I used Free pallets to build this chicken coop and with a few other purchased materials. explained in the video. Showing the Update of my free pallet chicken…
“FREE Pallet” Hen house, Chicken coop (Update)
How To Build A Chicken Coop, DIY-Guides
I used Free pallets to build this chicken coop and with a few other purchased materials. explained in the video. Showing the Update of my free pallet chicken…
The good news is you’ll be able to make your own chicken house even you are
lack of woodworking skill
YouTube: this may work 4 you
Broody Hen Chickens How to undo broodiness. Stop sitting on eggs. Does
Water Work?YES!
with your broodys if you have that problem again just go buy some day old
chicks and put them in with her at night (the night time is very important)
and that SHOULD help. you only need one or two
Calvin must be the older bird. He “buffaloed” George when he was young.
One day George will figure out he is the bigger tougher bird and Calvin
will not be having a good day.
Don’t know if you have small kids but you need to really keep an eye on
George. You definitely don’t want one of the kids to loose an eye to a
quick spur by George. I have invited many an aggressive rooster to a
chicken-n-dumplings dinner. I will personally will not tolerate a
aggressive rooster.
Now you know where the old saying of “Rules the roost” comes from. There
are always a couple that just have to go out of their way to peck on others
to prove their dominance.
Wow, your chickens look so much happier and healthier than Troys. Well done.
Good idea Thanks… But fixing the perch gives me something to do
sometimes… 🙂 Lol But really I may have to do that soon. They just kick
it out I put boards up to contain it and they still insist on cleaning them
out clean. Unfortunately I have tried and we lost more with bedding because
of them kicking it all out it could be the roosters I have not noticed who
is doing it… Thanks for watching and leaving a comment. 🙂
the chicken coop looks real nice. We’d like to get a few chickens, but not
sure what all goes into it or how much time they’d take to care for.
I know, that was a great shot of George. 🙂
Where is the straw in the nests? Hens lay better if there is straw or some
type of bedding. Also means less broken eggs. We use the long wood poles
for clothes closets as roosts bacause its better for their feet if a roost
is rounded. Here in the Sierra we have to put fine mesh construction wire
under the flooring and up the outside half way, otherwise racoons, opposum,
bob cat etc will chew threw the wood to get inside. Also keeps mice/rats
out, although we dont have that problem.
Enjoyed the video. Tip: Cut some sapling poles long enough to span area. If
they sag, cut Y shaped one & use like a clothes line prop. We’ve always
used poles, as chickens can grip them easier than dimensional lumber. FWIW.
We’ve always kept hay, or an equivalent, in our nesting boxes. Eggs seem to
stay cleaner & fewer ones get broken. Just a thought, since — if it ain’t
broke, don’t fix it. 🙂
George is my favorite turd…:) But really I haven’t decided the attack
yet… lol Yellow Jackets are arch Rivals of mine… When I was a kid
around 5 years old. I was swarmed and stung along with my brother who got
it worse than I did. I ran faster than him… So Now we make yellow Jacket
burgers and eat them for breakfast… Haha…
We make sure the feed bin is full and fresh water daily. Otherwise pretty
simple. Spring is the best time to start them. You might have eggs by
august give or take a few? many things factor that. Winter as long as they
have a good place to get out of the wind and weather they should be fine.
We help them with a heat lamp on cold nights. Never hurts in my opinion.
also they will continue to lay all winter if they are warm and happy. 🙂
Hope This helps Eggs are delicious and I know thr Fresh!
I was expecting that comment! I have been putting bedding in the nesting
boxes since I’ve had these chickens two years coming and they insist on
kicking and cleaning them out! You come tell them otherwise 🙂 They lay
over a dozen a day I don’t think they can lay any better than that. Thanks
for the concern my roosters will hold the fort Just fine… We have not had
a problem since big george and little Calvin have been around… Thanks for
watching and leaving a comment.
Burn um…. hahha! Ahhh hahahaha!!!
Thanks I appreciate the advice and info. 🙂
Haha he makes a better watcher for the flock for right now… 🙂
I loved how you got the camera right up into George’s face. Also when you
said, “say good night everybody”, all the chickens got quiet for a moment.
lol What are you gonna do about the yellow jackets?
George make good soup !
when the nesting boxes had straw/bedding we lost more eggs… Because they
kicked them out with the bedding.
were these geese really going the wrong way? that worries me
Funny how you say things like they are fact! Sorry But I’m going to say
this as nice as possible. I’ve been around Farms and chickens my whole life
That might not be long. But I know for a FACT the bigger farms around here
use 2×3 and or even 2×4 lumber and haven’t had a problem for 75+ years…
Just saying! 90% of the chicken coops you will find and or buy will have
square or not round poles. Your idea is good but not Fact! Thanks 🙂
Thanks for watching…
Chickens are a lot of fun… They each have a personality and show it lol.
but they are in my opinion pretty cheap to buy and keep. We use more feed
in the winter because they don’t free range much but when no snow on the
ground they are all free and eat all the bugs and thatch the grass in some
places… 🙂 if you do free range them fence in the gardens or you can kiss
them goodbye. we only let them in the garden when its finished producing.
Time 5 mins in the morning and 5 mins at night