Take A Virtual Stroll Through Our State-of-the-art Automatic Chicken Coop!

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How do you build an automatic chicken coop? Are you interested in learning more about how automation has saved us time and energy in our chicken coop? From automatic food, water systems, automated doors and rollaway nesting boxes learn about how to design a virtually hands free chicken coop!

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@addieanderson2043 Жыл бұрын

Spectacular coop. At age 75 I built my first ever coop. I have built 3 more since. Each coop has a run attached. This year at age 80 I enlarged the run area to 10 X 25. This is in addition to the the first run 4 X 12 with an additional 2 X3 area under the nest boxes. I only have 8 hens but I have automated the water supply, added usb fans to each nest box. I have a exhaust fan and a grandpa feeder to keep rodents out of the feed. In addition the coop is elevated too make sure they always have shade. love every thing you have done with your excellent coop.

@fluffyfeatherfarm Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! We are very proud of it!

@MissBetsyLu 10 ай бұрын

What's a grandpa feeder???? Many grand blessings everyone everywhere.

@saltybildo9448 4 ай бұрын

I've built my 1st at 63 after moving to a rural environment here in Florida everyone here has chickens,matta fact all that I hear in the mornings are roosters and turkeys.inland st Augustine love it here 👍

@laattardo Жыл бұрын

Raising chickens to save money is costly, raising chickens for food security is priceless ❤

@michaelnichols1651 9 ай бұрын

I actually tried to watch a couple of other videos, and while I appreciated their attempt at informative Content… i caught myself reverting back to yours… dude.. yours is so well thought out which you know already.. thanks again for the coop and the information..

@fluffyfeatherfarm 9 ай бұрын

I appreciate that! We work hard to entertain AND educate! I missed this info when we started and I didn’t want anyone else to miss out on having information. 🥰

@CliffsideStables 2 ай бұрын

Now THAT IS an impressive total setup! Tim in northern TN

@fluffyfeatherfarm 2 ай бұрын

Awe thanks! We have an even newer version of this video that we just posted!

@bryankopesky8228 9 ай бұрын

A++! Our granddaughters love finding our duck eggs and now we have 10 young chicken hens that need a beautiful coop like yours (really, they said that). I love the automation, the conditioned work space and the exterior appearance of your coop! Next year there will be a similar one on our little farm. Thank you!

@luxebeautybymonica Жыл бұрын

This is the best and cleanest chicken coop that I’ve ever seen! Great job!!❤

@fluffyfeatherfarm Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@novampires223 6 ай бұрын

The old timers I knew as a kid, used emery cloth to clean the dirty eggs, they sold commercially so every egg was important. Nice coop, mine also had cement floor, water and power. Wood was cheap then, so it also had knotty pine walls and a skylight.😂

@joyadams507 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love your set up!! Love how clean you keep your coop!

@fluffyfeatherfarm Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@user-pp7ej6fe5m Жыл бұрын

Не перестаю удивляться и восхищаться вашим chicken coop.👍👍👍

@Mariposalocayo92-tj2yr 2 ай бұрын

Wow those chickens live like queens… royalty at its finest.

@katherinegorham5970 7 ай бұрын

This absolutely fabulous! I’m so impressed and will totally use this for inspiration if I ever have chickens!!

@FlokieLooney Жыл бұрын

this is one of the best chicken set ups i've ever seen!! this is going to blow up!

@fluffyfeatherfarm Жыл бұрын

Awe thank you!

@bellalove3097 Жыл бұрын

Having kids work. Awesome stuff. Teaching. Learning. Compassion for animals. Responsibilities. Consistency. This is beautifully Priceless. So much better than school. Great job Dad. But the front of your coop is nicer then my house 😂😂😊❤

@fluffyfeatherfarm Жыл бұрын

Haha, thank you, and yes we are working on getting our boys to understand how to run a small business! We are excited to see them grow, and understand!

@bellalove3097 Жыл бұрын

@Fluffy Feather Farm Good luck with everything. I hope to follow you along from ontario, middle of nowhere 😄. I've got 6 kids under 12. I farm, homeschool, massive tons of gardens, build with the kids woodworking, small business adventures. I fail all the time. But We pick back up and keep going. Low income is difficult, but I find so much beauty in a simpler life. No fake, just hardworking and so much freedom. Cheers

@fluffyfeatherfarm 3 ай бұрын

Wow that is awesome! That is a huge commitment! You are doing awesome! Great work!

@MissBetsyLu 10 ай бұрын

I would worry about birds messing with electrical wires. 🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀 Many grand blessings everyone everywhere.

@Wesmin Жыл бұрын

That chicken looked slightly offended when you opened that nesting box flap. "Excuse you? I'm laying here!" :P

@fluffyfeatherfarm Жыл бұрын

Lol

@dedikfarm1128 Жыл бұрын

thank you sis..for sharing very useful information for me..greetings, greetings of friendship from Indonesia

@exposenetworklimited4497 8 ай бұрын

This is amazing!! I use to take care of my brothers chickens I wanted to get some but my area doesn’t allow it 😞

@buynsell365 10 ай бұрын

Great design !!!

@johnkrupnik8717 5 ай бұрын

Wow very nice Coupe

@dawnbliesener7679 5 ай бұрын

GENIUS system!!!

@mixedutility6968 11 ай бұрын

Very nice coop

@evelynrogers7145 Жыл бұрын

WOW , I’m impressed

@mbarbaris3923 Жыл бұрын

Amazing coop! Love it

@mbarbaris3923 Жыл бұрын

How many chickens do you have?

@carolleenkelmann3829 5 ай бұрын

Well done. ✅👍

@michaelnichols1651 9 ай бұрын

First of all I absolutely subscribed to Your channel. I appreciate you’re knowledge base and ability to communicate with the viewers how you’ve done - what you’ve done - in a very “make sense” manor. So Thankin ya for that.. 2nd - I read a Few of the viewers comments … and it appears that “Joel” is a hater and possibly alittle with jelly with “wow” fancy chicken coup and we actually make Money with ours since we’ve raised chickens for decades” If ya’ll rich folks just did it more simply like Joel/Karen does it… ya’ll could Make Money too!! Lord I apologize for the starving pigmees in New Guinea…. Somebody had to say it!!!joel/Karen… Thank you guys again for sharing what you’ve done. I apologize for joel - I don’t know him and nobody really needs to:)

@fluffyfeatherfarm 9 ай бұрын

We are glad we can help, and everyone has a right to their opinion… he was not wrong… this coop was expensive and probably not for someone who is looking to maximize profitability… but that was not our goal… we wanted something automated that our children could use easily and start to learn about running a business. Thanks again for the nice comments and watching our content!

@sandrinerobe9642 10 ай бұрын

Very nice !❤

@notentitledtoyourownfacts2551 Жыл бұрын

This is by far the best video I've seen on chickens and with details on automation. Where are you located sir? We are just now moving out to our homestead and it looks like we are going to be doing some of the things you are. Well done sir!!! May even have some questions. (subscribed now)

@fluffyfeatherfarm Жыл бұрын

Thank you! We are in Harvard, IL… let me know if you have any questions I’d be happy to answer anything you might come up with

@nadezhdashelyagovich7772 10 ай бұрын

amazing

@jhsyang 10 ай бұрын

Love the walkthrough! With the benefit of hindsight, if you started over, is there anything you would have done different? Great setup.

@fluffyfeatherfarm 4 ай бұрын

Yes, we recently moved the nesting boxes inside... the boxes with the opening into the finished area made it VERY dust inside the finished area. We will post a new video soon with the new additions.

@jennylittle6852 Жыл бұрын

How in the world do you keep your coop so free of dust? No matter what I do we have major issues with dust accumulating everywhere. Love your set up and all your automation.

@fluffyfeatherfarm Жыл бұрын

We wipe it down daily… it is a big issue. If I could figure that out it would be much easier but dust is a huge problem for sure!

@kuliatv Жыл бұрын

Nice setup! I have the same roll-away nest boxes. How do you keep the hens from sleeping in yours. If I let my hens spend the night in the nest box, they will poop in them and foul subsequent eggs. So, we close the perch bar each night and reopen each morning. I have an automatic door like yours and a waterer that only needs filling every 5th day or so. Opening the nest box each morning and making sure no hens are in there each night means we are not fully automated. Hengear sells a spring operated mechanism on a timer that can be set to drop the roost bar each morning, but you’d still need to close it each night. And on most nights, we are pulling a couple of reluctant hens out of the nest box before closing it up.

@fluffyfeatherfarm Жыл бұрын

Hummmmm…. We have never prevented them from roosting in the boxes… honestly I never really thought about it… if they get dirty we just clean them out. Does it create a large problem for you?

@maurolimaok Жыл бұрын

Nice!

@mszkdjj3696 5 ай бұрын

wow❤

@Mikesofka 9 ай бұрын

Oh my gosh! Your coop is incredible! Any chance you have the plans on how to build one just like that?

@fluffyfeatherfarm 9 ай бұрын

I do not have plans… they were all in my head 😏

@kimoskorner8112 Жыл бұрын

Hi we love your coop! Can you let us know the approx dimensions of the coop and outer area? Thank you!

@fluffyfeatherfarm Жыл бұрын

Yes, the inside area (coop) is 12x16 but we are adding on a much larger section as we speak… and the outside area is about a 1/4 acre… front section with sink is 12x8. The new coop area we are adding is 18x30… it’s going to be super huge for all the chickens to roost at night… then the area we are using now will all be food, water, and nesting only…

@sloanehodge6065 Жыл бұрын

This is Bad Ass!

@rufus5081 7 ай бұрын

I need the building plans.....

@saltybildo9448 9 ай бұрын

Nice kid 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@timcalkins2766 10 ай бұрын

Would like to know more about the roll away nest box. Most I looked at do not have the eggs come out the back. Is this DIY or did you buy? If so make and model please.

@fluffyfeatherfarm 4 ай бұрын

Yes we purchased them... they can be built either way so look when you are purchasing... some can be flipped. these are from "Best Nest Box"

@GiggleOutfitter 4 ай бұрын

Perches should be on the flat side to prevent bumble foot.

@fluffyfeatherfarm 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the suggestion!

@jimmac1185 Жыл бұрын

Nice setup. 5:46 grit is for their gizzard, not the crop.

@fluffyfeatherfarm Жыл бұрын

Well yes this is correct, I was bound to say something wrong... :)

@lms3847 Жыл бұрын

How do you keep it so clean ? I love it !

@fluffyfeatherfarm Жыл бұрын

We monitor it daily and change bedding often… we are working on a new section that we are going to utilize the “deep litter method” in… should make it even easier…

@Shelbz71 Жыл бұрын

what is the temp of that room where you clean, store, and pack your eggs?

@fluffyfeatherfarm Жыл бұрын

Room temp is usually 72… it’s fully insulated…

@jeffblankenship2279 Жыл бұрын

Do you have any plans or basic dimensions of your coop? we currently have a basic AFrame we built, but going to upgrade to a larger coop and your setup would be ideal for us.

@fluffyfeatherfarm Жыл бұрын

I do not, we actually worked with an existing building that was on our property when we moved here and added onto it and we are in the process of adding on again. I kind of built it as I went so if there are more specific items you would like details on I’d be happy to either send you a video or give you additional details… I can tell you the entire structure is 12 feet wide by 24 feet long with half of it, dedicated to the front section and a half dedicated to the chicken coop. But please reach out via email or our contact page and I can get you more details if you would like.

@jeffblankenship2279 Жыл бұрын

@@fluffyfeatherfarm thanks for the reply. Nope, basic dimensions is what I was looking for. Great setup. I'll email if I have more specific questions. Thanks a bunch!

@luellscott6268 6 ай бұрын

Do you happen to sell plans for your automatic food bin?

@fluffyfeatherfarm 4 ай бұрын

We do not, it is basically a box built over an automatic hopper that we purchased. We just made the top bigger basically.

@faltio69 9 ай бұрын

Nice coop! Did you say you build your own coop yourself?

@fluffyfeatherfarm 9 ай бұрын

We had an old one that we added on to… but yes…

@joelbruneski6486 9 ай бұрын

WOW! What a fancy coop. I have priced out some of the items you have there and I can see why the cost "outweighs" the return. That being said, if you do it a little more simply it doesn't add much time/work to your chores and you can actually offset your cost of eggs. I have been raising chickens for several decades and we do make money off them.

@fluffyfeatherfarm 4 ай бұрын

Yes absolutely ... this was built to be as maintenance free as possible but you can absolutely do it more cost effective.

@HalfAssHomestead Жыл бұрын

Do you have a plan for this style coop? I only have 5 now, but when I move from NY to AR, I plan to have many more

@fluffyfeatherfarm Жыл бұрын

I do not… we inherited the coop area, and then built on to the front, and honestly kind of designed it as we went… I’m sorry… is there a specific part I could help you with maybe?

@5kidslater1 9 ай бұрын

I also want a floor plan! Awesome coop!!

@patriciah1303 Жыл бұрын

how many hens do you keep?

@fluffyfeatherfarm Жыл бұрын

We have about 100 right now but we are adding a new section to our coop to make it almost 3 times the size... we will be adding another 100 when that is complete.

@marcoloretto1185 Жыл бұрын

How many chickens do you have?

@fluffyfeatherfarm Жыл бұрын

100 in this enclosure but we are expanding it to hold 250 total

@federicomachon8841 Жыл бұрын

This is the Cadillac of chicken coops.

@fluffyfeatherfarm Жыл бұрын

Awe thank you, we are very proud of it!

@ladybluegrass4173 10 ай бұрын

More like the Rolls Royce, lol

@curiosity2learn376 Жыл бұрын

How to deal if one of the chicken is beaking on another chicken?

@fluffyfeatherfarm Жыл бұрын

With the amount of space we have we don’t really see that problem very often, but if we had one that was being picked on, we would simply separate it for the time being… re-introduce it later on.

@curiosity2learn376 Жыл бұрын

Will the chicken not get stressed if we do this?

@curiosity2learn376 Жыл бұрын

@@fluffyfeatherfarm Will the chicken not get stressed if we do this?

@fluffyfeatherfarm Жыл бұрын

@@curiosity2learn376 yes but really the alternative is not better… so we found dog crate still inside the coop is a good option… still with the other chickens but protected.

@curiosity2learn376 Жыл бұрын

@@fluffyfeatherfarm thanks ☺️ from India

@MosaicHomestead Жыл бұрын

Agreed on automation is key, but no way am I putting a AC and fridge in a coop lol, I understand the mini business to keep the family entertained and to teach kids early on the value of money and work ethic, but the cost of power here in the tropics is insane, im also building a coop, but it has to be sustainable, so I'm going with solar for power and a full rain harvesting system for water, im going to have a similar watering system, but mine will pump up the rain water to a gravity feed system.

@fluffyfeatherfarm Жыл бұрын

Awesome! That sounds great!

@MosaicHomestead Жыл бұрын

@@fluffyfeatherfarm by the way, you have one of the best coops I've seen on KZfaq

@fluffyfeatherfarm Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!! We are actually putting on an audition right now… 😳… wish us luck!