Just wanted to let you know that I implemented nearly everything you covered in this coop walkthrough, with some slight variations. For nearly 2 years now, our chicken coop is essentially a hands off operation with some daily visits to collect eggs and to toss them the occasional food scraps and monthly cleanings. So, I just wanted to say thanks for the inspiration.

This guide is a good resource of videos, pictures and drawing. It does not have plans, so if that's what you're looking for don't bother with this book. kzfaq.infoUgkxLum--iPp9YKZ09j1BMdHaBMLkrGfIbcm What this book does have is a lot of great information on the building of sheds, design ideas, building options, etc. The author goes through the steps to build a foundation, framing, roof, even ideas on internal storage and external finishes. The text is easy to follow and understand. There are many sidebars that give tips and advice which most laymen probably wouldn't have considered. The photographs are great quality too. This is a great book and I'd recommend it highly for anyone needing or interested in building a shed.

Am I the only one speechless on the names? Alrighty, then. :) Excellent video.

Great job for a starter coop! I do have one recommendation: take out the heat lamp. As long as your coop is draft free with ventilation, that is all they need. I’ve been raising chickens in New England for 30 years and they do not need heat. This is a MAJOR fire hazard.

This is a year late but i had to comment. Im 71 and raised chickens most of my life. This is a FANTASTIC coop! On the old fashioned farm they had an old shed for chicken coops. Keep out the predators and drafts and your fine. All these other comments are a bit overkill for chickens. You did a Great job for your birds.

We started with pine shavings, but our avian vet advised that the pine can be bad for their respiratory health. We switched to straw and they love it. They can manipulate it with their beaks too and the layers make happy clucks building their “nest” with it. :)

chickens have feathers; they are not afraid of cold. There is no need for a heat lamp. However, they need lots of ventilation, even in the winter time, to prevent moisture build-up.

You and I have very different definitions of the “deep litter method” - I learned it from the KZfaq channel Oak Abode and she only cleans it out twice a year. This allows the shavings to break down and compost in the coop.

Nice Plants, I'm hoping to be legal soon here in Florida. Also, Great coop design. Thanks for the inspiration!

Amanda, you guys did an amazing job building your coop! I've seen so many different ones for sale and they are cheap. None of them have even half the smart features that yours has. Well done!

The bud in the background is what got me!! 🤣 🤣 🤣

I love the casual marijuana growing in the background.

We ended up with a free "coop" when we moved to our house in the country. The previous owner built a small room onto the outside of the house, connected to the central air system and power system. It was for keeping cats in. We took out the carpet, put hay and roosts in. 6 hens and 1 roo - the AC saved them from a severe heat wave in the summer before their combs came in, and the heat keeps their water from freezing in the winter. The storm door, siding and solid floor have kept out raccoons, possums, cats, hawks, owls, skunks and coyotes. The down side is that we can hear Mr. Wook, our rooster, crowing through the vents in the morning!

Amanda, that is a fantastic set up. Thank you for caring for the birds. I’m very fond of mine too and always am looking to others idea to improve mine. This gave me lots of new ideas. Thank you from Roseville California

It's one thing to name your chickens "chicken head" names; it's another to boldly tell the world that you did.

I just love how fast you talk...and straight to the point without needless yammering!

Love the video and the names of your lil babies! Unfortunately in Louisiana that coup would blow over on hurricane season. We gotta build it with 4x's the lumber.

You don't have to clean the run. Put your compost pile in the chicken run. Chickens speed the process up and they love digging through the pile especially if you mix grain in it

Thank you for sharing this lovely coop and all your great innovations!! Happy birds!! xx

The penthouse of all chicken coupes.... 😍😊👍🏼🙏🏼

Like the plants growing in the pots in background 🌴

Very Well Done coop!! You covered all the basics really good! Only suggestion I offer? Open that nesting box for them even Before they are 'ready' to lay. It will help a Broody hen 'get the idea' on laying. Yes, it is more to clean, but worth it. If they get in the habit of laying eggs on the ground because you didn't have that nest box open soon enough, they are likely to continue that habit. Good Luck!!

Very nice. They might like a little dusting area and some grit/tiny gravel. I love the space they have and simplicity of cleaning it.

Cool!! Appreciate your detailed sharing of your coop, run, watering and feed trays.

I love that you made the coop large enough for the chickens to run around. Chickens love having room and places to exploring. Going to upgrade to your style of feeding system this spring!

Great video and great time saving, work saving ideas. I keep a few chickens as well. The naysayers don't know what they are talking about. You have incorporated a lot of good ideas that are well thought out. Any time you build something from scratch, plans always need a little tweaking, but that is to be expected. Great job. Thanks.

Rained all night, what a blessing for Western Colorado! Maybe we’ll get spring soon. Can’t wait to see all your babies!

We felt the same way about a bigger coop. We also made a swing. We have 8 hens and 6 box. They use 3. Also have the solar power light. Helps at night agenst predator. We also have the same rain barrel. I love your coop and we could probably have a lot in common. You're amazing. Thanks for sharing. Tick control. Thanks Amanda.

Your coop is pretty good. I would do one further thing though. Add a sand box. Chickens like all birds bathe by rolling in the sand. It also cleans the mites and redistributes the oils on their feathers. No need for anything elaborate just dig 1" of soil from under the house and walkway and add sand. Keep your chickens happier and healthier. God Bless

Thank you for sharing! Simple and well planned with the basics covered. Continued success to you💫

Love it! I do not recommend using a heat lamp. We used to use them, but they are a fire hazard and we had 2 of them explode. I found the heat mats are much safer and the chickens have to option to be on them if they need and off if they don't. We put them on top of cinder blocks so they are not in the bedding. Of course, they are not put outside until they have feathers. For the pen we put down 2-3' of pea gravel and I hose it down every day to wash the poop down. I tried other methods and just had mud when it rained. Our chickens free range in our fenced yard during the day and they are shut in at dusk.

Thanks so much for the tour Amanda! Really enjoyed seeing your feeding system!

This chicken coop is absolutely perfect!!!!!!! I just appreciate all your attention to details! Makes me wish I were a chicken in your garden (even though my husband calls me a Turkey, lol). 💗 Thank you for sharing!

I just watched this vid and was amazed at how well this coop was built. When we get our chickens, I'm going to have my hubby watch this. Thank you Amanda for sharing. I am a subscriber now for sure. It was great! Anna Banana - big smile!

I love to see chickens roaming around outside where there is grass and bushes.

This is exactly the coop setup I was looking for - thank you so much for taking the time to share!

Hey Amanda and husband. You did an excellent job on the coop. Also a really good video presentation.!

For safety: make a hard wire cloth basket to enclose the heat lamp and secure to the ceiling with wire. For predator protection: use plywood strips to secure all hard wire cloth by pinching it in between two layers of wood that are screwed together (racoons can easily pry open the edges where you attached the hard wire cloth to the wood, given enough time for them to get to figure out your setup - they kill every bird in the coop as soon as they get a small opening to get in); cement and/or skirt all walls by laying hardwire cloth or stall mats around the edges. I ended up laying hardwire cloth on the floor and cementing the edges and all seams and putting soil on top, so nothing could get in from the floor.

Nice coop Amanda. You and your husband did a good job. My husband and I just finished building an area around our coop, but it is difficult to clean. I like your idea. Best of all is the trough PVC system. Going to definitely back that too! Thanks for sharing.

Hi there! Thank you both for taking time to show us your flock and your wonderful chicken coop. I love it! I haven't raised chickens in over 20 years however now that I have moved and am a widow, I have learned that I should add several things from my old days, such as this, "raising chickens" for me it will be for the joy and the eggs! I have subscribed to your KZfaq, so I can continue to enjoy your adventure! God Bless! Laverna S.

So glad to see that people can love chickens and make their lives so comfortable and safe. I subscribed and loved this informative video. Viva chickens!

Love how simple you kept this. I never seen feeders like that but love that idea.. Great job. Subscribed to your channel. You clearly put in alot of thought for your chickens comfort. :-)

Catchy names - really short and sweet!

Great idea building redundancy water and feeding systems. The rain catcher is brilliant too.

If you want a great tip .. put a compost bin in your chicken run .. Use it for all your wood shavings from the coop and add in any green leaves, grass clippings etc from the garden or kitchen .. The hens will love it, it provides a natural extra food source .. and you will end up with outstanding compost and lower food bills, and healthier happier hens

Ask not what your chickens can do for you - ask what you can do for your chickens! Congratulations, and I can imagine that any children you and your husband might have will be extremely well cared for too

Nice coop. Thank you Amanda for the lovely video!

I am most certainly going to enjoy this. My wife and I are planning to move back to her country of origin and we will most certainly have chickens running around there along with other things. Those these chickens may not be able to stand the weather there, I will still learn loads so I'm not making dumb mistakes. Thanks so much.

Cool ideas, good coop there. Add linoleum and a door to the back of your nest box to make cleaning out that as easy as the main floor of the coop.

Having seen a number of chicken coops over the years, I'm really impressed with the thought put into your design! This is something I'd like to copy when I get into a place of my own. Thanks for sharing!

Loving all the green foliage in the background!! 😂

What a great commentary you gave. Love your chicken and coop Amanda!

Just a suggestion regarding critters esp raccoons. ....they are super smart. Add a latch with a hole you can hook a carbiner into to secure (where a padlock would normally go ) raccoons can undo and open barrel locks with the notch .... Great set up !!!

Great video, and like how you built your coop. Amazing how many know it alls that are on you tube.

I love it! Great design, and so simple! It will work perfectly for us. Thanks so much for taking the time to share this.

Great job Amanda, thanks for the tour. Some great ideas!

All our chickens had the same name - HOUDINI - because they were always escaping.

Not a bad first effort, but I do have a couple of suggestions: You are defeating the purpose of the deep litter system inside the hen house by cleaning it so often. A deep litter system is almost like a compost or healthy soil, and I believe your chooks will get health benefits, when you actually let the fungi and bacteria develop in your litter and by removing it so completely and so often you are starting from scratch each time you clean the coop. Make sure that litter is at least 4 inches deep to start, then add light layers of litter as necessary. Continue to do this until it is to deep to accommodate within your coop. It should last at least a year. When you do finally clean out the coop, make sure to leave some of the old litter in the coop, so those microbes are retained to inoculate the new litter. It would have been good if you had built your coop to accommodate at good 10 to 12 inches depth of litter. You need to do more research on the health benefits of deep litter as you are missing the point. Now for the chicken run: You are concerned about moisture, so use woodchips to the depth of 8 to 12 inches. A cubic meter of woodchips can hold up to 700 litres of water, so they are ideal for preventing your run getting muddy. The carbon of the wood will use the nitrogen of the chicken poo to breakdown, keeping your run odor free and dry. No need to continuously clean out your run. It will eventually breakdown and be a huge bonus for your garden. You have the best free compost workers in those hens, so why on earth is your compost pile not in the chicken run. Chickens adore scratching through compost, turning it for free. It gives them something to do. Every now and then, pile it up for them again, sprinkling some grain in it for them to find, and it will keep them happy and busy. All your kitchen scraps, weeds, fall leaves, grass clippings should be going into that little run to make your chickens happy and give you a great compost. Less with the clean and tidy and more organic matter and your chickens will thank you.

OMG beautiful Amandaaaaaaa! I have been watching chicken coop videos for weeks. YOURS IS MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE! THANK YOU!

❤ It's not a wheel barrel. It's a wheelbarrow. Terrific coop! Love your ideas.

Awesome! That was inspiring and so simple!!! Also, every little detail was thought out well. Thank you for making it a little less huge and scary seeming for us who just have eggs about to hatch, knowing I have to probably get started on a coop for the Summer. And I love the names! :)

Great job! My neighbor is building us one similar to yours and he loved you feeding pvc pipe idea so he’s making that for us as well

Great content! Love the ideas for the coop. We will need to update ours soon and we are going to go back to this to reference! Thanks a ton!

I used to grow chokos against the outside of the run. The chickens really enjoy a green pick like that, and the chokos are useful human food vegetables (the plants get lots of help from chicken compost to grow too). It's a really great design. Love it. Lot of thought has gone into this.

I have 17 hens and 2 roo's i made a few different styles of nests i tried on the floor low level nest and a few 4 feet high. I found they like the higher nests not sure why but they picked 2 and thats where they lay. I used natural tree roosts as well they do like to cuddle i had to completely cover the coop with wire because of predators. They have been a true hassle. Thanks for sharing and Takecare and keep safe.

@7:45 Just pour the hay out in one big pile and the chicks do the spreading.

Thank you! This is the kind of coop I’m looking to build... ( or have my sons build for me 😉😊). I like the linoleum idea for the floor! So easy to clean!

Excellent, informative video. Very well done. Yall did great on the coop & run...great size. Looks like you have some happy chickens 😊🐓

came for the chicken coop, sub'd for the nice "landscaping"!

That was AMAZING!!! SO VERY CLEVER BUILDING!!!

This is my dream chicken coop! Thank you for sharing it!

I do like you coop set up. I have seen similar and absolutely adore the rain catchment and feeding set up.

I built a coop on 2" x 8" skids. Every 4 to 6 months I would drag it to a new spot, leaving a great new gardening plot each time. And I have a dog named biggie-shortie, cause she's big and short-legged. No other reason...

i love it when shaggy is doing something other then begging for the Scooby Snacks.

First time to your channel but wow, you got some beautiful plants there! Love the chickens too😉

Nice job Amanda. Everything folks need to know delivered by a pleasent friendly face.

Good build and well done video. New sub

My tips: Mind out with the lino in the coop, it’s a breeding ground for parasites like red mites, Northern fowl mites & whatever type of louse that finds its way in. Add a solid cap to the feed pipe (maybe you already have them?) to prevent rodents moving in. Be diligent and HAVE FUN!!

Terrific job! Your chickens are well taken care of. 🐓❤️

I don’t even own chickens but I love watching this video, how fun and inventive 😂 and these comments are just as entertaining thank you all! 🙌

"The names MaryJane" "THATS LIKE MY FAVORITE NAME" Raggy is that you?

AWESOME SET UP

I love your coop, I’m going to use some of your ideas in mine! Your chicken names are fab!!

Love the plants around the coop

Like your chicken coop, great ideas ! i just hope you have latches that lock, any kind of predator with hand like feet could very easily open that lid . When chickens start laying I would make sure you have a safe locking system !!

The most unique names I’ve ever heard... lmaooo “and Lucy”

Your chickens would like 2X4s for perches better than those branches. Chicken's feet are meant to stay flat, not grasp a perch like a parrot.

This is so cool. You guys thought of everything, very convenient and safe and healthy for the group.

Thank you for the great video. Could you please tell me where you got the waterer assembly with the little yellow tab that the chickens peck to get water. I think that is a fabulous idea and have never seen one. Appreciate all the effort to bring this video to KZfaq and share with us. Thanks again!

Wait, What happened to tyquasia 1.0?

Nice and simple. Five years on, I hope your chickens are still doing well.

Love this simple, yet well thought out coop!

Nice job, great suburban coop. I have the same restrictions in my community, 6 birds max. The automatic feeders and waterer are a great time saver when you have to commute to work. Smart! Not everyone can live the farm dream. You made owning chickens work in your context. Congrats!

All the sudden I became more interested in her plants

I have been searching How to bu8lt chicken coop. Your coop is the most simple, easy to clean, and sturdy enough against predators, i love it. I have four girls, and I'm planning to build just like yours except for the roof. Mine will have full roof, because chicken run can be soak real bad when it rains. Thank you so much.

I found your tour very informative and well done.

Great tour! When you mentioned "New England," I knew you weren't done yet... ;^) Looking forward to your solution to The Vacation Problem; namely, how to provide sufficient unfrozen water while you're out of town. It looks like you're halfway there with the auto-filling rain-barrel. Maybe insulate it and paint the enclosure black. I've been working on the perfect design for old folks to keep four chickens, but I keep running out of room because I'm trying to squeeze the water and feed storage inside with the hens. I was chuckled at by the farmer who sold me straw when I asked how he "heated" his chicken house, in the upper Midwest. He told me to give them roosts away from drafts and they'd be fine. True enough that. Incidentally, we too had a hanging heater, which one of the chickens knocked down (by flying?/jumping?). It landed in the straw, starting a smoldering fire which killed half. Afterwards the chickens did without.

You are so chilled for the amount of weed in the background.

Thank you for your tips. Enjoyed meeting your hens and rooster.

just stumbled on this and it is very similar to materials and ideas I had, but 50% better. Thanks! Incorporating several of these into my build.