Metal Frame Chicken Coop Build Start to Finish : 6 hours in 20 mins.

We are running out of space for our various chicken flocks. We decided to try out a metal chicken coop (by Vevor) instead of a DIY hoop coop.
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(we bought the zip ties and tarp from Harbor Freight, for $10 and $30)
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[@mgtmoffat8411]

I have looked at these cages and wondered how they would work to protect berry bushes from the birds. You made a great job of that one. It looks very fit for your purpose. 💕💕🌻🌻

[@margaretbedwell3211]

That sounds like a perfect solution for berry bushes. You can then just walk in and pick and not have to fight the netting taking it off, putting it back on etc.

[@TheKraemerLife]

I think that it would be good for that purpose, they come in smaller sizes too.

[@jrsf222]

I watch this because 100% OCD always wins‼️in my book. So the new large chicken coup has overhead cover for flying predators…I’ve seen some concerned about those that dig under??? And place something that goes underground. Great job.

[@TheKraemerLife]

Yes, OCD always wins.

[@evelynsouzaferreira4593]

I have one of these. I bought a tarp 4 metres by 6 metres and covered the whole pen. I put wind block fabric around all the sides. I found the tarp tore in the high winds we get with some of the winter storms we have and I urgently needed to cover the pen so I bought a second tarp and put it over the torn tarp. What I found by double tarping was that the wind from underneath the top tarp held the bottom tarp and they did not move as much in the wind. This year just before winter I removed the two tarps that I had on and replaced them both with new tarps. I also put in additional grommets on both tarps on all the edges and have grommets +/- 18 inches apart. Each tarp is secured to the frame separately with zip ties. So far it has worked really well and I don't worry about the tarp coming off in the storms. I loved how easy the frame was to put together, I did it by myself, that I purchased a second one. I purchased a J-clip pliers & J-clips to secure the wire instead of zip ties for the wire.

[@TheKraemerLife]

We have three of them now and use them everyday. The tarps we used were 12 mil and haven had any issues with them tearing in the wind. We replaced this blue tarp as it was too thin and too long which caught the wind.

[@margaretbedwell3211]

That looks like a great place for the chickens and I really like the idea of putting another one at the other end saving having to put the wire on the base as well as using the tarp for the other half of the second one. Thanks for sharing, hope your weekend has gone well. Have a Blessed day.

[@TheKraemerLife]

Thanks, we hope that it works out well for the free-range flock and gives us options when we have to divide some of them.

[@debbiann121]

I really, really enjoyed watching you two working together on this.

[@melissafanis2420]

Very good job editing Nate, you two work well together.

[@carolkimbell5174]

Hi Nate and Katie! Enjoying the video.

[@leahharbison4932]

That thing is huge and can be done . Yall proved it . I didn't catch the total cost. I really like it & I just love yall to pieces. Take care in this heat.❤😊

[@TheKraemerLife]

The pricing was in the description, the coop was around $300, we upgraded to hardware cloth which can range between $100 - 200 (we buy it in the larger spools so we have extra), tarp was a cheaper one at Harbor Freight for $35.

[@leahharbison4932]

@@TheKraemerLife thhank you. That is very reasonable. Gonna be great whatever it ends up as. Seems reasonable for others thus as well. I love you guys guys.

[@cekfraun]

I adhere to Katie's way of "it's good enough!" Had to chuckle at Nat's admittedly OCD, "Nope!" 😂 Regardless, you two did a great job of putting that coop together! I love those "Shenanigans." So cute! 🥰

[@diannemiller4754]

It's looking good 👍 it is definitely big enough to section off for special groups of chickens. Thanks for sharing

[@SunshineCountryChickens]

I ordered mine with a dome roof, going to use hardware cloth and a bigger tarp, I cant wait! Thanks for the great video!

[@marthaosburn-henry1087]

Chicken Coop looks great 👍. I like the idea of a canvas top. It will breath and you could always paint water proofing on it. HD has canvas paint tarps that are inexpensive. Luv you all! 👍🌻👍

[@TheKraemerLife]

Great idea!

[@marthaosburn-henry1087]

Always willing to help. Grew up on a "Gentlemen's Farm" (5 acres). We had to come up with some pretty weird ideas.

[@babyphia176]

Great TQ for sharing and teaching me to build this cage

[@donnamaeanderson3448]

Good job on putting the coop together! Will be interesting watching how it is filled then on to the next one behind it. Things are looking good around the homestead.❤

[@TheKraemerLife]

Thanks, it is nice to finish a project. So far 5 chickens use it at night and we will introduce the main flock to it as soon as we build the nesting boxes.

[@patburgard2115]

Tada good job 👏 looks like a winner!

[@brendarice5287]

Loved the video 😘👍🏻💕great job 😘👍🏻💕

[@TheKraemerLife]

Thank you 🤗

[@anthonyanderson2880]

I really like the hoop coops that Nate built, I think he did a terrific job on them. And this is a great idea for a coop also but it would be versatile enough to be able to grow crops in the winter if it had a clear or cloudy perspex on the roof. Great video guys. I wonder if there was some way, and if they aren’t too heavy to be able to move them around for the chooks to have fresh pasture and fertilise your ground for you?

[@TheKraemerLife]

This is a Coop for our free-range flock so they will only sleep in it at night. They have acres of fresh pasture throughout the day. We will add nesting boxes in it also to hopefully get them to start laying eggs where we can find them :)

[@tinabloomfield7228]

Looks great!!!! I hope the chickens love their new space ❤

[@richieanything333]

thanks for your time and effort I am paying attention....

[@terrymedina7893]

Great Jon Nate and Katie 👍🏽love to see you work together 🤭can’t wait to see what’s next 👍🏽

[@jeanhecker4533]

I agree with all of the positive comments. I do have a question. Having the tarp over the end as well restricts air flow. Could you fold the excess back over the top to open both ends to air flow.

[@TheKraemerLife]

We have it open in the entire front section and also the back, we can role the sides up too if needed. This is a Coop for our free range flock so they will only sleep in it at night.

[@andreabrown797]

Love seeing y’all work together

[@crystalcurtis3771]

7:47 LOL. That’s exactly how I do math if forced to do it in my head… break it down into bite sized chunks and then combine the chunks. 🤭😂

[@thedampestcrib6004]

I'd run straps or something over the tarp if it gets windy I know I will have to hill top life

[@stevenchristie6165]

Best joining method I know

[@annsandstedt5264]

Looks great. We live in SW Florida and the sun is rough on the tarps. My husband used tin for a half roof. The rest of the top is chicken wire.

[@TheKraemerLife]

Yes, I think a metal roof would be a better long term option for sure.

[@thedampestcrib6004]

Think i might just build a coop with this as a run tarps run like $65 for 20x20

[@Beth_Agnes_Casey]

My husband and I bought this for my chickens and ducks and after making it to 31 years of a happy marriage, putting this together almost end it 😂😂😂

[@TheKraemerLife]

HAHA, we are pretty used to building things together and over the years have learned what our roles are or it would not be a good experience for us either.

[@DigginWithDeej]

Out great! Maybe get white tarps to reflect sun in summer or greenhouse shade cloth

[@atoydizon1535]

Nice build up both of u r best of partner iam enjoying watching FM the philippines

[@terresiagregg9326]

Chicken coop looks awesome

[@terresiagregg9326]

Happy 4th to you both

[@destinyandpurpose]

Looks great! I would suggest that you anchor it down, the wind and storms will pick it up and blow it away. We have built a coop out of one of these and I expect it last a good while. The hardware cloth is a headache but much safer than the chicken wire.

[@TheKraemerLife]

Yes, it came with anchors and will be secured down so it does't take flight.

[@lyndakowalke8858]

The coop looks good and faster to put together. Why didnt you use the Tarp that was provided with the Coop? It looks very durable and much better quality, that will keep the temperatur down in Summer? You dont want chooks roasted alive in there! I absolutly love the gooselings, they are so adorable. You need to make friends with them more and give them names, or will most of them land on the table at Christmas? Things are coming on really nicely, there is always such a lot to do though. You must learn to chill a little Nate - guess its hard when you are not able to though. No nastyness intended. We see so much of you every day, its kind of natural to look out for your welfare.I love all the noises going on around you, its amazing how loud it all is at times lol. Keep smiling and stay happy 💕 🐾🐕 🐷 🐑 🐔 🐥 and the gooslings

[@TheKraemerLife]

It was too small, it only covered one top panel and left the sides exposed. This is a Coop for our free range flock so they will only sleep in it at night.

[@deborahparnell8862]

Blessings to you in every way..ty..xoxo 🥰👍🖐🤟✌🤪

[@bekm2010]

Omg we are just about to put one Like this together next weekend I'm scared now 6 hours!!! Omg I was thinking ah an hour or so lol

[@TheKraemerLife]

It was all the hardware cloth and getting it all zip-tied in. Putting up the frame was only about 30 min, this was also the first one. The last one we built was about 2 hrs to complete it.

[@lindakemp2742]

Looks great,and Nate much easier for your mental health.

[@kayrabey1344]

Good with the math he is!

[@mariaanderson6503]

🥰🥰🥰yours videos 🥰🥰🥰🥰👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻good job 💪🏻💪🏻

[@TheKraemerLife]

Glad you like them!

[@robertgrasso3677]

Nate, I have seen VEVOR products on other channels. They sell everything with good prices. It is pronounced VEE-VOR.. Your work is excellent...

[@lindamoore691]

Looks great ! Great video and thank you for sharing ! 👏😀❤️

[@kerryfoose3116]

Cool guys. I will be interested to see how long it actually lasts. We were thinking of using something like this but using metal roofing and stake it down with Tposts. We live in Pennsylvania, so snow and wind is a thing, lol.

[@TheKraemerLife]

Same, it seems to be good quality, I considered the roofing material too. I think that would be a good option. These types of runs come with several different roof lines so there may be a different shape for your climate.

[@tropicalfoodgarden3668]

They're out of stock already! I think you just made somebody's day. So it's just a frame? Whatever you use for the walls/roof you buy separately? That makes these incredibly versatile, I'm thinking an anti-chicken shed for veggies, or a shelter for my little lambies.

[@TheKraemerLife]

It is a kit and comes with coated chicken wire to wrap it fully and a small tarp. We chose only to use the coated chicken wire it came with on the top portion and hardware cloth for the bottom portion (purchased separately)

[@tropicalfoodgarden3668]

@@TheKraemerLife That makes sense. Yeah chicken wire is useless for snakes, we wrap everything in aviary mesh, which I think is the same thing as your hardware cloth.

[@StephenCarroll-bn3od]

Are you going to anchor your coop down? Your property sure looks great 👍👍😊

[@TheKraemerLife]

Yes, it came with stakes and will get anchored down to keep it from taking flight.

[@jerrystout3032]

Great 👍job kids!!!😇😇😇😇😇😇

[@zbaddadz]

Great Job you guys! Informative, great shots, upbeat - because of this vid I am now considering this for our use down the line : )

[@bhavens9149]

You sunk my battle ship! had to be said...

[@mrdio4625]

Now everytime someone criticize's you for notfinishing a project ypu can smile and say "Remember that coop we did ? Its finished" Of course that is a vry watered down version of what you should say to them IMHO but the real version would crush all appearances of being family friendly LOL The coop frame wouldn't be very hard to use for a greenhouse, dunno how much it or a greenhouse cost but it would be worth researching just to see if maybe there was money to save.

[@TheKraemerLife]

We have two examples...the hoop coops and this run. Who knows, perhaps we will get the landscaping finished here in the next month too, lol.

[@jillyd2807]

I like it! 😃

[@TheKraemerLife]

I'm glad!

[@walnuttreehomestead3149]

We have a smaller version and realized after one of the storms that it is better to secure it on the corners with some t. posts

[@leahmartin8647]

Do you think it's held up pretty good? Me and my husband are looking at getting the frame but doing a couple upgrades.

[@TheKraemerLife]

Yes, definitely we love them. They need a few 'upgrades' but the kit itself is a great price and easy to make your own. I am not sure if you have seen our other videos on these but we now have 3 of them with runs in-between.

[@champagnegardening5182]

I have two mini coops inside of mine. I should have ordered the triple section run. The chicken wire was trash the came with it. Lost my first flock to my neighbors Rottweiler. I wrapped it in cattle panel now. I still don't like the tarp roof. Looking for a solution.

[@martinsmith251]

I feel for Nate’s OCD. I have CDO. It’s like OCD, but the letters are in the correct alphabetical order, the way it’s SUPOSED TO BE!😜

[@stacyepps4703]

Be careful w tarp and rain will bend poles pen

[@stxbackyardfarmer]

Hi guys looking at buying one of these and wondering if you would still recommend now that you’ve had for awhile?? Thk you in advance 🙏

[@LR-xx5ig]

As much time and money you spend on chickens for two people the house should be done

[@franceswatts4001]

They have put the house on hold (reasons given in a previous video) to concentrate on increasing their poultry flock as a commercial venture to raise funds ongoing. Again, this was explained in a previous video.

[@mrdio4625]

@@franceswatts4001 truth

[@genesis1.111]

I agree. Now the animals are priority number one.

[@TheKraemerLife]

if that was our focus it wold be :)

[@jills5939]

🕊

[@patriciaparent750]

I’m little bit worried, I bought one last week so I have to build myself so my question is about the wind! Do you thinks the fixations will be strong enough to maintain all the cage?

[@TheKraemerLife]

We used stronger zip ties than the ones provided to better secure it. As for keeping it on the ground, we used garden stakes to hold it down in addition to the tent stakes that it came with. We have had wind gusts over 60 miles per hour and haven't had any issues with them moving.

[@patriciaparent750]

@@TheKraemerLife thank you so much for your help.🙏💗

[@milala-kw4zy]

Can you reinforce one of these to be bear proof?

[@tracyzabelle]

❤❤

[@mhale-mi9iy]

U don’t need so many roosters. As soon as the feathers come out they can go out in the flock.

[@TheKraemerLife]

We know, we had extras and will re-home the ones we don't have flocks for.

[@janinebrown2280]

I really loved this video!! Was it a lot of editing or an easier one, because it flowed so nicely and all you had to do was spend 6 hours building a chicken coop, haha.

[@TheKraemerLife]

I don't think this one took a crazy long time to edit but likely as long as it took to build the coop.

[@larrystoneberger6434]

I would have gotten divorced 3 times from 3 different women before I got that up😂

[@MsCaterific]

🖤

[@deannawiederhold3326]

Are you going to allow your chickens to free Range?

[@TheKraemerLife]

Yes, they are all free-range, this is their coop to sleep in at night.

[@lorae7]

Without a spouse and without ANY skills - I put it together by myself. We need more videos with single women who have no skills putting things together haha 😂 we make it happen. 80% works - not as pretty and refined as how men do it but hey - I’ve learned to appreciate my skills of jimmy rigging

[@eldergonzalez7836]

You got care ful with racoons

[@diannemcmillian5399]

Hi there what is going on with the house lately

[@genesis1.111]

Animals are priority number one. The house is on hold.

[@TheKraemerLife]

Nada, we are working on garden and animal projects.

[@betsykeady]

How are you feeling

[@TheKraemerLife]

He is mostly good but still having low energy days.

[@betsykeady]

@@TheKraemerLife Not to be a buttinsky, but has he had a blood test?

[@chrishall5141]

Just so you know, the word across does not include a T

[@pjdonatelli4527]

I was thinking that if you put plastic on the frame,it would or could be a cheaper way to go for a greenhouse. 🪴🪴🪴

[@TheKraemerLife]

Perhaps, I would have to look at greenhouse kits and costs but it is super easy to build.