How I Made This Luxury Chicken Coop with Hidden Doors

[@peturkristinsson9463]

Robert is a guy that seems like he'd make a great friend.

[@joannaatkins822]

Out of 2×4

[@cristian6766]

@@joannaatkins822 God damn Phil, that shit must be one of the funniest jokes on youtube. I love it man! 🤣🤣🤣

[@UnderDunnOfficial]

Hi

[@watajob]

I'd give my eye teeth have this dude live next door to me! :)

[@forevercomputing]

and then screw it up and make another one - better than the first.

[@cjhoyle]

Your wife looks so much different without a box on her head.

[@samuelmartiskainen1081]

sure does

[@alexandrecouture2462]

...hopefully...

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

My wife would not only look different with a box over her head, but better

[@onesandzeroes]

Imagine how different she will look without the chickens sitting on her.

[@Zequax]

@@onesandzeroes clean XD

[@jackielinde7568]

ROBERT! As someone who's worked with art glass (and needs to get their tools and kiln back from their parent's house), you don't need to slap the glass on the edge of your table. If you have a pencil or a wood dowel, just put the dowel between the glass and the tabletop, running along the scribed mark. Then just put GENTLE pressure on both sides to bend the glass at the scribed mark... And the crack will pop beautifully along the scribed mark. You'll get less breakage there. They also make special pliers that do this called breaking sheers.

[@DetroitYugo]

There's a reason it doesn't have more doors, otherwise it'd be a chicken sedan.

[@RockyFoxxowo]

If you put 3 doors it’s a chicken veloster

[@Mike_Regan]

Nice one!

[@drippingwax]

He used this joke when he replaced the chicken coop.

[@daveogarf]

"Chickums" is one of the cutest things I've ever heard! (Reminds me of "Steak-Umms). LOVE your wife peeking about in the assembly video!

[@mrlurchAU]

“How time flies when.... *pause* you edit out all the in between bits” As a viewer - thank you As a KZbinr - How did I get 20sec of footage from 8 hours work??

[@hafeexius]

Whatever you use for the roofing, make sure to sandwich a layer of insulation so the coop doesn't overheat too much and the chickums don't lay hard boiled eggs.

[@andytrueman2846]

Awesome job! 2 possible additions might be: 1- Nesting boxes with some hay for them to lay in 2 - Perches, chickens prefer to sleep off the floor if they can

[@SuperMatthew128]

A good idea is to build a small square filled with something, like hay, where the chickens like to lay their eggs and also sleep inside. It depends on how many chicks you have, but I would make at least three squares. Also, if you are going to build the wood square, don't forget that the chickens get kinda large, and they don't really like tight spaces, specially to lay eggs. Another thing, make a small bar to put on the small chicken door, to avoid the shaving falling out and saving you some time not having to collect the fallen pine shaving. They jump on top of it without any problems when they want to go out/in. Besides those nice tips that aren't reeally necessary, great job on the chicken coop, very well Dunn!

[@steveadams4009]

Apparently you have raised chickens, the nesting boxes should be about 16 inches square and there should be some roosts for the chicken to sleep on they feel like they are up in a tree and so more relaxed.n You can put guttering under the roosts to collect a large part of the mess and just take them out and wash when cleaning the coop.

[@boots7859]

@@steveadams4009 Or if you have space, make a chicken tractor that can be moved once a week. Make the coop floor from mesh and very little poop will need to be cleaned up as most of it ends up on the ground.

[@Ray_the_Jackal]

Hey, it’s mrs. Dunn! Congrats on the marriage. Edit: you should also add an egg box for the chickens to lay eggs in that you could easily access

[@SimonTekConley]

Yeah, I was thinking he forgot an egg box.

[@TheRainHarvester]

Chicken run needs soil/earth worms to scratch/eat.

[@windhelmguard5295]

@@TheRainHarvester what he really needs is a chain link fence outside the chicken run so he can let the chickens out onto actual soil, for this purpose he should put a second door onto the chicken run so he has two out areas, so he can have one closed off at any given time for the grass to regrow, because chickens tend to turn everything into a muddy wasteland.

[@TheRainHarvester]

@@windhelmguard5295 yes! Both would be good.

[@DigiVore.official]

CHICKUMS

[@WayneMoyer]

The one thing I learned from watching any of your Aging Wheels, and now some of these videos as well, is this. It's not done unless it's over done.This is not a bad thing. This goes with the RV, the ongoing car projects, especially the garage, and this.

[@GigsTaggart]

Some tips. You are going to want an electrical circuit out there. For two main reasons. One, in the winter when the days get shorter they will stop laying completely. If you put a light with a timer for 12 hours of light on during the winter, they will lay all winter. In the winter you will also need some way to keep their water from freezing, either a heater or use an incandescent bulb to keep the coop above freezing. One risk with heating the whole coop is that if the power goes off, they can die from the rapid change in temperature when it's cold. So you may want to only heat the water. An incandescent light in a cookie tin to sit the waterer on makes a good warmer. You need to make a laying box for them. They like to have an enclosed space to lay. If an egg breaks because they kick it you will have a bunch of egg eaters on your hands. Once they taste egg they will break them on purpose. Chickens love to eat egg. A laying box helps keep them from breaking eggs in the first place. With regard to roosting, chickens are not like birds that stand on wires. They like being flat footed. They will need a wider roost when they are bigger. The roost you have is already almost too narrow for your chickens and they aren't full grown. A nice to have thing would be to put a frame in the run with some topsoil and grass, or sand, or even just random dirt. Chickens like to dust bathe and appreciate grass and dirt.

[@rebeccafishlock226]

It's really interesting reading about you people on the other side of the world dealing with winters like that. While down here I've had to bring mine indoors to get out of the heat!

[@michaelhearn7302]

No offense, but he lives in Missouri. If he was going to consider power for temperature issues, it would be to add an air conditioner, lol.

[@AgentTasmania]

most difficult part of that would be getting an incandescent bulb

[@GigsTaggart]

@@AgentTasmania you can order the rough duty kind. They are rated for 10,000 hours. They weren't banned and really don't cost that much, like $1.50 a bulb

[@frankthetankricard]

The fact that you have a drill and impact driver set and you're using each to do the other one's job is so spot on. :) I wasn't going to comment again on your table saw kung fu, I think you'll do what you do anyway. However after that rip cut on the 2x4 I have to say at least get a riving knife for the table saw. I'm happy you still have 10 fingers and I'm sure your family feels the same.

[@BPMoments]

Or rip 1/2 depth at a time

[@boots7859]

A couple of times when he was hogging out material, his fingers looked darn close... Along with no riving knife, thats going to leave a heck of a lot more of a mark than the phillips head screws.

[@stormtrooper4974]

The thing about the predators tearing through the chicken wire is no joke I speak from experience glad you put that extra wire on there I was worried for a minute

[@zedwpd]

He lives in St Louis/St Charles.

[@willr69420]

It looks like your wife is feeding you well! Congratulations! Your craftsmanship is extraordinary, fyi.

[@jefranke]

Well done, Dunn. of course, you and the missus are now technically Chicken Tenders.

[@torresalex]

That was lovely to watch, and you a rightly proud of your work. I could never do such a thing as well as you did. Can I suggest that when you replace the roof, give it large overhangs on all sides. It helps keeping heavy rain out a lot. So many congrats on the project and of course, for your marriage!!

[@illiteratebeef]

In this episode of power tool abuse...

[@WhatsUpWithSheila]

I can't believe I'm watching this... all the way to the end no less...lol... it's a great-looking building👍

[@garrettducat5769]

Tip for resawing 2x4s with underpowered tools (like mine!): Use the table saw cut about 1" deep on each side. This leaves about 1.5" in the middle of the board. You probably won't trip your saw with cuts like this. Then, use the bandsaw and finish the resaw. The blade will preferentially stay in the kerfs you cut and will bog down the bandsaw way less. You can even get away with using a non resaw blade.

[@polleyjw]

There is an “urban” chick coop that I pass by on my runs and they have installed radiant heat for winter. I think I see a future project for the coop.

[@2ToneWalt]

CHICKUMS! Love it. Is that the missus? Wow, shes pretty.

[@AR1G3]

Hey, you need to put in a few roost bars. Chickens prefer to sleep on them rather than on the ground, so until you put in a few proper roost bars they will keep fighting.

[@SuperMatthew128]

Your wife looks like a very cool person, just like you, Robert!

[@Okurka.]

Not really.

[@toecutterjenkins]

A few things change the hook and eye latch’s on the clean out door a raccoon will have that open in a second. why not use osb and shingle the roof ? You can hinge the roof a crack as well for ventilation . That house is gonna be hot and steamy during the day. Fence slats are cheap and can be used for chicken trim ripping 2x4 isn’t fun. On my coop I made the door bottom hinged and it serves as a draw bridge so if a predator gets in at night it will be harder to pry at the door.

[@cristian6766]

Robert, please listen to this man. He seems to know what he is talking about. Those eye latches seem to be useless.

[@toecutterjenkins]

The life of 6 chickums is at stake!

[@cristian6766]

@@toecutterjenkins And those chickums are very important, especially now! 😁

[@UnderDunnOfficial]

Making the roof hinged is genius. Instead of shingles, I might put white steel roofing over an OSB substrate. That would give me better heat reflection than shingles. And yeah, the hook and eye latches are awful. I need to swap those out

[@toecutterjenkins]

Hinge everything that’s my philosophy

[@TheDigigram]

18:12 almost made my heart do a backflip when the audio of the saw started with the piece still in place :D :D How have I NOT found this channel earlier!!!

[@djenson]

Awesome hen hutch. Love the colour. You scared me with that table saw though. it didn't look like there was a splitter or riving knife. stay safe.

[@bobferranti5222]

Robert, I love all your video's but you need to use a riving knife on your table saw if you are going to re-saw lumber, it keeps the wood from pinching together and makes your cuts straight

[@christopher88719]

Life is legitimately better with chickens. I never knew what smart loving and social animals they were before I got some of my own. Right now with the lockdown in place for weeks where I live in Calfornia, it doesn't seem as bad when you have a fat hen sleeping on your feet. I also have a security camera in my chicken coop so I can watch them when I am at work or in the evening.

[@Preske]

12:00 to prevent squishing the blades, use small wedges. takes only a tiny bit more time to constantly readjust them, but it's saves you a lot in frustration.

[@AndreChavesDamasio]

Congratulations! Nice to get to meet your lovely wife, all the best wishes for the young family. Always a pleasure to watch your videos, thanks for the high quality content, you are a very funny entertainer and your editing work is a piece of art

[@atmm89]

all you need now is nesting boxes for egg laying , well done and love your dry humor

[@Locane256]

You know what I like most about you and this channel is that you wear earmuffs and a respirator when you're dealing with loud and dusty environments. I do that same thing, and back when I worked construction as a much younger person, I got the occasional laugh & head shake for doing that working around old salty construction workers. It's really nice to see safety taken seriously in the modern age!

[@ewdtrey]

Also can save a lot of work/wood on halflap construction if you just used 1" boards. Two 1 inch boards with one being shorter than the other cuts down on the number of dados.

[@twoface8717]

re-sawing is the reason i changed the original 1 HP singlephase Motor to a 2HP 3 Phase Motor with a VFD. Coupled with stronger blades it re saws up to max height with no problem

[@kenmike2010]

Very nice. You should get into the movies. You have a comical wit. Very entertaining.

[@BluRay_4]

your videos really make my day robert, thanks for uploading!

[@tonyanddeb1012]

Is it wrong that I just watch your videos for the comedy value? :) Some people are just naturally funny and IMO, that's you! Keep up the humour, and putting the videos out. It's cost me a fortune already in chickens I didn't need and now it seems I have to go and make a house for them too! :) All the best from France

[@kennethstensrud669]

Nice build. Here we have to insulate our coops due to freezing, and snow. One thing, or two..... you should not have something slippery on the floor of the coop because the chickens will slide on it when scratching the bedding. And second, cover the end of the netting on the run with some kind of trim, either wood, or better still some metal. And if you want to raise chickens in the basement again, make a small hutch/brooder for them. Then they stay in place 😁😁😁😁

[@stephenwgreen78]

I like your style...a little scatterbrained...and a lot of fun...and you do it, but you're not just focused on shop furniture 👍

[@BeamBot]

Awesome work! The birds look very happy

[@Petsrme307]

We got a new 10x20 shed and finished the inside to be a coop for 18 chickens. We just finished the fenced in area for them and they love going in the grass

[@brandonjohnson7559]

Your dry humor and editing is hilarious

[@calvarycustoms6681]

I noticed a “Robert is Here” t-shirt. There used to be a Robert is Here fruit-stand down in Florida, off Alligator Alley near the Everglades.

[@leevickery4033]

Love the channel. Careful with the table saw and your fingers. At one point it looked really close.

[@MrButtonpresser]

Finally caught up with this video. What a great job. I bet the chickums will be very cosy of a cold rainy night.

[@Handl3sAreStupid]

I feel like this is gonna become the main channel and the automotive channel will be secondary lol

[@onesandzeroes]

But.... but..... the Trabant!

[@ozenfant_ozn]

Robert is my fav yt-person.

[@kenbest7660]

Glad you've found something to do while you're "cooped up". The chicken palace is "eggstra" special. With those farm fresh eggs you'll be able to "re-coop" the money spent here. And I may have missed it in the past but you referred to your "wife" so I guess congratulations are in order!

[@JeremyHeiden]

Wow! That looks amazing! When you said you were super proud of that, I’m super proud of you for that as well and I had nothing to do with it but it’s perfect! Your a true artist my friend!

[@Blasterxp]

Awesome, would put white trim on the bottom of the house!

[@KoalaBrawler]

Good Idea with the hardware cloth, We learned the hard way doing the whole run with chicken wire. we were down one chicken one morning and there was just some feathers stuck in a bent section of the wire. Ended up using some left over lime stone brick to reinforce the bottom after that

[@zedwpd]

use square head deck screws for safety. rain water will run down the painted side of your osb and hang underneath which is not painted. Buy 1x4's and send through planner instead of splitting a 2x4.

[@tjeick]

Love your videos! But have you ever heard of 1” lumber...? It comes in the same sizes as other lumber but if you only need say, trim, it works great. Lol great video!

[@boots7859]

I was going to mention that, however when you have a bunch of 2x material around it feels like a waste of $$ to run and get that... However, its a lot, lot easier and safer to cut it down when you have a better saw and blade and push sticks.

[@a-aron5691]

So are we just not going to acknowledge that the tree is just collapsing in on it'self?

[@Kelvin5378]

Ikr that tree is completely done with its existence like it doesn't even want to wait till someone cuts it down

[@KaceyGreen]

came here to talk about the tree

[@danw1030]

May want to take that tree out before it turns the coop into a flat.

[@PaulinesPastimes]

Brilliant and so sturdy. Happy chickens, happy eggs! Cheers

[@Scitch87]

I feel like this should become your mainchannel. It feels like you're so happy when you're working with your wood. (Pun intended)

[@eddyvrancken8148]

I have to say. A good presentation and most important, it is with a sense of humor. Keep it up that way. Greetings from Belgium. Loving it and I subscribed to the channel.

[@smarouchoc7300]

DUUUDE! I found this channel a couple days ago, and I've been watching your other one for months!!!! I had no idea!!!! I love your entire style. and now I have a whole trove of new videos to watch :D

[@deckerdoesitdiy]

Just discovered this channel last night, and i love it. You remind me of myself bro. Don't ever change

[@EinKerl3554]

You might want to add a partitioned laying box. Chickens like it and giving then a dedicated area for laying means your eggs will be less poop encrusted.

[@Zogg1281]

That chicken house looks great!! You might want to cover the concrete floor with something as the concrete isn't good for the chickens feet........ or their love for scratching and digging for tasty things to eat. If you go for a mix of bark chip and shavings from the workshop and then just generally chuck some more on and dig it over every so often, you'll end up with some really awesome compost! 👍👍👍

[@bobnicholas5994]

Your way and my way are one and the same. I make everything out of my head. I have fought the dust removal aspect and need to wait for you to tell me how the Harbor Fr is working. I have investigated all the various vids on the subject. Once again your explanations and process make sense to me. I am the type who likes that you split 2x4s that cost $3 instead of buying $7 a piece trim boards.making the project financially viable is part of the fun. Thks.

[@ragzard]

I have to agree. It turned out amazing! Also, hello, lady Dunn, nice to meet you.

[@nemanjadk93pro18]

Man i'm just gonna say, you deserve millions of viewes! Keep up the good work!

[@Rutgerman95]

10:22 He briefly got possessed by the spirit of Beaker there

[@kinkjarfold3816]

Great job and a great sense of humor, too.

[@eberbacher007]

love your style of cutting videos

[@cadman10000]

When I first read the title, I thought it said “I made a luxury chicken soup with hidden doors.” I was thinking that this was going to be a really strange video...

[@onesandzeroes]

_I made a luxury chicken soup with hidden bones_

[@revpops]

But really strange is his que

[@torperator1555]

No you didn't

[@revpops]

Your videos are Awesome information and you are hilarious, and your editing is Great and funny.

[@BlueXonar]

18:30 - You make me very nervous sometimes! Lol Nice work! :)

[@dimarc67]

Great build! It's probably been said many times in the 395 comments before mine, but I use cedar or plastic shim wedges in the kerf whenever I'm ripping construction lumber to keep it from pinching the blade. Works very well.

[@jlawlar]

I would of left the garage door for easy cleaning lol. great job, your best work yet

[@center4nerds]

Except for the shed and how quick you put it together this is very similar to how I built my chicken coupe. I miss my chickens. Also wish I had half the tools you had as out took me nearly a month to build my chicken coupe with one cordless drill and a skill saw ;D

[@mnky1800]

Have built several coops...wont be long and you will change that floor out I used metal grate for my floor i like it it allows the fertilizer to reach the ground

[@boots7859]

Yep. Also make the coop moveable around the lawn, aka chicken tractor.

[@melancholicwaffle]

I literally caught myself reaching for the like button multiple times throughout this video. We’re both lucky I landed on an odd number by the end

[@robenglish416]

Lovely, great job!

[@Sly_Wolf_1]

Brilliant chicken house and run, another great video too.

[@dianafertig2188]

Bobcats, Mountain Lion and Coyotes can still get in your coop and run. You need Heavy Gauge Hardware cloth all over. Plus your door latch is easily opened by all of them. I know this because as a teenager in 4H over 40 years ago I had plenty of break ins even though my Coop and Hutch were in a secure garden. Heavy Duty Hardware Cloth sandwiched between boards for strength ( to keep it from being ripped off) took care of all my problems. Well that and securing the latches from Racoons.

[@SimonBarnsley]

Great video. You’re a very funny guy too - a natural. Keep ‘em coming.

[@robboone4367]

Nice job! I like your sense of humor.

[@ukultur9237]

I love this editing. brr-brr-brr-brr-brr DUNN!

[@brandonhewitt2386]

I've never been so scared for a another mans fingers! I love your channel, both of them! Stay safe, I hope you and your family are healthy!

[@gregoryhalye8907]

Only one piece of advice for you concerning ripping... Featherboards. You can make them yourself with your bandsaw and then use them on the bandsaw as well as the tablesaw. Clamp them in place and allow them to provide gentle guiding pressure from above (attach to fence) and from the side opposing the fence, and you can just gently push your material through the blade with much better control.

[@Turk380]

man, so good to watch. Really enjoying your woodworking series.. we're on such similar paths - I'm a weird car guy also just taking up woodworking as well. Been remodeling my garage for months and now building shop furniture. End goal is a nice space to restore my '64 Westfalia in. and hey, I'm in St. Louis, we should meet up sometime! I have serious shop envy!!

[@caponeprincess73]

Love the coop especially the windows made it really look like a house.

[@threeiem]

Coop looks amazing. :D Put some astroturf or miners moss on their roosting places so they don't get issues with their feet.

[@ewdtrey]

Sometimes adding a nickle or some sort of spacer/shim to open up the kerf you cut helps if the wood is pinching your blade, especially on the bandsaw which doesn't have a spliter/riving knife.(generally)

[@morkovija]

I love the editing style!

[@ScarlettStunningSpace]

Robert is the type of guy I'd love to help with a project like this. Also, your wife is absolutely gorgeous!

[@Texburrito03]

Love your enthusiasm and love your videos!

[@Julian-do7bv]

I missed this video I guess and I'm happy I found it this is great seeing how you actually built the chicken house I really like your whole set up can't wait to see the whole thing finished with the fenced in lot and everything

[@HainjeDAF]

Oh your humor... love it, just like aging wheels

[@concert610]

Very nice. Good call on the half inch welded wire. Predators will destroy chicken wire and pull chickens thru it. Love the door. Next up. Automation. Automatic door. Automatic water. Automatic food. I love all my automation but my favorite has to be the automatic door. Want to leave for the weekend or not feeling well. The birds can be safe and fed.

[@MrKerry98]

Was it only me or was I the only one waiting for him to trip over that ladder he kept stepping over? Enjoyed the adventure!

[@markpitt5248]

I've got the same HubNut shirt!

[@satsumagt5284]

I didn’t thought it would look this good. Congratulations dude, the house looks amazing, and is incredibly over-engineered

[@mikerm19]

Awesome build man.

[@patricelebrasseur5649]

When you rip 2x4 into 1x4 use a slilsaw blade in your table saw, let it protrude 1" from the table and run all your board thru it, flip them bottom side lengthwise on the top then run them again, after that go full height and run them back, It's actually faster than trying to go full height at once

[@terryford9837]

Oh Kaaayyyy.... That was nifty. Well done sir.