25 thoughts on “Pallet Wood Hen House & Prototype for Our Own Tiny House. Part 2. Costs less than 25 Euros/Dollars”

  4. FANTASTIC job! But…. What about windows? How can they see in there? My
    girls would go on strike if they didn’t have windows! LOL

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  5. Love your design and the video! Music and humor go a long way! I am
    building a shack for my kids to play in and your idea is very helpful. I
    like the Ridge Purlin idea!

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  6. Oh how true. I’m seeing more and more people round here using them in
    various projects which is great. The joke is I find that the planks are
    often of a superior quality to the stuff sold in the DIY shops. Thanks for
    watching and commenting. Best Wishes from Normandie, Andy.

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  7. Thanks so much for your kind comments. There’s plenty of this stuff lying
    around waiting to be (re)used. The chicks are really comfortable with a
    wooden house and it blends into the garden. Best Wishes from Normandie,
    Andy.

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  8. Thanks very much. You can do a lot with pallets, we use the broken pieces
    and off cuts in our wood-burning cooker, so everything gets used. Cheers,
    Andy.

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  11. Thanks, your comments are much appreciated! Hope everything is going well
    with your project! Best Wishes Organikmechanic aka Andy

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  12. Thanks for your comment, much appreciated! Yours sounds like a big
    engineering project – hope you are making a film!! Best Wishes from
    Basse-Normandie, Organikmechanic aka Andy

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  14. That was absolutely awesome. Creating from used materials is just tops and
    benefits all of us. You, Sir, are genius. I love everything about your
    video. You must have very happy chickens. Thank you.

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  16. Thanks! They liked the old house but it was really time to replace it. They
    certainly seem to feel comfortable in a wooden house and also perching on
    branches which I use for the perch/roost poles.

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  19. Yes I use sawdust or wood shavings under the roosts, it goes into the
    compost bin along with the contents of the dry toilet, all of which makes a
    fantastic feed for our fruit trees and raised beds.

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  21. Thank-you! You might try blocking off the rafters and making a higher roost
    with a droppings pit underneath. Would make it safer for you!!! I suppose
    the rooster stays down on the roost is because he can’t fly up as well as
    the others, or maybe he just appreciates your carpentry!

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  22. Thank-you, much appreciate your comments! We all have such fun making these
    videos, it’s an extra bonus when others enjoy them too, though of course
    Bob the Sebright does most of the work! Best Wishes from France, where we
    are enjoying an Indian Summer – better weather than the actual Summer!

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  23. The girls should be very comfy in there. I like the droppings collector
    idea to wouldn’t work for me though only my rooster sleeps on the roosts
    that i built for them everyone else uses the roost as a stairway on their
    way to the rafters for the night. It’s a bit risky going in there after
    dark you can get bombed.

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  24. Love to recycle old pallets, if only more people would do the same maybe we
    would not live in a world of rubbish. Keep up the good work!

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  25. Thanks, much appreciated. We are still learning all the time. One thing we
    both did before coming out here was to get our practical skills up to
    speed. I took a bricklaying course, ironic really because we bought a ruin
    of a stone and granite house – but the same rules apply and I learned so
    much about lime mortars. Sue had done a lot of tiling, though carrying
    terracotta tiles up and laying them onto a roof was challenging! If you
    want to see our house, it’s on the blog. All the Best, Andy

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