooo, The coop is gorgeous. Looks amazing. I know Adelynn is a great artist, maybe Adelynn can find a small plank of wood and paint a Silkie on a medallion and place it on the front eve of the coop? (Maybe have a contest for your viewers to name the coop? Win a DK hat or swag?) So many ideas for your Great Build. I love it, and I love you guys! Always a Great Journey and Story! . . .As always . . . Be Kind, Be Light, Be Love to one another, Help, Hear, Listen and Enjoy each other! . . . .Just Be! Know that you are greatly loved! To the Moon and Back💗💗 PS Nice Job Mama Kirbs, you make it Happen!

[@LizZorab]

It looks great! I've never seen how the whitewash is made, it's much simpler than I'd imagined. Thanks for sharing.

[@pagodaracingmountpennreadi8915]

Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it. The pigs didn't die for their blood they died to ensure the families survival through winter. Prior to our consumer society nothing went to waste. Every part of the animal had a use at the home/farm it was raised and slaughtered at. Pigs/hogs were not pets. Butchering and rendering were essential to survival, blood and offal were also used for sausage, pudding and fertilizer. Nothing was wasted even the hair had a useful application.

[@chloeba-baminnie392]

Nice to see your tutorial. Glad you are keeping it natural for the area I grew up.

[@edvangilder4424]

My grandpa use to white wash the trees around the house about 5 ft. Up from the ground.

[@lilbitatatime3763]

Berry juice and spinach juice too. Very nice look to the coop! Lots of arm exercise. 👍

[@ginger55081]

I like the white wash look on the chicken coop!

[@kiltedgardener]

Amazing what one coat of the white wash did and great information about white wash! I didn’t realize it was hydrated lime, for some reason I always thought it was milk.

[@RegSargent]

maybe you should do the lime wash on the other coops to make sure you don't get pests back

[@sweetolyve]

I love this idea! Years ago I had thought about doing this and totally forgot about it...blonde moment here. Thanks for the tutorial on this. Also, I used to sell hydrated "hot" lime to old timers who used it for flea control in their yards.

[@daddykirbs]

Hmm, flea control in the yard? That's worth researching, thanks 😁

[@maryritelli3495]

Looks great. I’m thinking of doing my coop now

[@Roonnam]

Lot of time would have been saved using an air compressor, i find the paint a bit thin.. i think an important part of the traditional white wash is to prevent insects from hiding in cracks.. knowing a bit about it i would have recommended to make the white wash straight with fat milk or yoghurt plus some sort of to dust grinded baked stone or vulcanic dust.. something that won't shrink and has that high metal content type of stone work..baked clay.. probably also fine.... maybe a batch of carbnysed and repowered lime itself might be fine.. i'm not sure .... the lime is litterally cement like portland cement without the aditifs/(carbons i quess) that make it chemicly bind without taking the co2 from the air.. normally it is a 1:3 mixture a 1 part binder on 1 part sand..1 part small stones.. typicly concrete style.. now that old fashion concrete needs time to harden. 60 hours of breathing carbon co2.. if the mixture dries before the chemical reaction is done.. you end up with a dusty powdered chickencoop.. that rubs of easily... , i brought the concrete ratio up because it sort of tells you what shrinkage you can expect using it like you do, nm pure.. there are lots of easier concrete pre mixed products around.. yet the can't beat the use of plain lime.. plain lime does something no other cements will or can if forms a water reppelent layer while constantly pumping water from the inside out towards its surface..so the rain will only penetrate 1 molecule deep.. yet the whole layer is breathing.. this could probably be a disadvantage when used in the wrong way.. say if you keep a carbonated hardened cubic square meter of solid lime in constant contact with water( in a pool sticking out for the mayor part) it will probably be wet all year round is my thought..not much info in dat field though.. i'm using lime for a few years now.. it can drive you crazy if you do not completely understand the mechanics at work.. and its an old technique so the recpies are questionable not always ..foulproof.. they mention something casually where to todays standards big letters would be used and !!!.. if you get dry hydrated lime in your mouth.. it is an absolute painfull nightmare the pain will haunt you for months.. severe burning effects instantly but slowly getting worse first.. so first water then lime in the mixture..

[@insidekateskitchen]

Good info to keep for when I get chickens/ Thanks for the share.

[@kickinitwithkaren]

I loved this video! Informative and interesting!

[@deborahtofflemire7727]

Those are the prettiest chickens .

[@whytchywooo]

Seems to me that one could add some D.E. to the mixture for extra protection.

[@PaulOtis]

If you pretend it is really really fun, your friends and neighbors will come over and want to try it too.

[@bobcowman2264]

Would it benefit bee hives?

[@gerrymatheson4020]

🤣 lol. Tom Sawyer...

[@OndrejProchazkaPilot]

Did you try to think to use Shou-Sugi-Ban instead of a Lime wash? I have lime washed our palet-wood doors in the bathroom and kitchen cubboards.. but I think for outside use Shou-Sugi-Ban could be faster and even more effective. Let me know what you think

[@carolah4687]

Looks great! Are you putting a wire mesh near the roof to keep out chicken snakes? Having been raised on a farm in TN we had a problem with Chicken snakes and the small mesh was our solution.

[@dianemerimon4268]

Poke weed berries would work also as a color

[@patkonelectric]

The salt might soak up some the water and make it less runny. Give it a try next time.

[@chelseeparsons6836]

The white wash looks awesome! Also what signs were on your birds to show you they had mites? My chickens have what looks like blood specks on their combs.. so I’m not sure if it’s mites, or another chicken, or frost bite. There’s not a lot of info on how to spot mites on chickens.

[@kickinitwithkaren]

Well you just answered my question.

[@ericjohnson1008]

Thanks for sharing. Might have to try it out.

[@daddykirbs]

I would love to know how it turns out for you 🏠

[@tamaradevault9333]

Love this! I agree with Mamakirbs it looks vintage and very nice! I painted my coop to match our house and shop on the outside, but for the inside its just wood. I use DE about once a month, its very dry in AZ. But I think the lime wash would be great for the inside walls! I have seen evidence of ground termites, might help with those too. Thanks for the video. *ALWAYS WEAR A MASK WHEN CLEANING OR DOING WORK IN THE COOP OR WORKING WITH THE FEED GRAINS. FARMERS LUNG IS REAL.

[@dollyperry3020]

Blake, I was wondering if you had any opinions on this....I'm thinking of doing it to my coop since I've had mite issues in the past. Would you do anything differently and also would this work in a paint sprayer?

[@smack63]

Did the whitewash stay on after a rain? It's supposed to be water soluble, so I thought it would wash away.

[@gerrymatheson4020]

Not for exterior use really. Just inside...

[@kickinitwithkaren]

Will you do the inside of the chicken house too?

[@theaddictedprepper902]

I wonder if this would work, if the coop already has an infestation.

[@daddykirbs]

It might help drive them out. I'm not sure.

[@lunaflamed]

It should kill the pests nicely. At least anywhere you lime wash.

[@kickinitwithkaren]

Will that be safe for the chickens?

[@weetreebonsai]

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[@a.l9313]

Chicken mites?

[@deborahtofflemire7727]

Cooooooool

[@lferenczi4616]

Thanks for all the great informatio, but dude, you could have put all that into a two minute video.

[@liseann9163]

Did you whitewash the roosts too?

[@daddykirbs]

yes and it's about time to do it all again :)

[@sixmagpies]

Learn to use a paintbrush, and save yourself a fortune in time.

[@makenalemens2678]

How’s it holding up?

[@daddykirbs]

Fantastic! We love it.

[@dollyperry3020]

ooo Pigs blood paint just sounds really gross!

[@kickinitwithkaren]

I thought you were going to say Beets. But, pigs blood. YUCK.... Oh wait... you just said beets.

[@rennells]

I bet you could add color to it

[@gerrymatheson4020]

Blackberry, blueberry, raspberry, beet juice, spinach or even just grass juice, etc...

[@debbie2663]

👍🙏❤️🙏

[@clovermark39]

Best to have it thinner and use a few layers.

[@MyQuaintCottage]

Great information! 🙂

[@heathercarter9741]

Wow this looks great! What a great idea!

[@MrsChrisW]

good job by the hard-working duo!

[@2k_]

In Egypt, they add salt to prevent it from coming off