Young Couple Builds Their Dream Chicken Coop

The final segment of our coop build: Our Full Coop Tour!
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We are Austin & Sarah.
The two of us grew up as city kids and after we got married realized we dreamed of living a simpler and more self-sufficient life in the country. We packed our bags and bought our little piece of heaven in the beginning of 2021. This channel exists to document our journey of learning how to live a more self-sufficient life.
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[@PraxisPrepper]

I really like the Dutch door idea. I'm redoing our coop and run soon and I'm excited to steal that one! Thanks for making this video. Lots of good ideas!

[@CypressSparrowHomestead]

Appreciate it, good luck with your coop redo! It’s a fun project!

[@messagefrom8749]

The twinkle lights really finish the coop off nicely. We enjoyed your video series.

[@CypressSparrowHomestead]

Thank you so much for watching! It was a fun, tiring, and challenging build all wrapped up into one but it was worth it!

[@hardnackfarms1736]

Howdy Howdy! That is a five star coop! Very nice, I love it. New friend. Have a blessed day! Wendy🙏🏻🇺🇸🌎

[@CypressSparrowHomestead]

Thank you so much! We and the chickens have enjoyed the coop so far, lot of work but it was worth it! Have a great day yourself 😊

[@stonehouseacres]

Couple questions: Minnesota based. How did the winter hold up with no insulation ? What was your trick to keeping the water from freezing in the winter? Do you plan on insulating it ?

[@CypressSparrowHomestead]

Sorry for the late reply! We don’t have insulation, mostly because chickens can withstand pretty low temperatures, it’s just when the wind picks up it could be dangerous. We always have thick bedding for them because they can trap their body heat with their feathers. We have an electric defroster for water, though it doesn’t always keep it 100% thawed depending on the temp. We have gone to winters without insulating and haven’t lost a bird yet due to cold so I don’t think we will insulate. Great questions!

[@TheNorthBranchWI]

Those damn foxes haha the coop turned out great! It seems like you thought everything through. That double door seems handy

[@CypressSparrowHomestead]

It was a pretty surreal experience having never been that close to one before. Thanks so far so good with the coop. We are thinking about insulating for the winter but not sure yet!

[@eprohoda]

mr-thaank you~best job. :)

[@CypressSparrowHomestead]

Thank you!

[@abioladick2446]

Nice I like...wanna do some chickens will def look at some of these features

[@CypressSparrowHomestead]

They are the easiest animal to take care of, and you don’t need a huge coop. Definitely recommend!

[@toxical8695]

👍👍👍

[@kathyfellows9682]

How big is your chicken coop? And great ideas thank you for sharing, we are building ours and definitely will be adding some of y’all’s features :)

[@CypressSparrowHomestead]

Chicken coop is 12x8 ft. And the run is approximately 24x6 feet. Thanks! The best thing we did was add the storage space at the front of the coop. Before food and equipment were scattered throughout the property. Nice to have everything in one single spot. Goodluck building your coop!

[@MosaicHomestead]

Nice coop 👍, I'm building my dream coop right now, it's more of a bunker than a coop lol

[@CypressSparrowHomestead]

Thank you! Good luck on your build, always a fun project!

[@janetallen4013]

How do you keep flies out of the food, we have a huge fly problem in the summer??

[@CypressSparrowHomestead]

Thankfully we haven’t had a problem with flies around the coop yet. With that said, the coop was built in the fall so it hasn’t seen a spring or summer yet so it’s possible that we will have the same problem! Hopefully not 🤞

[@joyadams507]

What an incredible set up!! Do you by any chance close up the feed at night to deter rodents?

[@CypressSparrowHomestead]

Thank you so much! And we haven’t had any rodent issues luckily, Our cats like to hang around the coop so I think that helps!

[@KathleenEdge]

Beautiful! What size is the coup?

[@CypressSparrowHomestead]

Thank you! 12x8. 10 ft peak

[@KathleenEdge]

@CypressSparrowHomestead That's fantastic! Thank you! I'll be building something similar soon. I really appreciate your video! Your feeder design is genius! Will you be insulating?

[@michelefas]

How big is the foyer?

[@pattikemp-gettmann9646]

That's an expensive coop. I spent $2,500 on a shed that I converted. That had to be 3x that cost. Mine is 6x8, all wood. I'd have to say, yours just has the foyer, that mine doesn't have. You did a great job building it!

[@CypressSparrowHomestead]

Thank you! It wasn't horrible price wise, we were around $2k, half of that was roofing material alone. We were lucky to get almost all the wood second hand or discounted. Without that it definitely would have been much more!

[@LetsRoll239]

I am currently building my chicken coop/shed. The finished dimensions will be 8'x12' with a sloping roof from 10' down to 8' and a 8x12' chicken run. Final cost will be about $1,200 before I add insulation and solar power.