Hey thanks for the feedback. You are most welcome! Happy building

Was definitely I nice one!

My makita hammer drill batteries are toast so I went with the backup. Can’t beat the old skill worm drive skill saws though

Thanx so much. Im pleased it was helpful to you

Wow, thank you!

My pleasure

Your welcome!

You’re welcome and I sure hope that it does. I’ll be putting out a video very soon about how I did the wheels as it’s been requested over and over again. You can also see how the house is holding up 1.5 seasons later

Building mobile chicken coop’s and a trailer base is actually a great idea. If you haven’t heard of a guy named Joel Salatin You should check him out he deploys some massive trailer coops on his farm

Thanks so much. Are you building something similar now?

@@GritandGrace I love chickens but I have a hard time justifying the math with trying to keep them from getting frostbite in Iowa over the winters

Thanks so much. Appreciate your engagement

Thank you. It’s certainly working for us

@@GritandGrace I have a 24 foot long run made of cattle panels with 30 chickens but this looks a lot better especially with the nesting boxes

The nice thing is when you also hang their water and feeder, you can move it without ground obstructions

Thank you so much for the encouragement

yes in the future I would use hog clips

Nice ideas. Billboard vinyl is a great idea. Can you get old signs for free from Lamar and other outdoor companies? I like the concrete I bolt idea

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Hey, you've got this! As someone that raises chickens as well, I wish you luck. If it's not prying too much, may I ask why they intimidate you? Chickens can make for wonderfully sweet and goofy pets

@@jamestomlin5525 im a city girl. Trying to be a country girl and i dont like animals. 😆 i am trying to get used to nature ‼️

@@kimvanhorn1013 won't lie, that it the cutest thing ;) haha, don't worry, as a bloke from the country, you'll get the hang of it before you know it. You may even grow to love said animals too.

what a compliment. Two years and my designs are holding up great

Glad it helped! Happy chickens, plentiful eggs

@@GritandGrace - Building my coop now (after back surgery) and i have a question about the canvas tarp. Have you had any issues with raccoons shredding the tarp? I have heard some "horror stories" about that.

Hey fellow maineiac Also trying to figure out how to keep chickens toast and protected from fox raccoons owls and have seen a couple bobcats and Fischers recently

Thankyou for stopping by and engaging

If i build another, i thought about going for hog clips, but not sure if its cheaper than bailing wire. Im always up for tweaking my approach for a better outcomr

@@GritandGrace Hey...the hog clips would work great also. Yes, they're more costly, but more heavy duty then bailing wire is. I love your idea and have saved your video to build one just like it.

Hog clips work but just so you know, the zip ties are way faster. Bailing twine would be good but the wire is always going to leave sharp points. That makes holes in the tarp

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@@GritandGrace great answer! You can just hide or block him so he will stop spamming your comments.

Thanks for the encouragement. Glad it reached you and was helpful

I was actually rethinking the design yesterday and how using clear visqueen would allow sunlight on the birds in the winter, trap heat and make these useful as greenhouses in the winter

Or buy hog ring pliers and they will last forever

Thanks for the response. You are definitely right about the perches being higher than the nest box. These are some of those things you learn overtime. Our birds are very peculiar As they all prefer to lay in an old milk crate with hay, and they all pretty much share the same box. My brother-in-law built a rollaway Egg box in his coupe, and the birds are much more consistent and predictable. We might have incorrectly trained ours by not knowing some of the rules lol

@@GritandGrace it is just a part of the learning process! As long as we learn new stuff. That way there are no mistakes. I like the name of you channel.

Thanks David, life is gritty, but with grace from God and our family, and we can live a life of meaning and joy

Hey great to hear from you, and thanks for checking in. Hope you find some more useful info!

Uh we're on here for chicken coop build, not history, wrong, lesson

@@margiehill7251 what history This only me and my geographic location

You certainly could. Just use the entire 16’ cattlepanels. Of course a larger tarp will be required. So glad it added value for you

@@GritandGrace How many chickens do you keep in it?

Last round we had 26 in there. We move them onto a fresh patch of grass each day, twice a day once you get to the last week. We of course let them roam and range during the day. Rule of thumb I have followed is providing 1.5 or more square feet per bird for their health and wellness

Well thank you very much

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Canvas was purchased at menards. It cost approximately 50.00. You couls get a heavy duty tarp for half that price

@@GritandGrace thank you

I good livestock guardian dog will keep away predators if you're able to have one.

The easier and cheaper option you can go for is just laying some chicken wire on the ground around your pen. A digging predator will try to dig as close to the fence as they can, the wire will prevent them from breaking ground and getting through which will cause said predator to give up.

I actually ended up putting down a perimeter of gravel and put the skids top. this made it easier to get everything level. Afterwards I spread more gravel around the base. That has kept all predators out and helped with drainage.

Yes with wheels on it's pretty easy to move. Pro tip:. Use a two wheel dolly to push or pull it with ease.

I suppose you could. May have to alter the design to leave a vertical mounting face to acre each end of the corrugation to. The canvas tarp is proving to be very nice other than sun fade. It’s dries quickly, is more durable than vinyl tarp and gives a nicer quality look to the finished product

Absolutely, put your own touch on yours.

chickens should be provided 1.5-2 square feet per bird.

Just double the length and use four cattle panels side by side instead of two

Yes the birds did sleep in there during the warmer months up until just recently when I switch them into an interior shed for the night. In the summer and fall we would let them free range during the day and then button them up secure them at night by putting in a perch. Just in the last few weeks we had power run out to a shed so that we could have them in there with the heat source for the winter. I can do a quick video walk-through of our winter set up if that would interest you. Otherwise you could get canvas fabric and clothes in both ends and maybe even cover the entire thing with a second tarp to provide an insulation layer if you intended on keeping the birds in there throughout the winter. If you were to go that route I would provide for them a Temporary fenced area for the daytime and adding a few bales of hay so that they can keep warm against them

no I have not had issues. Where we are, we do have fox, raccoon and coyote activity once in a while, but they have not tried to penetrate the canvas.

The grid mesh is called hardware cloth here in the states. I used 10” tubeless wheels from the hardware store and 1/2” carriage bolts for the axle. Just drill through the 2x4, add a washer and nut then slip the wheels on and off as needed.

The thicker metal frame/cage is actually a 50inch by 16foot cattle panel.

we do not have this kind of sign( thicker metal frame) in france. Do you have references and a price?

mesh dimensions and wire diameter

Yes, it is pretty mobile.. I have since upgraded the house by putting wheels on all four corners. We also no longer have the heavy layer boxes. Our birds just lay them in a ground nest in the back corner.

In the winter, I can stretch the canvas to full length. Additionally, you can secure a tarp over the front. We actually house ours in a 10x8 heated shed during the winter.

@@GritandGrace I live in Wisconsin. Do you have to heat the enclosure or is keeping them enclosed enough???

the cage is covered in steel hardware cloth. During the summer when I regularly move the pens to new grass, I slide slimmer runs of hardware cloth under the perimeter frame to prevent predator digging.

Southeast Wisconsin. We get snow. Houses hold up fine. Ones been through two winters and perfectly sturdy.

I'll have to give it a try, TY

Can you provide the time stamp you are referring to?

@@GritandGrace I Figured it out

I believe i used the 1/4 inch mesh( hardware cloth). The panels wire would be approximately 1/4 inch as well, so about 6-7mm according to the conversion chart

You could use 12 or 13 mm hardware cloth if you want, i just procured the smaller mesh for free on this project

I would of guessed they were 8 gauge wire but it could be 5. I think the squares are 6 in by 6. Then the bottom is like 2x6

I use a two wheel hand truck. On one end is two 1/2" carriage bolts that I slip two wheels on, on the other I slip the hand truck plate under the frame, use the leverage to hoist it, and then move it.

Hello to you. Thanks for watching and interacting

You could fit 25 if you allot each bird 2sq ft. You coyul bump it up to 30 or so and still provide 1.5 sqft per bird.

@@haydenbellis3047 What does this have to do with raising chickens?????

I did attach 4 old lawn mower wheels by drilling a hole on each corner, pushing a 6" carriage bolt through it, slipping the wheels on and placing nuts and washers on each side. My two children can push it easily now. You can also put wheels on one end, and use a hand truck to slide under and lift the other end. Both methods work

Well I goth the hardware cloth for free, but that would be around 50.00 12 2x4 72.00 (wood is pricey right now) 1 4x4 ac2. 12.00 Box 2.5” screws 25.00 Hog staples 3.00 Zip ties 5.00 Canvas tarp 52.00 Hinges and latches 20.00 Ac2 treated 3/4 plywood for layer box 35.00 Bungees and misc. 15.00 6” carriage bolts for wheels 6.00 8” tubeless wheels 22.00

Roughly 250.00. I initially responded with an itemized breakdown of price, but I do t see it here now.... hope the other more helpful answer made it through

@@GritandGrace you should add this to your description of the video! great video btw thank u!

It is the chemically treated outdoor wood. It is soaked in a bath that prevents the lumber from rotting

I believe they were 1 1/2 inch

What part? Time stamp where it’s occurring? I can hear it well, and I edit the audio to standard speech levels.

Thanks for the input. I admit it is heavier than the first version I Meade because of the chicken nest box inside. Mine has wheels as well. I purchased 10” tires from the hardware store and it moves just fine using a hand truck. I hope your design works well for your needs.

@@GritandGrace would love to see how you installed the wheels as an update to this post. :)

I am working on new content as we speak, and that is one of them.

I can understand how that would be something prominent in your thinking. There is definitely always room for improvement. Most of these videos are done off the cuff, rather than with a scripted Teleprompter which would be my preference. That said I will take notes and try to be more consistent and accurate in my presentation in the future. Thanks for the comment

Thanks my dude. Things are progressing, and I'll just keep at it