I Found The Ultimate Place For A Chicken To Live

[@triciasklodowske5653]

Soon after I started watching I had a feeling it would be chicken treehouse. I think it's great. We're taking a fort that was 5 feet off the ground and lowering it by 2 feet ( had to take it apart first ) and using it for the new coop. Will be working very hard this weekend to get it at all but the roof done and then finish it during the week. Need to get the chick's out side fast. Thanks for sharing. God bless

[@stephenjones7829]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 the tree house coop sounds amazing , can't wait to see what it will look like. Would love to keep chickens myself but unfortunately it's too small where I live . Hopefully one day soon I'll be able to Best wishes Steve

[@victoriaheuman8853]

I do have experience with a tree house chicken coup.When the chicks come along they do not know how to get to mama hen in the evening to roost. It can take a couple weeks till they understand how the ramp works. So trying to catch these baby chicks to get them reunited with the mama can be super difficult.

[@wattan7parrast]

Tree house coop is a great idea. We had one Hen that volunteered to fly up and roost on a tree about 7 ft high. She was a survivor

[@codymatte3014]

The Rooster, the myth, the legend! Thor! Lol he is a good looking bird. Treehouse coop sounds awesome! Cant wait for the build videos. Keep up the good work! Watching from south Louisiana.

[@donaldorfeijr1704]

My daughter where not playing in the playhouse anymore so I turned that into a coop. I wanted a bigger coop because I want Jersey giants and they need a little more room. So far it’s working out.

[@shelleyparent4729]

I love the idea of the tree house coop. What are your plans for water? Our coop collects rainwater from the roof. Then it goes into a 55 gallon barrel to a self filling trough. The only thing I would change about the design is easy access to the barrel with a faucet. The barrel stays full almost year round. In late summer, it needs to be filled or if the trough it tip over. I fixed that issue of tip over. The water system doesn't freeze because it's inside the coop. Good luck with your build.

[@camperpat]

I enjoy your videos. I don’t know about your neck of the woods but down in Tennessee lumber prices are high. So I get my lumber from small independent sawmill. That may save you money for your chicken coop if you have a small sawmill near by. Take care.

[@gaylef3477]

Looking forward to the tree house build. Will you attach directly to the trees? You could build a ‘stilt’ house that surrounds the trees for support with minimal attachment to the tree. What a fun adventure for the family, always enjoy seeing what you are doing, and learning something new!

[@TheUserid82]

The goats in the wooded area is not the issue it is the time they are in a single area as they have an order that they attack plants so spending a week or so in an area that size if perfectly fine but months and they will kill even the medium sized trees by eating the bark. Temporary goat fencing is the key when you want to move them often as you just need to clear the lines the fence will go then send them in to eat and have the next area ready before they start damaging things. A simple pattern around the property line then filling in the area inside will see you have any problem plants soon under control and any junk in the area exposed without permanent damage to the woods. If the property line is not fenced or marked well might be good to check with the other owners if they want you to use the goats to clear both sides of the property line making marking or fencing it easier in the future. A lifted chicken house is useful as you can pull a wheelbarrow right under it to pull the waste into when mucking out the coop but dose have the issue of how do you collect the eggs. Do you have a deck on the side of the coop just to get to external egg boxes? Do you have to go inside to collect the eggs?

[@MrDave8539]

I have found in my experience, the closer to the woods the chickens, the more I lose at night. Build a secure coop against weasels.

[@storms_lair2123]

Id have a few big cleanup pans and a nesting boxes you cab access from outside and an automatic chicken door i got one and i never regreted it

[@EnorMouseUK]

Given that you might well want to move/rotate the goats, I would not take their requirements into account when designing the coop. Thus the height above the ground should be based on the chickens' requirements, what keeps them safest and from what height is it easiest to locate nesting boxes and to collect eggs. Whilst it may be a good idea to use the trees to get the coop off the ground, I would resist the temptation to incorporate them any further into the design as making the tree/coop interface predator proof might well be a problem. I would go with a fairly conventional design and construction and then raise it up using beams attached to the trees.

[@molly_jean]

My chickens love bugs! Your chickens look happy!

[@jazz-as-taff3427]

Excited to see how your coop plans work out as I have a 4 acre woods in Leicester UK. So in process of building a 50 chicken coop with goats, so your idea sits in well with my plans. Good luck will be watching your videos closely.

[@michaeladamson1729]

Excited to see your coop plans. Our first coop was a version of your coop from your suburb house.

[@lemonlime1780]

On the treehouse, if you connect more than one tree make sure it is solid attatched to one tree and then the attachments on the other trees can slide and move as the trees move, slotted holes type of deal. Watch lots of treehouse videos prior, I'm sure it will be great!

[@garbagetube2956]

I didn't realize you were a Michigander. 👍

[@jennifersinclair6044]

That sounds super fun! Treehouse coop, who would've thought! 🤣❤

[@Patty747]

Make the roosting area higher than the nesting boxes so they don't sleep in the nesting box. Consider putting chicken wire along the base of the wire fencing to prevent foxes from gaining access to the chickens during the day. We have a big problem with foxes where I live. It's very open here with lots of hawks, but we never lost a chicken to a hawk, but lost many to foxes.

[@theresad6990]

I think incorporating the coop in between the trees would be a good idea but I wouldn't put it too high off the ground. Keep in mind that you'll want to be able to easily access it to clean it out and to collect eggs. Leaving maybe 2 or 3 feet below it would probably be the most I would do. Since the goats are already decimating the area that they're in and you'll probably need to move them soon I wouldn't really plan too much around them. I'd be more concerned about making sure it's well reinforced against night time predators.

[@kevindavis3841]

My last two coops are kinda treehouse like. Same problem digging here so I set 6- 4X4 posts in concrete blocks for a 6’X8’ finished coop. First, they do like to roost as high as they can get and second, it doesn’t take away from running room inside their run. Only perches inside so most of the poop hits the ground below. Bottom of walls 2’ off of the ground, and no floors. Have fun with it! They’re not picky lol

[@Yeshuaschosen]

I love the tree house idea But you'll have to be careful how high it sits or you'll need a ladder to clean it! I think as long as its under the trees off the ground a little the chickens will like it and the baby chicks can still get in it(You can make a covered ramp so they don't fall off and get hurt)I built my coop underneath a canopy of trees-off the ground a couple feet. I had to do a lot of work on a ladder especially the roof.It has 2 steps at the clean out door.Mine sits along the edge of the woods but still gets sun. I use leaves for bedding and they eat the bugs!Your chickens are so beautiful especially the rooster!

[@judya.shroads8245]

Mark, from Self Sufficient Me in Australia, has his chicken run in the woods, but had to put up elec fence to keep them safe.

[@RockyCreekHomestead]

We raise our chickens in the woodland part of our property. They love finding all the stuff under the leaves. They find all the free food while keeping the debris thinned out. I think your idea and plan will work and will be neat to see the finished product. What breed is your rooster?

[@KDawg01]

Looks like Americana to me.

[@RoseThistleArtworks]

Have you seen those spikes that you drive into the ground and then attach the 4 x 4 to? It turns the 4 x 4 into a big lawn dart.

[@onedazinn998]

yep you have chicken paradise there :) can't wait to see what you build

[@judymckerrow6720]

We’ve had free range chickens before and they just decimated all of my flower beds. Of course if you don’t have flower beds they’re wonderful little bud eaters. When we decided to coop them, we built a coop with a tree inside for them to roost, the tree just happily grows through the top of the coop. We don’t have chickens anymore but we’re thinking about getting several. We had way too many The first time, it probably was about 100 plus maybe more. My husband would bring home the left behinds when he worked at a chicken farm. He worked for a grower, and sometimes a free range chicken was smart enough to hide and after everyone else was gone here would be this lonely chicken with no food or water because all his friends were gone and the barn was being cleaned out and sanitized so no need to feed.Well hubby would bring home the left behinds because they couldn’t keep them there at the growers barns because new chicks would usually be arriving soon. Hence we ended up with a lot of chickens and they were all layers so we had a gazillion eggs. Every once and a while we would end up with a rooster☹️💚🙃 Do you process your own chickens? We usually took the meat chickens somewhere to be processed.💚🙃

[@adiane-vd2kn]

So helpful! Cant wait to see your coop. We just moved onto 6 acres with a wooded lot and my fear is always the hawks I see soaring around. We only have 4 chickens. I really want to free range them, just nervous! Also, the chickens are eating up our grass, so we need to figure something out.

[@ourmidwestlife]

I like the idea of the treehouse coop! Can’t wait to see your plans for it!

[@brentderksen]

Cool idea. That ramp could be a concern for if you have chicks/ducks in the future. But can definitely work with it!

[@joescott3393]

Chickens before they were domesticated were from the Indonesia area. The wild chicken ancestors that are still there roost high in the trees. This plan may work well but I am thinking a wide gentle slope for them to get up into the roost area. God Bless Joe Scott

[@leslieMClass80]

We love the idea!! Can’t wait to see how it comes out

[@1955mrmark]

My cousin built his 10 x 10coop on a small hillside, the front was only 2 feet off the ground and the back was about 5’. He had a 2’ wide trap door at one end for cleanout. He ended up digging out an area 6 x 8 under it for storage and leaving 3 x 10’ area for the cleanout.

[@nephimitchell]

I built your last coop. Love it! I can't wait to see what you come up with though!

[@13MoonsOverMayhem]

I like idea of a treehouse coop, but my first thought was, how will you clean it out? I guess you could do a wire mesh floor so dropping fall through, but then it wouldn't make for a very good shelter for goats, and wouldn't be as secure from predators. Maybe a trap door you can park a wheelbarrow under and push out the dirty bedding...but you still have to climb up into the coop to do it. Collecting eggs, too, I would not want to be carrying them while climbing.

[@brushmountainhomestead2918]

I like the idea of the treehouse chicken coop. Very imaginative! And appropriate for your new homestead. I’m curious about your feeders from your older 2 homesteads, out of pvc. I’m interested in one I can access from outside my chicken run. Did you decide against using those? If so, why?

[@SSLFamilyDad]

My favorite feeder was the first pvc one I made with a tube that went outside the run, that is the way to go!

[@LionofJudah-1]

Great idea , looking for the next video. I like the new logo also. God bless you and your family.

[@SSLFamilyDad]

Thanks, many blessings to you as well! We have a new creative company that we work with called bradentechnologies.com Highly recommend!

[@wattan7parrast]

Hey buddy, I like your new place. Just one question though about the chickens, because we are thinking of doing the same thing. What about coyotes and foxes during the day? We had foxes snatch up chickens, sometimes 2 at a time...no joke

[@Mattchew2232]

Whatever you build, I highly recommend trying a deep litter method. Way less work in changing the bedding, you'll generate more free food for them, and tons of quality compost!

[@shaniaa9287]

Looking forward to treehouse coop👍

[@danchauvin9896]

Treehouse Master Jr.!!! 😄

[@mbh0422]

A tree house coop sounds cool. What breeds of chickens and roosters are currently in your flock?

[@billreal76]

Tree house coop sound like a good idea.

[@Susan71105]

I love the idea of a tree house coup.

[@josiegallegos7144]

I agree great place.

[@BigFarles]

I’m loving all these videos. Thanks.

[@robinmoore5181]

I loved this video, content was interesting. I worry about predictors climbing up the ladder, but I think you have that figured out. Great video. 🌸

[@jerrykelleypatterson3297]

i like the idea kind of looks like my area

[@judygagnon6676]

Never heard of a tree house coop. I think you should do research

[@denislosieroutdoors]

I like the tree house coop idea, I have an elder patch in the back yard but when I let my chickens out to free range they don't seem to go in there for some reason, they seem to stay on the lawn and tear up the flower beds near the house, I might try throwing some grain to get them started... funny my rooster looks identical to yours lol... check it out on my back yard update video thanks for sharing Denis Losier Outdoors

[@jgjg3848]

Don't let the leaf debris get too deep on the property. It will rot the trees. I've had many trees that you could lift right out of the ground because the ground stayed so wet for so long under the leaves that there was nothing keeping the tree actually rooted into the earth. Maples leaves are good for the soil and decompose over a short time. Other leaves, you should try to get rid of some of them.

[@SSLFamilyDad]

Wouldn’t every forest in the world be dead right now if that were true?

[@Yutani_Crayven]

Man, chickens are always so entertaining and fun. They never seem to be angry or legitimately worried. Weird to think that they are technically dinosaurs.

[@loganv0410]

Daytime predators: feral dogs or your neighbors' lovely fur babies

[@timsteinke3762]

How do you handle your chickens pooping everywhere when they are free ranging? I have a few birds and they like to drop little presents in my driveway.

[@dawnnichols3224]

Leaning on the Everlasting Arms

[@BooDamnHoo]

Been wanting to ask...do you vaxx your chickens for Marek's? What do you feed them in the winter? Commercial chicken feed or do you make up something yourself?

[@happyhens2078]

We did have a fox come up to our house in daylight and killed 3 of our free ranging chickens over 2 days. We shored up our fence fence for them and clipped their wings to keep them in after that.

[@SSLFamilyDad]

Good to know!

[@Markam248]

What breed are your white chickens?

[@SSLFamilyDad]

Mix of many breeds that I am not even sure anymore, lol

[@casid9929]

Draw bridge chicken ramp!!

[@debbiewelch4073]

💖

[@Yutani_Crayven]

Well, > Chickens are native to the tropical jungles of Southeast Asia

[@hebertheberthebert]

Why are the roosters so quiet?

[@georgedrollinger5589]

What about a raccoon attack out of the trees dropping down

[@SSLFamilyMom]

Hi George! We have lots of raccoons in Michigan! We’ve never had issues since raccoons are primarily nocturnal and we lock our chickens up in their coop every single night. Now, we have had a few chickens taken by raccoons but they are the ones that hid when we were locking them up and roosted in unprotected areas.

[@greensnapper1602]

sounds good

[@lorinonko5228]

Owls