I just sat through a whole video on how to keep chickens which I have no intention of ever doing. I did that with the potato planting videos too! I just love seeing what Laura is up to I guess!! 🦋

Hi Laura, I have a funny story about my first experience with having chickens. I was given some chickens when a egg farm was closing, about 50, take one take all. One day when collecting eggs I noticed small bugs crawling on the eggs and all over the walls in the coup. Freaked out, I asked the guy at our feed store what they were and how to get rid of them. He said they were mites and the chickens need to be dusted, and coup cleaned and sprayed to get rid of the bugs. He sold me everything I needed to get the job done. Cleaning the coup wasn’t too hard, but trying to dust the 50 chickens was no easy task. I used the dusting powder to shake on the chicken being sure to get it under the wings and feathers. This was very hard as you can imagine. I thought about putting a chicken in a burlap bag with some of the powder and like you do with shack n bake I shook then until fully covered. I must say this method worked great, but the poor things spit and shuttered when let out of the bag. When I had completed eradicating the mites I told the feed store guy what I’d done, he laughed so hard he was crying! He then told me that I only needed to dig a small shallow hole in their run, put some sand with the powder mixed in and the chickens will get in on their own and fluff up the sandy powder on and under their wings. We both had a good belly laugh, along with everyone I’ve told this story too! I’m 65 yrs old now and much more experienced with raising chickens.

Fellow chicken keeper here. Not sure if anyone else commented about your nine chickens that had leg paralysis but it sounds exactly like Mareks disease.

The coop is beautiful and I know your chickens feel like little queens! And all the treats from Benjamin and Samantha prove their point! 💙💙👨🏾‍🌾

I manage a thrift store and yup you guessed it, someone left a poor chicken in the store in a shopping cart. I called my cat rescue friend, and we now have a happy chicken friend. Who by the way loves cats. She laid her first egg this week. She does however have bumble foot. Sad someone would do that to her. She is also black and quite sweet. (the women left her dog food in the cart) hence the reason her feet were bad. But she is happy and running around with cats :)

Omg, your chicken coop makes mine look like a homeless shelter. Hope my chickens never see this, they'll want to move out! But really, your coop is gorgeous! Giving me inspiration for a new one!

This is my most favourite spot in your house. I still remember the moment I realized I love cottage style gardens after watching this area in one of your garden tour videos back in 2020. It has a lot of impact on how I design my backyard garden. Thank you!

Nobody puts Bev in the corner! 😂 Thanks for reading the comments! We mentioned the chicken coop last week and were so happy to see this video notification this morning! 🐔🙂

Even though I don't actually have chickens, I love hearing about caring for them, and in fact everything about the chicken coop. The "cottage garden" around it is absolutely darling: my FAVORITE part of your entire landscape.

I wish we could have chickens in our town but it’s not allowed. Our eggs in the stores vary, Walmart they are almost 6.00 dollars & our grocery store is almost 7.00. So I found a local girl that has chickens & OMG what a differences in taste! She charges 3.00 a doz & I’m good with that. I’ve already bought 10 dozens from her already!

So cute hearing 'the Girls' get excited about their Worm Snacks😻😹🤗!

Good morning Laura and Aaron! The chickens look healthy and happy. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with others. Hugs from N.C..❤️

I have been working on remodeling a shed for over a year into a pretty chicken coop. You should consider a video about viewer chicken coops like you do with garden/water feature ones. Sadly, my coop isn't done yet to submit photos, but would love to see others' pretty coops.

This is the most informative homesteading video channel EVER. Love the videos and the great delivery of the useful information. Love the coop. Wished I had mine built like that. Maybe the next one we will borrow some ideas.

I had chickens for years - no matter how hard we tried to keep predators out, they still got in. We loved them like they were part of the family making every loss was just too tough to bear.

I can’t believe you filled in that cellar! Do you have another root cellar? They are so wonderful and helpful for storing homegrown food.

My daughter has chickens, geese, ducks, guinnea hens and a turken. When you said you sat with your hens sometimes it reminded me my daughter missed her daughter one day. She was in the chicken coop holding the pet chicken and both were asleep.

So interesting! Thank you for sharing. If I keep watching these, my husband will go mad. Every day I'm like...I want a farm! I want a chicken coop! 🐔

Very nice set up for your chickens. We hang our water from the ceiling and it helps keep the water cleaner. Chickens are so easy to care for and the eggs taste amazing. No comparison whatsoever to store bought eggs. Really like the heat system you have. Keep these type of videos coming. :)

Thank you, Laura and Aaron, for sharing you chickens, and coop with us! I'm looking forward to Spring to start my own little flock! ☺️

Very nice coop! I have about 32 chickens. (It began with eight, and then Chicken Math!) I also have 4 ducks, all males! My bachelor boys. They are the funniest guys around. We just finished a new coop, so now I have 3 coops and what my husband likes to call my "Chicken accessory" shed. Funny man. I also have 6 roosters! Luck of the draw at Tractor supply. I love them all and love taking care of them. It is so calming to sit outside and watch them go about their business. So enjoyed watching how your operation works and how you care for you "girls." They look so happy and healthy.

I loved how the girls came running when the snack bag came out!

Every shed I've ever owned had a lock of some sort on the outside. Where else would it be! 🤣🤣🤣 Noone lives on the inside. So funny.

Loved seeing your hens and their super home today! I have 10 bantam chickens and love them so much. I didn't know it was possible to love chickens! In Aug one hen went broody and hatched 3 chicks. We got lucky and they are all hens and have just started to lay the cutest tiny eggs! We free range ours but our raised bed gardens are protected with cattle panels to keep the deer out. So fun to see the chickens running around the yard all day!

I love your coop. I wish I could’ve done mine that way. One thing that I add to my coop is Diacom earth. This helps prevent worms and coccidia from getting into the chickens. I spread a dusting underneath the pine shavings.

I have seen videos where men have built moveable chicken tunnels. I love that idea and it seems nice for the chickens tip-off be able to roam further and they are protected from hawks. Also keeps the chickens out of the flower and vegetable beds.

I love having chickens also… they actually have personalities and likes. So happy to hear someone else talk about that! I shared your fodder video with a chicken keeper friend of mine! Thank you! I so enjoy knowing what my chickens eat because the eggs are sooo much better! The yolk color and taste, yummm. Like so many other comments I also have my water up a tad higher (cinder block).

Im in Oklahoma and have similar weather as Lauras. I used builder sand inside my coop. LOVED IT! No dust no mold no smell. cleaned it like it was a giant litter box, super easy. It was great for their feet (kept them clean and mite free) Their water never got dirty. Very economical. never had to replace the sand.

Oh Laura, as I’m sitting here at 5am on a Monday morning, I’m thinking to myself “how does Laura have SO much energy!” I barely got myself out of bed, threw on some random clothes and drove to work haha

They chicken coup has always been my favorite part of your property. They flower beds around it are so cozy and cottage feeling. The coup itself is like a small cottage. Keeping it neat and clean and decorated blends right into the yard.

Great video with lots of information for those interested in keeping chickens (or sprucing up their current chicken coops)! I am a Certified Veterinary Technician with 24 years of experience in mixed animal practice, and my husband and I have been keeping chickens for 10 years. We currently have 19 ladies and a gent. So sorry to hear about your pullets! Sounds suspiciously like Marek's disease. Unfortunately, necropsy is the only way to know for sure. For anyone interested in getting chickens (or any animal) I would recommend not only researching husbandry but related illnesses. Preventative medicine is the best kind (I see this on a daily basis and have learned the hard way myself more than once). Purchase your ladies from reputable sources, make sure they are vaccinated for Marek's and always practice good biosecurity! Homegrown eggs are the best and what makes them even better is getting to know your ladies' different personalities! I love sitting out in the pen or yard with the ladies and a good book (not that I get much reading done)! Thank you Laura and Aaron! Keep the inspiration coming! All the best for a wonderful 2023! 🐔📖☺

Great coop tour. I’ve found that if you hang or raise the waterer five inches or about the height of the chickens breast area it keeps the shavings out and the water cleaner. I like how you guys covered your run to keep Hawks, etc. out, and the chickens in. My run is to large to cover and I find my chickens flying over the 6’ chain link fencing, they then proceed to the flower beds and kick the wood chips everywhere. I retired this year so am looking forward to addressing the situation soon. Love the idea of plexiglass to keep the weather out as once snow gets inside the run area the girls don’t care to go outside. For anyone considering getting chickens I highly recommend putting glass board under the roost area, to catch the poop. I clean the boards every third day and use it in the flower beds (once it’s dry) it’s been a game changer in keeping the coop clean as now I only have to replace the wood shavings every couple months. Chickens do most of their pooping at night while on the roost, I use an old 18” paint edger to scrape it into a bucket, best fertilizer ever. We have 38 chickens 🐓 and the eggs taste so much better than store bought eggs. Laura you should get some of the free Purina bling signs, they give them to customers once a year where you purchase their feed. I love how you are teaching the kids to enjoy and appreciate your flock 😊. Thanks for sharing all your tutorials with us. I have been gardening over forty years and am still learning from you and your mother.

Hi Guys, i find with my girls having the water container up higher, it doesn’t get so dirty and is easier for them to drink from, awesome set up, love the winter panels. ❤❤

I would love to see a chicken friendly garden right outside their coop that you could let them out to pick at herbs and other edibles growing around the coop with another "outer" fence to keep them contained to that area. Would be amazing and next level and something you could pull off like nobody else. Please consider that for the future no rush maybe this summer? lol If your chicken dies and you dont know why, have a necropsy done so you can possibly save the rest of your flock. Love your coop Laura! I have a buff and 3 black copper marans as well as a whole lot more lol!

Your coop area has always been my favourite part of your garden. The cottage garden simply re-inspires me every Spring, and frankly, chickens. I just love them, they are intensely comforting, I adore that soft clucking noise they make when they are relaxed, happy and feel safe. If someone could make a night sleep meditation with just chickens softy clucking, I’d snap it up!

I like pine shavings because they break down and we can have a small compost pile in the run. Then twice a year all the waste and compost gets tilled up, dug out and put in my veggie beds.

Good Monday morning Laura. Thanks for sharing your ideas on raising chickens. They'll definitely do a lot to improve the homestead.👍😉

I love seeing your chickens and coop area. The garden looks so sweet around it in the summer months. We travel for long periods of time, so I could never have chickens, so I really enjoy seeing yours. Thanks for sharing them with us!

When I was a kid, my mom raised chickens (and geese and pigeons) in the backyard. It was nothing like this. Now I live in an apartment building and I suppose I'll spend the rest of my days in an apartment, but I dream. I dream of precisely the things you folks have built for yourselves. And I love what you have done it to keep your charges safe, healthy and happy. I particularly love how you present your video in a simple straight forward approach without going off in a dozen different tangents. Well done for the video and thanks for the education it offers.

Such a good video. I love chickens and wish I could have some. Thank you.

Can't have chicken in my area but loved to see how others raised theirs and so glad you are raising them too. Looking forward to more videos of raising your chickens.

Perfect video! I've been considering getting some girls of my own. They look easy enough, and with the price of eggs ($8.49) for a dozen and a half YIKES, it only makes sense. You have taken the mystery out of raising them! I have a cute little shed I can turn into their home. Thanks for sharing Laura.

After you mentioned the time frame in which you have been doing different things with your chickens I realized that I have been watching your videos for three years! I still love watching your videos now as much as I did at the beginning. I was always curious about your set up for your chickens. Thanks for the information. I don’t have plans to keep chickens currently but I find it very interesting!

This chicken coop is nicer than the house I grew up in!!! 😮😮😮😮😊😊😊😊😊😊

Very helpful information. I have a friend who raises chickens and they follow her around and actually talk to her ... hahaha it's hilarious!!! Raising chickens is really a science if you think about. My friend and her husband are quite knowledgeable in treatments too. Thank you for the video 🐓

I love the coop setup and how well you care for them! I wondered if you ever considered adding a chicken tunnel off the back of the coop for the girls to explore in warmer weather? It would be camouflaged by your plantings. Also, maybe a couple chicken swings? LOL! Never change! Y'all are awesome to watch and cheer on! 💗💞🐔

I loved this segment.....u have the happiest chickens....I love watching your kids interact with them

When i had chickens i use to get a bale of hay. I used that for ground cover. The hens loved it because of all the hay seed heads to munch on. I made a run out of my outdoor coop where they could eat grass and whatnot. After the seeds came up from my garden i would let the hens free range, they never chomped on my garden items. Just occasionally browse through looking for a stray bug or a worm. Plus, they do a little scratching but never ever hurt the plants. It was like clockwork too at night they head straight for the coup first ray of the sun going down they head for the coop and I just closed the door and they be safe and sound. You've inspired me to maybe get chickens again they're really quite a delight and hilarious too🐣🐤🐥😂

Very wise to not overpopulate the chicken coop. Less is better for health and comfort. 🥇

Aloha from us Kwarts!🤙🏽 Your videos are definitely how my daughter and I start our day. She loves watching your kids in the videos especially and thinks Samantha is too stinkn cute. Here in Hawaii, the islands are covered with feral chickens. It's definitely a love-hate relationship. They serve a great purpose keeping the centipedes outa homes (should look at how massive the centipedes are here!) But they tear up the landscape quick and constantly have to be chased off. And if they decide to lay in your pots or shelves, etc, it doesn't matter how much you chase em off! They are literally the most stubborn creatures. They will sneak to kick your plants out of pots and lay. I have full commercial gym setup in garage, and every day, one flies in to lay on cabinets. I've gone to put equipment away only to have eggs drop down on me. 😑 If anyone is curious, we do use the free-range eggs. Even feed them to our dogs.

Hi! I'm so inspired by your channel and really grateful you spend so much time and effort sharing your knowledge and experiences! I'm a new gardener in 6b and frequently reference your videos for indoor and outdoor plant care. I was blessed to purchase my first home in 2022, and 2023 will be my first year starting a vegetable garden! 90% of my overconfidence is derived from watching your huge successes. Thanks for all you do, Laura, Aaron and Team

I adore your darling coop and how you made it so cozy. The love shows especially with all the plantings around, and window box.

You truly have a wonderful set up for your girls. We had thought of doing chickens, haven't had any since I was young, but with the avian flu being really prevalent, we didn't want to take chances of getting chicks that could catch it, and not survive. It was really spreading this year in PA. Even all the Zoos had their birds (even the penguins) locked up for safety reasons. Hopefully this year we will see it has improved and the cases will decrease.

I think 6 or 8 would be perfect for that coop and yard. I had chickens for years. I really miss them. And the Buff Orpington and Australorpes are my favorites. The only thing I would say is to be careful introducing adult chickens into your flock. Chickens can be brutal to new comers. Also, when you said your 3 black hens came in as adults when Beverley was all alone, and then Bev went in the corner while the others ate - I wondered if they have intimidated her and she has dropped to the lowest in the pecking order. I always brought in a bale of straw in the Spring and Fall. Just set the bale in the coop or yard and let the chickens tear it apart and spread it around. Mine always enjoyed that.

Thanks for the coop tour, Laura. I have chickens too. Had to learn how to clip their wings as I don’t have a top on my “yard and the girls liked exploring. I agree about not using sand….it’s also so darn heavy to change/clean the coop. Shavings can go in the compost pile and help enrich the soil. I’m going to have my grandsons help me put up a “roof” and I like your idea of the plexiglass panels to help block wind, rain and snow. I don’t have an electricity outlet near my coop so in the winter I use the “deep shaving” method to help keep my girls warm and insulated. Have learned the hard way about weasels (nasty little critters just bite off heads and leave the rest!), fox 🦊, etc. our cats have never been a problem even though they go in the coop with me. Have a great day! If you have any extra rain please send it to Nebraska…we’re desperate for any moisture.

This video threw me back to my childhood. I don't know how many varieties we had, but it was a lot. Banty chickens ended up being my favorite because they are smaller and make great moms to their chicks. Interesting to note that eggs from calcium deficient chickens look like rubber balls because they are only kept together by the lining.

I so want chickens, but would like a setup like yours, and we don't have a spare out building to build on, so it will have to wait for a big longer. We have a very steep drop off on one side of our property into my neighbor's yard, so even with a fence, I'd be nervous to let them free range. You do such a good job keeping your hens happy - they might be the most spoiled chickens on KZfaq and I love it.

Yay! Another chicken coop video. I was in withdrawals. Haha😂 But seriously, this may be my very favorite topic of yours. I've decided not to keep chickens on our property for now but it's still a someday dream for my inner prepper.

I put the waterer up on a piece of pallet. Keeps it nice and clean!

It’s been such fun seeing the kids feed the chickens over the years. We’re hoping to get a few chickens but are still in the planning phase. I’m glad you mentioned pullets because I’d forgotten that was an option!

Good morning. I love your coop. I like the chicken curtains, they look French country. 💕 Thanks for the tour. Have a blessed day.

As a vegan that doesn’t consume eggs or chickens😉, I watched the entire video, now that says a lot about you and your channel! 😊

We hang our water and feed from above and keep the height just so they can walk up and eat or drink, this way they can not rake the bedding from the floor into the eating and drinking container. On the feeder, it is open on the top so I took an old metal pie plate and wedged it in the top and it keeps them out and the mice also. We also use straw in the closed run and pine shavings in the coop. Under where they roost at night we have a shelf of sorts like a long box, that we put cat litter in, so in the mornings when we go to let them out, we simply "scoop" the area and we are done. We have put underground the hardware cloth all around the converted pen and around the coop also. The top is covered with heavy-duty bird netting. So far it all works for us just great. Love watching all your videos.

Most beautifully landscaped chicken coop ever!

I was just wondering about that "creepy room" in the cellar you took away, wasn't that a root cellar where you can store food and stuff? It keeps cool even in the summer and frost free in winter. Super good way to save energy! :)

I think your chickens have such a lovely home! Thanks for the information and tour!

the sound of the rain on the chicken coop is wonderful!

Hi Aaron, Laura and littles, it was so nice to see Bev this morning...

Laura you’re a true teacher, you organize and explain topics so well. Great video and great job!

Im ready to move in the coop,the cage is the same size maybe bigger than my 1st apartment in NYC.Very informative,thanks have a safe great new year!God bless!

wow, you're coop Awesome! it's so sweet of you to explain how to care for chickens and build their coop for anyone interested in that project. You took the time to go over everything and I just think that is so sweet. Thank you so much for this video and all videos I have learned so much from you over the years and I really appreciate you.❤

I had fifty chickens at one point. They were such fun to watch and care for. One was like a pet I named Henny Penny. 💕

You guys have a dream coop, so much space for your gals! I especially love the spacious coop itself- - with the natural roost, so practical. Have you all heard of a company called Carolina Coops? They are the Cadillacs of chicken coops and maybe you guys can do a collab?

Laura, this is one Beverly Hill chicken coop. Got to envy the chicken. 😋♥️

I've been wanting chickens for almost 2 years and my husband finally agreed to it! I didn't even know you had chickens until this tour video so I had to go back and watch all your other chicken coop videos. I LOVE your style because it's so exactly what I like too, so I'm absolutely taking some inspiration for design elements and aesthetic from you! Black Copper Marans are on my list for sure!

honestly, i'm always pining for regular pop ins or updates on the chickens so this video was a luxury. thanks. sitting on the limb and hanging out with them sounds divine. more regular hellos to the coop gurls would be nice.

Hi! Could you please share a video of taking the plexiglass sheets off when you do that in the Spring? I have chickens and I’m wanting to add plexiglass sheets to my run and it would be really helpful to see in more detail. Thank you for considering! 🐓 😊

Good morning! 😊

I just love your videos! You are so talented! You do so much!! I was so surprised to see how much you do inside after all you do OUTSIDE. I guess your love for what you do gives you all the energy you need. God bless you for having a channel like this. You give such good instructions on how to beautify and maintain our gardens, and you even share recipe! Your can is so cute!

I'm totally loving the gardens around the coop. So cottage looking.

Even though I don't have an area for chickens it was a very nice video of information. So cute to hear how much you love those chickens. Did you say what your yield is for daily egg count? I don't know if I heard of about the eggs and how tasty they are compared to store-bought and etc. I've only had fresh eggs a few times. I love all the different colors of eggs too.

Those eggs are beautiful. I wish we had a way to do something like this. Yours are fed very well.

I agree, sand absolutely sucks as bedding. At least in my area. It might work for some people but it doesn't work for me. Use what works for you. I use pine shavings and sometimes straw in the coop itself and then when I clean it out, I throw it out into the run where the chickens turn it into. Absolutely beautiful compost. I have a poop board that I clean off and throw that out there in the run also. Again the chickens make it into beautiful compost. if you want them to stir it up a little bit better for you throw some scratch greens out there and they'll really go at it. You have the beginnings of a perfect set up to make some great compost, and to keep your chickens happy and healthy.

At first sight, I thought what a cute tiny home😊

❤ I love your chicken coop brings me great childhood memories 🎉 I’m so glad your children will have these memories as well

Diatomaceous earth is an awesome thing to mix in run and shavings. You can actually mix in their feed. Good for bugs in them and around them.

Good Morning! 🌞 I have watched the Chicken Coop from the very beginning! I really like the Chicken Coop, I have learned so much by watching! My Grandfather raised chickens so I had the knowledge that he passed on to me! I would love to have chickens but finding the perfect spot! My Grandnephews have chickens as one of their chores! They supply me with eggs! My Grandnephews are around Benjamin's age! 🐓🥚🍳🏡

I also use pine shavings on the floor but I have roosting boxes with paving sand. They are trays under the roost. I scoop them like kitty litter daily. It catches about 80-90 % of the the poo. I have a shingled roof over the run but the sun can be too much on the morning so I use a white tarp with tent poles to give them shade but it is still bright.

Laura and Aaron, your chicken coop and run is beautiful!❤ As a fellow chicken keeper, it’s so fun to see how someone else takes care of their feathered friends. Question, have you looked at Premiere One Poultry heated waterer? It keeps everything clean. In the winter it keeps the water from freezing and in the summer you can make it a cooler by adding ice to the water.

Very interesting. Why do the black chickens not have names? Do they look too similar it is hard to tell them apart?

Thanks Laura. Even though I am a many many years veteran chicken keeper I enjoyed watching this video. I love seeing other coop ideas. It is time to make some repairs in our barn and coop so I have recently been watching your previous coop videos. I especially love your windows. Also timely because we were just discussing putting plexiglass panels on our screened porch(people porch).

That is the cutest chicken coop I’ve ever seen, you take such good care of them too❤

Laura & Aron, There is a community farm near where I live that uses moveable tents to ,sort of, free range the chickens. There are lots of predators in this area, the tents keep the chickens safe and contained. Might be a consideration for grassy areas of your property in the future.

The disease could possibly have been Marecks disease. My sister had that sweep through one time after getting some new stock.

I so appreciate this video. Your coop is perfection but I loved all the extra info on flooring, clean up, ventilation, breed of chickens, etc. Thank you and Aaron for such amazing content and high quality videoing.

Good morning all have a safe and blessed day 🥰

I wonder if it could’ve been Mareks disease that got the original chickens. Unless ruled out, it might be good to make sure any new chickens are vaccinated before introduction.

After the cost of feed, bedding and time of labor, it doesn’t seem that it would be profitable or a break even.

So beautiful! How fortunate your flock is ❤️

You have inspired me so much from your gardening to chicken coop. My husband and I have built a coop and love it so much! I can’t wait to plant around it this spring.