Show me inside and outside of your homemade coops

[Chebird]

inside pics?

 

[WhoDatChick]

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This is simply gorgeous!!!!

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

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wow!!!

 

[Black Rabbit Homestead]

Here's a link to my channel showing the coop. Husband built a hexagon. It's a video from last year but it's perfect to see.

 

[aart]

Here's a link to my channel showing the coop. Husband built a hexagon. It's a video from last year but it's perfect to see.

Bad advice on pest control.

Neat coop tho, do you have problems with them sleeping in the higher nests?

 

[Black Rabbit Homestead]

Bad advice on pest control.

Neat coop tho, do you have problems with them sleeping in the higher nests?

What would you recommend for pest control? I had to use what we had in the store and pretty much that was it.
Yes sometimes but the space above that becomes storage for the baked pine shavings and straw, sometimes they sneak behind their too.

 

[WhoDatChick]

Here is ours now after we added a new addition.. new roosting area.. new nest boxes.. and a yard... and a pic of the see no touch area that is now out.. I just add wire and make section for that..

 

[aart]

What would you recommend for pest control?

I don't treat for pests unless I see them.
Permethrin dust or spray is best if you see mites or lice.
DE will do nothing, inside or outside of the chicken
Wazine will only treat round worms.

I had to use what we had in the store and pretty much that was it.

Just because it's in the store, doesn't mean it's the thing to use no matter what the labels(or various vlogs, blogs, and posts) say.
There is a lot of 'bad' info and products out there.....
....sorry to be harsh, but I had to speak up.
On a positive note, your video editing is excellent.

 

[Black Rabbit Homestead]

I don't treat for pests unless I see them.
Permethrin dust or spray is best if you see mites or lice.
DE will do nothing, inside or outside of the chicken
Wazine will only treat round worms.

Just because it's in the store, doesn't mean it's the thing to use no matter what the labels(or various vlogs, blogs, and posts) say.
There is a lot of 'bad' info and products out there.....
....sorry to be harsh, but I had to speak up.
On a positive note, your video editing is excellent.

No harshness taken, I view life as a learning experience. I’m not infallible just human.

 

[mbailey78]

I like your setup!! Has a vintage look to it, and your automatic door caught my eye! I want to install one on my coop as well, who manufactures your automatic door? I have one in mind, opens using solar power and has a screw drive system. How much land do your chickens have to roam on? And upgrading is always on my mind too!!

I am so sorry- was going through my old posts and I don’t know how I didn’t see this- years late!
Thank you! I’ve of course added more in the last few years. I buy the auto doors from https://www.automaticchickencoopdoor.com/
I have bought three of them from the site. One more for me and one for my mom’s coop.
I’m guessing you have one by now- I like the timer feature over solar. I have two acres and my mother lives next door and they roam there on another couple- so about 4 acres total in good weather. Have been trying to buy property for the last few years but the market is rough. We want to buy at least 50 acres and have a very large fenced in area for chickens and other animals.