Tour my open-air chicken coop that's great for warm climates!

[@CindyD-q3d]

I love this!! I take care of chickens and I’ve watched A Lot of chicken videos, but there are some really great ideas here. Thanks!

[@ericsuiter7619]

Well thought-out and executed. It's nice to see a success story that did not require huge (and costly) construction. Thank you for sharing your work.

[@bidenisasnake9932]

The cost is insane for this kind of animal.

[@ericsuiter7619]

@Bidenisasnake If 2022 taught me only one thing, it's that cost and value are both more significant than I ever thought. They don't seem to match anymore. We're now forced to decide what we value, then evaluate/manipulate the expenses involved. Security is evermore expensive, putting it mildly.

[@timingisperfect]

That was a fantastic showcase of your coop and I am shocked that this doesn't have gagillions of views. Great laughs as well 😂

[@ChristinaMoyer-c8w]

Great tips for a backyard chicken coop! I’ve many videos for backyard chicken coop set ups and yours is one of the best! Thank you!

[@TexasBeliever57]

Glad I found your channel. I'm looking for more local to me channels.

[@bethanybielamowicz9384]

Finally!!!! I’ve looked everywhere trying to see if doing something like this would work but everyone still had a coop inside or next to versus it being all in one. Thank you for sharing!

[@annwithaplan9766]

Your coop is similar to mine. The two sides both have plastic tarps (I think from signage tarps) that I can push down and pull up when it rains. There are poly ropes that hold the tarps in place. I put kitty litter boxes on the floor and they like those for laying. My coop is only about 5x8, but works well enough. I set up several easy-ups outside, with 100' of moveable electric fencing all around. I like the idea of putting those poop catching board under their roosting bars.

[@sadieratliff2401]

I currently have two gateway chickens in the tiny coop you showed. I have two additional chickens coming in the next two weeks and we are about to convert an old metal shed we weren't using into an open air coop. (Open on two sides but also leaving two for a windbreak.) I was curious if I had to build an additional coop *inside the coop* for them to go into at night to roost. I really appreciated this video. Not only the information, but it was super helpful the way you showed everything, explained everything, and your intelligence and personality make you so relatable. Awesome. Thanks!

[@DR-lh9rm]

Side note- what a cute doggie ❤

[@jessikahellis7792]

Oh my goodness! My mom has 2 acres which i moved onto with my tiny home last year...and she has naturally raised free range chickens, about 45-50 chickens... there are 2 coops that none stay in. Occasionally hens lay in the boxes. But we dont collect eggs and they just do whatever they want and they roost in a really tall tree behind the house. So im trying to find ways to satisfy all the flock members.. and its technically many flocks i think... there are about 7 roosters that each have their own groups of hens. But they do all sleep in same tree. But since moving here im having to do it backwards. I'm not building things to put chickens... im having to build things that make them happy and secure also that appeals to them. I have been looking everywhere for ideas for my chickens. And everything's main focus is eggs. Best way to get the eggs, train them to lay here and all that. I can barley find anything on just happiness and health for them. This is the first one I have seen where you adapt to the chickens and their habits.. change the environment to make it what they need instead of just giving them the traditional options and saying that's the end. I wish I could speak to you and pick your brain and get some advice on best way to help the situation I am in.. especially being Texas with the heat and the same predators. I'm currently looking to build a treehouse coop for 3 chickens coming up to laying age soon! I hatched them from some eggs that I found that no hen came back to sit on. I left them and just watched daily for almost 3 weeks before they started to hatch thanx to the incubator known as central texas heat. I am their mom. They still rely on me for everything but they sleep in a tree outside my front door. Which is only a few trees away from the big tree the others sleep in. Owls are an issue at night and these chickens do not like to sleep anywhere else. So I'm building a tree coop around where they roost. I'm going to use many features you have shown😂

[@Talvia920]

This was so much help I am in FL and need something that's not all closed in so they don't get to hot. Thank you so much for shring

[@patty9265]

That's a nice set up.

[@patshipp9195]

You are a great Chicken Momma, good work. God Bless

[@normbograham]

I've done fairly much the same thing. Except one side has a sheet of plywood, about 4' off the ground, to 8', and then one side has 20", so, they have a corner wind break. Honestly, it seemed like they would use it, but they do not, they like the breeze, even at night.

[@onedazinn998]

great setup!

[@BARBSCOUNTRYHOME999]

I agree with you about the chickens on the porch lol. Your open air chicken coop is amazing.. Beautiful job! New friend here from southeast Texas! 🤗

[@michaelstlouis2472]

Ok now I know how I'm going to make my coup. I'm in fl so more heat than cold. Great ideas on the chicken droppings. I might just close in 3 sides where they sleep, gets a little windy sometimes.😁 Great coup thanks for all the great ideas. Have a great day 🌞

[@patty9265]

I'm in the panhandle of Fl. and I have an 3 sided open air coop as well 8x 8 coop 8x24 run all covered 8x32 total, but my girls and roo sleep out in the run no matter how cold it gets here. Go figure. To deal with the heat I put sun sails up for Shade and keep the free range are wetted down in the summer. This is my first year and have not lost a bird yet. My nesting boxes and free freed tube are in the coop area.

[@dawnpleasant2319]

This is fantastic! Perfect for my southern California hot climate!

[@Monami7th]

One word = GENIUS 👏👏👏

[@tsantangelo]

Great content- I'm trying to do the same with a Producers Pride Universal Chicken Run as the main coop area. So far so good, but I am always looking for more ideas. Thanks for sharing.

[@MamaZsTexasKitchen]

*Thank you so much for this video, I'm fixing to do something like this and was worried LOL I live in North central Texas! God bless!*

[@R1M1r1m1]

I live in FL and was thinking about an open air coop as well, but we have bears so I don't know.

[@flyingyogagirl4654]

Great video! Can totally relate to the ‘chicken poop on the patio is bad for my marriage’ 😂😂😂

[@farmyourbackyard2023]

Great detailed tour. Thanks!

[@gracecanon2872]

Very nice set up, thank you for this video.

[@freddieivory625]

Great tour, thanks for sharing

[@naegwut]

Very good

[@tracipeters23]

Great video

[@kekq3525]

This is awesome!

[@tjharmon891]

This is what I want to build..but I worry about the 2 months of colder Temps we get in the austin area

[@homemadetexas]

I am near Austin. Chickens are very cold-hardy. As long as you give them a dry place out of the wind, they will be fine. It's the heat you have to worry about killing them.

[@737smartin]

@@homemadetexasI’m near Austin, too… Lake Travis / Volente area. This will be our first winter with chickens here. We had a small flock in S. Houston a few years back. It’s my understanding that as long as you give them a well-ventilated place and limit the drafts, chickens handle our kind of cold just fine. Also… ensure access to water that isn’t a block of ice!

[@barbarapinti297]

Hahaha, your dog looks too cute to be a bloodthirsty killer, but I'll take your word for it!

[@homemadetexas]

He is cleverly disguised as a cute dog.

[@hectormaldonado4369]

Hi. What about the winter: how do you protet them from the winter cold?

[@homemadetexas]

Hi there! As I said in the video, I hung tarps on the north and west sides of the coop to form a wind break. Chickens are very cold-hardy animals and can easily withstand cold temperatures as long as you protect them from wind and rain.

[@onemoredoll5791]

You can use clear roofing vinyl sheets that are grooved for ventilation that keeps coop/run light, protected from wind and rain and a tad warmer. Then take off in spring.

[@shaukatalisheikh5374]

A clean and higeine coop.where in Texas are you.from where you get the chicks.i want to setup a similar coop in el paso

[@homemadetexas]

I got all my hens as pullets or adults from local Facebook groups or craigslist. I don't want to raise chicks. Good luck!

[@meagangarber8197]

What do you do about rain? I’m building a similar setup but am concerned about them getting wet when it rains.

[@darlene5621]

A raccoon could make short work of your lock, i've heard if a 2 yr old could slide the lock so could a coon. My coop could be used as a brinks truck if something gets my girls he's gona have to work at it.

[@oftin_wong]

Chicken also need protection from winds especially cold nightime winds

[@737smartin]

So… did you actually watch the video? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@oftin_wong]

​​@@737smartin The one titled ...open air chicken coop ? Nightime temperatures can still plummet with a wind behind it Even in arid places like Texas Chickens deserve some protection from that Oh yes I see ...she puts a tarp on the side seasonally ....I must've gone to make a cup of tea previously and missed it