How to build a Chicken Coop. The Finish!!

[@darlenelanpheare7060]

Great job! I loved watching you work. You do such nice sound work, just like my dad did his whole life. Your wife’s a mighty lucky woman to have such a talented and passionate man. I’d say keep it up but I know you will. It’s who you are.

[@shuster1921]

Most Excellent Job Sir!! And all done by one Man!

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

Thank you kindly!

[@politicalpartyagnostic268]

First rate build. You spared no expense and have a structure to last many many years. That is chicken shangrila!!

[@HomesteadingtheHardWay]

Might be the best looking coop I've seen yet !

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

Thank you.

[@Nancycraft22]

The best chicken house I’ve seen yet. Mine looks like a shanty. Lol. I sure don’t want my chickens to see this video. They don’t realize how bad their home is.

[@josephrodrick6451]

Super!!!! Talking about, "Got Skills" . . . You have got skills Brother. Totally enjoyed watching the build. Thank you for sharing. When I grow up, I wanna be like you👍🏽

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

You know what they say, beware of what you wish for. If you end up like me you will be old,broken down and always behind on you list of things to do..lol

[@josephrodrick6451]

@@hickoryridgehomestead9177 LoL! That's ok, as long as I am happy . . . I am praying that hopefully by this time next year I can put this big city rat race, and move my family onto our own piece of Heaven on our own homestead. Everyone thinks that at my age I am crazy, but they don't get it, and I have God with me . . . This is why I so appreciate your channel . . .learned a lot from just watching . . . Pray for me Brother . . . And if that's the worst I'll be should I end up like you, Then I am Blessed Keep Strong Brother, will include you in my prayers

[@junegirl8432]

Thank you, this was very helpful. Especially when it’s visual, step by step ect. I saw you were using a framing tool and my brother is lending us one. Hope we can continue to build our coop now with these ideas and no one to help. Our baby peeps are getting big and we’re running out of time. Big encouragement, thankyou.

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

you can do this. Its not complicated, just 1 step at a time and the next thing you know it's all finished...

[@cassandragriswold7521]

I can't imagine the hend not loving their new house. Good job 👍. Enjoying watchin.

[@dorothybalsamo4795]

Build it once, build it to last. Excellent job on everything.

[@dangerclose697]

Man, you made my day. I was trying to figure out how I was gunna house my chickens and turkeys......that is exactly what I was looking for, thanks for sharing

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

Glad I could help!

[@pby1000]

Danger Close It is a great design. I would rather have wood than metal or modern building materials.

[@cint4347]

I am impressed. Looks awesome. Jeff sent me over here. Thanks for helping out at Bobblehead Homestead.

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

Thank you and I had fun at Jeff's.

[@t.sutt.7768]

I admire you your ability to do quality work all by yourself.

[@sadiepaddy47]

Hi thanks for helping Jeff on bobblehead love your videos Sarah from London England 🇬🇧👍

[@branchman8047]

Wow! Well done! Thanks for a great and idea rich video. This one gave me a much needed push to proceed with my chicken house project. Thanks alot and greetings from Finland!

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

awesome. I hope it gave you some helpful ideas

[@treaustin1]

I wish all build videos were like this one. Good stuff.

[@faltio69]

Beautifully made coop! Looks awesome and smart.

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

Thank you!

[@dianelamendola1813]

This was a great video. My husband and I are going to use this design for our new coop we have a metal 3 bay car port that's about the same size as yours! We really love the inspiration thank you so much!

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

That is so awesome. I would love to see it when it’s finished.

[@HoneyHollowHomestead]

Now THAT'S a chicken coop! 👍😀 Jeff told us about you. Really appreciate your tips on doing things by yourself as I do the majority of the work here by myself.

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

Working by yourself can really be a challenge!!

[@madampolo]

Very nice! I envy you having it. You are so smart to keep their run screened in. There are so many predators around.

[@sarapulford5957]

🇬🇧 I remember my grandma receiving little yellow chickens (hand sized) delivered by the Royal Mail postman. A dozen, maybe, in a foot square x 3" brown cardboard box with air holes in the top. 70+ years ago.

[@jerylynbean7634]

Park Place chicken coup! Saw you on Bobblehead. You are quite a good handyman. I'm in Texas. You said you came from Texas, you are creating a beautiful place.

[@troyroe6021]

Hello, great to see your out and kicking around with your girl.

[@sharonrobledo136]

Got word of your channel from Bobblehead Homestead so just checking out your channel. Great job on the coop

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

Thank you

[@virginiareid5336]

What a great hen house and run!

[@pby1000]

I like your videos and your craftsmanship. Very well done.

[@DREWSLENS]

Very quality work brother! Absolutely loved the project!!

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

Thank you. I love fun projects!

[@creation6030]

Lovely, I am about to full fill my dreams as well, @ 71 years older but I do have lots of energy hahaha but I am not so sure I will be able to do it all by myself, well I will try it and If can't I will hire some workers to help me, but all I want to tell you I enjoyed a lot your video, what an Inspiration. I am very proud of you, congrats!!!~

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

Thank you so much. 71 is just getting going good so you can do it no problem.

[@creation6030]

@@hickoryridgehomestead9177 😘

[@shamonewilson6216]

You did a GREAT JOB! And by yourself 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@Jason-gz9ok]

Nice job

[@davidbloch5370]

Great chicken coop just found your show keep up the good work

[@johnpiegzik298]

LOOKS AMAZING! Great job! 😎👍 John

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

Thanks John. 👍🏼

[@Chris_L034]

a little tip; if you were to measure out where you want your screws on your sheet metal, stack up about 8 or so sheets and drive an awl through them. all of your screws will be lined up straight as an arrow.

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

I did that on the house. I pre drilled all the holes and it made it a lot easier.

[@Chirmanickityville]

I saw you on Bobblehead this am. wish I would have found you sooner. Great place.

[@FITZIEBLUE]

Nicely done ! best of luck to you...

[@Bunefoo401]

That’s one NICE chicken coop/run. I might want to move in there, lol.

[@danielleterry180]

Wow this was just awesome love the large chicken run went out and measured my area from rabbit leanto shed down to my fence line and saw I had enough to do this size coup and run along with goat shed for two Nubian nannies 😁 can’t wait to climb out of this semi to get started in March on coup/run thank you for the inspiration

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

awesome. I hope you get it all done.

[@spie115]

Great video! You’re doing a great job! We have the exact same saw, in a box still in storage. Sad, I know. Watching you use yours we were like “cannot wait to cut some stuff with ours!!!!” Love Love Love how the chicken coop turned out. Maybe next time we come we’ll bring you something for your coop. 😊🐓🐓🐓👀

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

Thank you. Get that saw out and make something, anything.. lol.

[@glenokla4079]

Very nice!

[@DebbiesHomeplace]

Hi I'm debs, new subscriber from Jeff's over at Bobblehead Homestead. Very nice job, love it! Your chickens are going to love their new home. Hope you don't mind I'm doing a little binge watching....

[@denaredford6701]

Wow that’s a fancy chicken house .

[@rudellblair7276]

New subscriber from Bobblehead. Been binge watching. Great channel, look forward to your future videos.

[@cristobalpacheco4202]

Very nice, over from Jeff’s

[@joyglass7143]

Looks great

[@meriatihan5271]

Well done. Excellent job

[@yvonnezyirek5167]

Amazing job!!!

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

thank you.

[@elizabethmacdonald4605]

Great job!

[@genegoodman5233]

Future. Stack the roofing, measure the center of the board, pre drill the screw holes, then when you get on top you know where ever screw goes, no mistakes. It will look a lot better cause the rows will be straight. If you do it once you'll never go back.

[@marceloalfonso7130]

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[@Dawn-di1qs]

i have the roosting bars in the run. the henhouse stays clean. the run is cleaned twice a year. the eggs stay clean this way too.

[@barbarahoover3941]

I sure did enjoy those videos nice job on it

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

Thank you.

[@nannamoonpiee]

Great job

[@WeepingWillow422]

Epic build! Good job, Sir! Glad to see you using 1/2 inch hardware cloth instead of chicken wire.

[@nealparler1980]

Nice Job!!!

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

thank you

[@MrCharcoal001]

Love it!! Thank you for the tips as well !

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

Thank you. I hope it helps a little bit.

[@SlowMomentum]

Excellent Job my Friend.

[@HeavensEssentials]

Great job on your coop!

[@BigDreamsTinyBudget]

Nice henhouse! We use the same roosts :) We just change them out when the wind blows down new ones lol.

[@camerongeorge4246]

Do you have plans for this coop that people can buy? I really like the design

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

Actually I don’t. It was just something that I added onto my barn . I can’t remember if I gave any dimensions in the video but the whole thing is built on 8’ centers.

[@beebop9808]

Didn't see how you stopped your birds from going under your building or did you put the hardware cloth around the building? Nice setup. Just finished a 7x8 coop with 14' attached run myself. You're right, you come up with some nifty ways of getting things done when your by yourself.

[@oksteve5709]

Nice build. How many birds are you planning on? Our coop was 16x16 with 6x16 sectioned off for feed storage. Our run area was 16x20. We would bring in 50 fryers plus 25 layers per year. We also had other pens for ducks, geese, ducks you name it the wife would bring it in to see if it worked. Thank God I worked in the trades and helped by others. Came over from Bobblehead. Thank you for helping Jeff.

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

Ill keep around 25 or so laying hens in the coop. That should be enough room in the hen house without being crowded. I will be adding poultry netting next year so they can get outside and get some sunshine

[@gaylewatkins4685]

Nicest chicken coop I've ever seem. WOW!!

[@allisondalton8715]

This is great!!!

[@DallasLL]

Beautiful

[@christiebetts4970]

Hi! Dutch Creek sent me over

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

Thank you for stopping by. Maybe you will find something here helpful or if nothing else you may see what not to do, I have plenty of that too..lol

[@bono894]

I was thinking inside the run do you think you can also build a brooder box?

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

Yes that could be done

[@w0lf1969]

You put the perlins on top of the 2x6's to screw the tin to. That raised it 3/4". How did you make your bird blocks?

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

I used 2x6 for bird blocks and ran the hardware cloth all the way up to the metal.

[@w0lf1969]

@@hickoryridgehomestead9177 Just wondering because it looked like you used 2x6's for the rafters and plus 3/4" on top of that. So a 2x6 would be 3/4" to narrow to work

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

@@w0lf1969 you are forgetting about the birds mouth that I cut on the rafter tails. That lowered the 2x6 down on that end. I hope that helps

[@w0lf1969]

@@hickoryridgehomestead9177 DUH! I apologies I remember now. It's a little different watching videos and actually doing the work. I set post for my coop today. You did a great job. Most don't cover their runs but like you I'm going to. I don't want a muddy run every time it rains.

[@woundeddove]

If you would have added a piece of final flooring on the chicken roost it would make is much easier to clean out.

[@luisg8946]

Ronda Kelly Like linoleum? Or what other material? Thank You Mrs. Kelly

[@danielleterry180]

Luis G yes linoleum just get the roll style not squares

[@silviadelong1030]

Same boat ... building it by myself

[@lisabeautyskindeep]

How many feet apart do you have your 4x4's?

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

They are on 8 foot centers

[@FIREBALL5307]

I was just wounder before you side about the to windows how are you going to get inside if you have to ???????????????

[@jonathaneastvold2024]

Are they roosting in the nesting boxes?

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

Only Lucille. It is her hiding spot.

[@arctictimberwolf]

Howdy, What's shakin' Mr. Overkill 😃😝 I must say, what you are building in this video that you are calling a Chicken Coupe, well that is what I call a Lean to screened 3 Season Porch🤔🤪 How many Chickens do ya have?

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

It varies but between 35 and 100 depending on the time of year.

[@Creative-Chaos]

It's been about a year since you built your chicken coop. What do like the best and what do you wish you would have done differently? It looks great.

[@glorialeach7301]

Coop is magnificent!!!!!! 🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚

[@pippaseaspirit4415]

Did you close off under the wall of the barn? I think I must have missed that bit!

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

yes it has the hardware cloth all the way around the bottom,

[@swimupstream737]

Would linoleum on the floor of the nesting box make clean out easier ?

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

it would probably be a little easier. The bedding is about 4 inches deep so it will take a while before it needs to be changed and then I can just use a rake to pull it out and sweep the rest. If its a lot of trouble the first time I change it I will put down linoleum . Thanks for the tip!!

[@faltio69]

Actually, linoleum is porous. Oiling the floor is best.

[@armidaperez5360]

Looks 👍

[@garyfrenchjr.7565]

Coop dreams.

[@swimupstream737]

Is your background in construction ? If I remember right you said you were from Texas.

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

actually I dont have any construction background. I do have a lot of experience in engineering and design which doesnt hurt.

[@MrJackhandy369]

what was the cost to build ?

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

I’m not sure of the total cost of the coop itself but it was probably around $800

[@abdoulayecoulibaly7935]

You’re don’t need help you doing good .

[@skyz3160]

How long have you been planning this dream that is now becoming reality?💝

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

I’ve been planning this for about 20 years.

[@lindarathbun3784]

Why don’t you put gutters on it so you can catch rainwater ,to water the chickens

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

I thought about that and I might just do that when I get some of the bigger projects out of the way.

[@arkman8109]

I'm not a fan of these short coop's, I feel a walk in coop with a large door is much better. They are easier to clean and much easier to maintain the roosting bars. Chickens poop on everything and it needs to be scaped off and sanitized. Hard to do in a a coop with four foot walls. Other than that ,man you build a bullet proof coop and run.

[@randybeard6040]

Great Video but I would have built a Bottom Trap door for Poop, pull the Pin and let her Fall...

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

It would have fallen into the run and I would have to crawl under to clean it out. The way it is now I just drag it into the bucket of the tractor. I can clean it out and refill it in about 5 minutes. Your way would work great if I didn’t have the run going under the hen house

[@rj-yj8dp]

Nice job, but you are going to have to crawl in s h i t to get inside. Would have been better to build a door from the pen side, and at the bottom of the door make the chicken door.

[@hickoryridgehomestead9177]

Unless there is a snake or something in there I should never have to get inside. The doors on the outside swing open and can use a garden rake for easy clean out of the bedding material. There is also a full size walk though door in the run.

[@sheilamclaughlin963]

Ur trees r barely moving we have twice normally

[@03yajiro]

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