How i built my chicken coop

[Hopperkiller]

Great, thank you for your time to translate. Being in Texas where it is so hot in the summertime, just love the deep overhang created for keeping cool. Could not help but smile at all of your rocks. We have limestone rocks everywhere with very shallow soil. It is hard to plant, garden, and, yes, to build. We had to get an auger for the tractor with carbide teeth for building a fence.
Love your design and thanks for sharing. Your chickens will enjoy their sturdy coop for years to come.

Will provide you with some more rocks if you need some. Bent my rock bar trying o plant a fruit tree. Looks like a fishhook.

 

[lazy gardener]

I really think Peter would prefer to have rocks from Maine. they would be more likely to be acclimated to his weather patterns than your rocks!

 

[BantyChooks]

I really think Peter would prefer to have rocks from Maine. they would be more likely to be acclimated to his weather patterns than your rocks!

Nuh uh, he wants my rocks. Peter—I sympathize with you. It took four years to get my garden de-rocked and fertile enough to grow even tomatoes. At least I managed to get enough rocks out of the deal to make a nice garden border... and then some. I don't have a backhoe so I instead settled for breaking my shovel and my back.

I amazed how gracious most people in here are. When i originally posted the video (for people who understood danish), half the comments i got were from hardcore "mansplainers", picking apart every single little thing they would have done differently (and of course WAY better ).
Just love that people in here see something they can use, and don't feel small, just because they didn't necessarily come up with it themselves, but instead acknowledge that they have been given a good idea, and might implement it.

Lovely coop, and your English is better than that of many native speakers. Sounds like you ran into a bunch of jerks.

 

[blackdog043]

Great video Peter, thanks for taking the time to do subtitles. Nice job on your coop

 

[Dancing Bee]

Hello.

I'm danish, but live in sweden. A couple of years ago i made a video showing how i built my coop and run, but made it in danish.
Because i want to contribute to this forum, i have gone through the painstaking process of writing english subtitles for it, so i can share it with you. Damn i talked a lot in that video .

Anyway - here it is - a description of my 100 sq.ft. coop. Remember to turn on the subtitles on the bottom right, unless you just want to enjoy the sound of the throat disease, that is the danish language .

Thanks for sharing your video, and for the subtitles! Very helpful.

 

[JerryR708]

Thanks for all your time and effort to translate the subtitles and share your amazing chicken coop for all of us here on BYC. I will be using a lot of your great ideas for my existing coops as well as future coops. You should make an article on your coop and you will get a link next to your avatar. Everybody that sees your avatar can click on your "My Coop" link.

 

[Akrnaf2]

Peter, no matter where you go, there will always be "those folks". My way or the high way type of folks. Just keep your head high, and keep on plugging. Check out the wisdom in @Akrnaf2 signature! I love the international flavor of BYC, and enjoyed listening to your video.

 

[PeterDenmark]

Peter, no matter where you go, there will always be "those folks". My way or the high way type of folks. Just keep your head high, and keep on plugging. Check out the wisdom in @Akrnaf2 signature! I love the international flavor of BYC, and enjoyed listening to your video.

You are right, and it didn't get me down, it was just unexpected that literally no one in here where like "oh - with the metal siding, your chickens will surely get frostbite".
Enjoyable that it seems everybody in here so far has just been appreciative .

Yea I've been on some forums like that and usually don't stay long. I'll have to wait until morning to watch the video on free time, when you live on a dead end dirt road off a dirt road internet is limited to satellite...

I really like the overhangs you made and plan on adding some to my run on the roll out nest box side. Most of my buildings and house have 24" overhangs at least the ones I built do.

I've been to Denmark a few times and would stay in a hotel next to a river made from an old warehouse with huge timbers for beams... pretty cool.

JT

Yeah - forums with people that have an inflated sense of importance, and a touch of Dunning-Kruger-effect, that have actually never really made anything themselves, i also find to be a waste of time .
The overhangs work well, but they do take some natural light, but on balance they are preferred.

Glad you enjoyed your stay in Denmark. I live in sweden, but i'm in Denmark all the time, since i only live 100 miles from the border.

Great video and coop Peter. Thanks for sharing that with us. My coop is barely 6 months old and I am already thinking about building one bigger and better. I could surly incorporate some of your great ideas. Don't tell the others but I think yours is one of my favorite coops.

"But i think yours is one of my favorites". Bet you say that to all the guys <3 .
It's unbelievable how quick you feel that you don't have enough room. Chicken coops and workshops man, they can just NEVER be too big .

Not seeing any pics or video, just this:
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Don't know what happened, and i seems you don't have the issue anymore. But if you have problems again, just type in "hønsehus" on YouTube. I should be the top hit.

Worked for me also.

Nice video of a great coop build!

Thank you very much - i appreciate it.

My kind of coop! Roomy, practical and affordable! Bravo!

Using second hand materials saved me a bunch, but the fastners, the hardware cloth and the pressure treated lumber was still quite expensive. But a total of $600 including the run isn't too bad. Thank you for your kind comment

Great job Peter!
That is such a professional looking video especially with the subtitles.
Thank you for sharing it with us.
Ps. Love your GOOD dog.

Wow - thank you for saying that. I started out making one of those shaky one-take videos, but then decided that i had spent a bit of time on the coop, so i should sacrifice a little time, and put the photage through an editor, and do a proper voice over. So i'm really glad you noticed that a little extra effort was put into it.
And yes - it is sooo great to have a dog that gets along with the chickens. It's not like he loves them, more like he "nothings" them, but just the fact that he hangs around is plenty to keep the predators at bay.

I really think Peter would prefer to have rocks from Maine. they would be more likely to be acclimated to his weather patterns than your rocks!

Nuh uh, he wants my rocks. Peter—I sympathize with you. It took four years to get my garden de-rocked and fertile enough to grow even tomatoes. At least I managed to get enough rocks out of the deal to make a nice garden border... and then some. I don't have a backhoe so I instead settled for breaking my shovel and my back.


Lovely coop, and your English is better than that of many native speakers. Sounds like you ran into a bunch of jerks.

Hahaha - this had me in tears . And if ever in Sweden, be sure to drop by, and get your very own 50 cubic foot granite boulder. I hear it's all the rage in the suburbs to put one of those bad boys in the yard as decoration.

I flattered that you find my english adequate. I owe a lot to american sitcoms and drama series (love me some House MD) and YouTube on that front . I do however see some typo's in the subtitles that bother me, but i dare not correct them, for fear of messing the whole thing up. They don't confuse the meaning, only my pride.

Thanks for sharing your video, and for the subtitles! Very helpful.

You are very welcome - thanks

Thanks for all your time and effort to translate the subtitles and share your amazing chicken coop for all of us here on BYC. I will be using a lot of your great ideas for my existing coops as well as future coops. You should make an article on your coop and you will get a link next to your avatar. Everybody that sees your avatar can click on your "My Coop" link.

Thank you for the kind comment. I will look into making an article about the coop, but writing in english takes me some time, but i will get around to it, and thank you for the suggestion.
Be sure to hit me up, if you need me to elaborate on anything you have seen.

 

[aart]

Yes, the video not showing at first was my machine or ISP being glitchy.

Great coop and run, great video.....tho I had to watch a couple times with many pauses, I kept missing the captions because I was looking at the pictures
Your written english is excellent...Yeah, don't bother about the typos or misspellings, many first language english speakers do worse.

I love the big roof overhangs, they are aesthetically satisfying as well as highly functional, every coop should have them for summer shade and precipitation protection for windows and vents. But I almost cried when I saw the ceiling go in, you lost a great deal of ventilation from those awesome eaves. <shrugs> Maybe you don't need that, maybe the summer heat reduction is more important in your climate. Have you checked your humidity levels inside and out?

Excellent construction and many clever accouterments: the rubber hinge cover, the removable nests with stability cleats, the roost/board function.
Great job!

Did you drill and tap the rebar end for the screw/bolt and washer on the run anchors?
Did you put a solid or mesh roof on run?
Would love to see some pics of it all as it is today.

My Brahmas needed the wide side up too, they can be rather clumsy and they're BIG, added ramps too as they really didn't care to jump from higher than the 16" platform.

 

[deepbluesea]

Wow--this is fantastic, Peter! Thank you for putting all the work into it and translating it. I'm reworking part of my shed into a larger coop, and the sliding nest boxes and connected and movable roost/poop board combination are genius.