I've been a builder for many years and have seen quite a fair bit of sheds. The plans in ryan's package kzread.infoUgkxB7IXYxLzb_Ichhe45zM3Im5xfEiSp9vB have some of the nicest looking sheds i've seen in a while.

We used a screw with fender washer. Holds netting real well. We did use some heavy duty staples with staple gun in a few places, but the screw/washer made it easy if we had to replace wire down the road. Love your barn

If you are getting a small amount of chicks you might want to build a wooden frame 2 foot tall to set on the floor for the first week or two. The sides will protect them from drafts and they won't need the entire floor space and will be less space for you to clean and take care of. Just screw the ends into 2 L brackets and you can easily take them apart for storage until next time.

A whole lot of work but you two keep it so clean for your animals!! Rebecca, I love your stocking cap...The baseball cap covers up your beautiful face! The Barn is looking so good!! One new house at a time with all the new lumber....

All of my coops I used 1/2" hardware cloth and used 3/16" fender washers with #8, 1 1/2" screws with a counter sunk head... the fender washers provide an awesome coverage over a few of the wires and gives me the ability to pull it tighter... I also put the concave roll inward. The fender washers/ screws are nice too if you ever want to change something

Cut your wire to fit each opening and staple it (with the tiny staples) in each corner. Then frame the wire with trim ( 1 x 2 ) boards, using a brad nailer or nail gun.

It's chicken math! Lol you can never have too many chickens..we have 17 for 2 people and plan to get a few more this spring. When we get too many eggs we jusy boil them up and crush them and feed them back to the chickens (shell and all) and they go nuts over it. Extra protein and calcium for them. Always love your videos.

Thank you! We have 25 chicks and 25 ducklings arriving next week and we are looking for ideas. Subscribed to your channel. Looks like you have more videos that will be helpful. Thanks for sharing!

Hey guys. Love your videos. You might want to think about a 3 or 4 foot solid wall all the way around the bottom of the brooder room to reduce drafts. You’ll still have plenty of ventilation up top but be able to hold more heat closer to the floor space where the chicks are at. Chuck from Sheraton Park Farms

@pienuniek

4 жыл бұрын

Sheraton Park Farms I agree, those itty bitty chickens need to stay out of the draft! Plus containing them while you’re in and out of their coup is much easier if they’re behind a barrier.

Hold the staple with a pair of needle nose of small pliers, while hammering. All looking good! Enjoy!

@56jcarr

4 жыл бұрын

Start first with the longer length and tack

@yudaedelman4135

Жыл бұрын

Linesman pliers works great while hammering

I love how the girls were checking out the area before it was complete. I guess they approved! Great Job and thanks for sharing.

I love how you keep each new build in your barn consistent for a cohesive look! :D

That future trap door you talked about for hay in a past video sure wouldn've been handy for handing material downstairs to Rebecca! Brooder looks awesome, and we really appreciate you both, and the content you guys produce!

I told small nails and staples with needle nosed pliers, as someone already said. They are a PIA. Looks nice, good work. Nice barn.

Thanks for sharing!!

To attach the hardware cloth I have been using anailer/staple gun with my compressor. I use a 1 inch staple with a quarter inch crown. I use more because if their size but it goes fast.

That little jig you used with the drill was pretty nifty!!

Buff orpington is the BEST breed for chickens. Utilize them for laying and meat. We love them. Especially how friendly they are

On our cages we use 3/4” wood screws and a washer to secure the cloth with.

your correct about the little 45 degree angles on the corners for the door. that's how i made mine and i put them in the corners with a small gap from the end to not take up any view and my doors were square in a 6 foot double door entry, i love the way you guys are getting the barn set up for the animals , the are out of the weather and safer. even if your animals are a food source you can give them a good environment to live. great job.

Check out the Freeman pneumatic tool sets, they come with an air stapler that would make super quick work of those staples.

@stevehairston9940

4 жыл бұрын

Hammer stapler. Just as fast and much much cheaper.

@philipirwin5286

4 жыл бұрын

A Hammer stapler uses the same size staple as the stapler he has, which he said was too small. a Pneumatic stapler lik ei suggested uses the larger staples he ended up using up to fencing staples depending on the size gun.

Evan, you have the right size of staple for the hardware cloth. That isn’t the problem. The problem is that you need to hold the staple with something, I.e. needle nose pliers, so that you don’t hit your fingers with the hammer. Good luck.

Those chickens seem to be always in the thick of things🙃I was never aware as to how inquisitive chickens were in general or is nosy the word I’m looking for🤣

Pneumatic stapler is what I use. But if you use the poultry staples, try holding the staple between your index and middle fingers with the meaty side of your fingers towards the hammer. I learned this trick while driving short roofing nails. You’re still going to hit your fingers, but it’s not near as painful, lol! Keep up the great work!

Did the same thing as Skip. Held the small staples with needle nose pliers. Love your videos. Ya'll make a good team! Thanks for sharing. God bless.

Lovely video vd lovely people. Blessings from AFGHANISTAN. 🌹🌹🤩🤩🥰♥️

Both of you have done a great job

I'm from Canadá Québec and I have a good time and some ideas for myself in my land.... Good show

I absolutely love every video you put out for us. Thank you so much!! Mostly, I watch your videos 2-3 times. That's how much I love you guys 😂❤️😂

The small staples if you use a piece of paper folded 1/2" wide by 3" long push the staple through the so you can hold the paper far enough away so you won't hit your fingers you should be able use it a few times . The bottom of the stall needs to be more draft proof and you'll need to think of using a deep bed method for the chicks

@sroberts605

4 жыл бұрын

Cardboard with a slot cut - holds the staple in line and lasts through the job!

Very nice work! 👍👍👍🐓🐔🐐🐐🌞🌞

Use needle nose pliers to hold the staples. I've used a comb to hold tiny nails and it seems to work. I read the comments, lol yep, needle nose has won the popular vote.

Screws with washers to hold down cloth.. works beautiful

Use a tack strip. A thin board you nail around the edge of the hardware cloth. It holds better than the staples.

Best chicken brooder I've ever seen.

helpful hint when drilling concrete; blow the dust before you back out the drill bit and then the dust won't fall in the hole

Good video and nice job !

very nice job, you two are so nice and neat when working together have a blessed day ,hugs

I use a pneumatic staple gun. Saves so much time. Nice brooder.

you always do great builds!!!

As everyone is saying, use a pair of needle nose pliers to hold the staples. Better yet, if you have one, one with an intentionally bent nose - that keeps your fingers up off the cloth, and gives a better holding angle. That is what we have always used for hardware cloth.

Another interesting video.Thanks.🐓

I used needle nose pliers on mine, then got tired of that and bought a pneumatic stapler, made it soo much easier.

Great job! More room then they need.

Like Helen Helps said . Use needle nose pliers . No finger smashing . Love that hard cloth . Used it around and in the ground around my shed to keep out unwanted critters . Kreg jig is great . You just didn't square up the pieces of wood properly . It's even used to make furniture . That's how good it is . You can even get a Kreg Jig Heavy duty for bigger pieces of wood . Takes 2 1/2 kreg screws . Love the look of your wife when you said you shouldn't be buying any baby chickens this year . A stare that could burn a hole right through you . LOL

Great job! You two rock! 👍

I like the ones you used they hold the fabric well "(BUT)" I just get an old table fork and slide the staple between the tines to hold them, I like my fingers

Looking amazing, very fine, love your design. Thank you for sharing your amazing story. God bless you and your family.

I really like your setup down there in your barn, looks neat and well thought out. In defense of your wife, I find myself having to stay away from the chicks at the farm store cause I would have a mess if I didn't. I always want more, Hello my names Dan, and I'm a chickoholic!!! LOL.

You a jack of all trades, Your work is always nice looking, even if it's a chicken brooder.

Kreg jig drill two holes on one side only. If you think you have to add a hole on the opposite side, add one hole in between the opposite side holes. Needle nose pliers to hold the long end of the staple, hammer away.

Use Baton timber and use no staples just screw the Baton timber to hold the wire down. 👍 This is what I do makes it look neater also.

Love all your improvements.

We use a Milwaukee cordless crown stapler for all of our hardware cloth works spectacular

Screw with a small washer does the same job as a staple, much easier to get out if you need to recycle the mesh at a future date.

I used needle nose pliers to hold my small staples until a came across a nice electric stapler. Mine was made by Milwaukee. It’s a 12V size and was pretty cheap at $76 on Amazon. I’m sure other brands make them as well. I decided to stay with one manufacturer so my tools all used one brand and it was Milwaukee but other brands make these as well. The 12V size is lighter and is plenty powerful enough. It’s areal labor saver.

Crown stapler has worked good for us over the years. Staples are not to big and not to small and come in different lengths.

To attach your hardware cloth use roofing nails. It should be able to hold the 1/ 4" - 1 /2" cloth securely.

I use electrical staples on that type of wire fence, they are square so easier to hold, and sharper so less splitting of the wood. On the doors instead of cross bracing try thin cable running from corner to corner.

That's a nice pen. plenty of room. Very good job. It is good you have a barn to keep your animals in!

Looks good👍

The 3/4" Staples is correct, just use a pair of needle nose pliers to hold until you hammer them in.

Good information program thanks. Good work

Try a Sheetrock screw with a fender washer to hold your hardware cloth on.

Use screws and washers for hardware cloth. Works great

Romex staples are in between the ones you used and the larger ones you showed. They are easier to hold to get started. I laughed at your chickens checking out what they probably thought were feeders.

I use a screw with some kind of washer. Plumbers tape works as a pretty good washer.

Use needle nose pliers to hold the staple when you 🔨

@mikel5253

4 жыл бұрын

I was just going to type the same thing

@bradleyschneider3871

4 жыл бұрын

Me to

@atozrecovery518

4 жыл бұрын

Me three

@bradleyschneider3871

4 жыл бұрын

Pneumatic hammer get the staple started then use the pneumatic on it just takes air ,think there cheap to

@breeziedreamz

4 жыл бұрын

You took my reply. Needle nose works great and no busted digits.

Use pliars to hold small staples. I learned putting in a new floor on a porch with cut nails.

We always used a strip of wood and just screwed it into the wood, pinning the hardware cloth in place. Also kept coonies and opossums from bending the hardware cloth and pulling out the staples, making a hole to get into the coop.

Barn’s so nice and clean now! No more cobwebs! You’ve done a great job!

If you have a lot of stapling to do get a Crown Air stapler. That is what I use for 1" hardware cloth and smaller. The larger wire gauge cloth with the bigger spacing needs the hammer in fencing staples. But the needle nose pliers holding the wire tight with the back of your hand does work. After the first solid strike remove the pliers. the old guy Bert

Hi, I notice you have a pair of long nosed pliers. Hold the small staples with those, its easier on your fingers. Thanks ffor your time, very interesting. Mike

You can use a pair of needle nose pliers to hold the small staples while you hammer them

Roofing Nails! Works great

either use a needle nose pliers to hold the staple or you can use a short screw with a fender washer to hold the hardware cloth.

On those 3/4 inch staples...I've used a needle nose pliers on the side of the staple to hold it to save my fingers.

I love the way you take care of your animals

I agree with Rebecca, you can never have enough chickens. LOL

I love watching folks build stuff

It looks great.

Maybe hold the staple with a pair of needle nose pliers. If you carefully give it a few taps to start it, you could avoid a miss that could damage the pliers.

Hold the staples with a small needle, nose, pliers, and then you won’t smash your fingers. I think the size staple you’re using is the right size. We built nine farrowing stalls out of two by fours in 1960. We upped our pig survival from 7 to 11 1/2 pigs Per sow the first time we used them

Use a pair of long nosed pliers to hold the staple for hammering. Look into a hammer tracker/stapler at the hardware store.

You have got to have color in the run !! Your wife did the right thing on assorted breed selection. Just wanted to comment on the hardwire fencing. Nematic staples hold up really well and install quickly. I use galvanized 1 1/4 myself. Great job on your build 👊

Great video 👍

Install your chicken wire with a staple gun at each corner and a couple places in between to temporarily hold the wire and then install a lath strip of wood over the chicken wire with regular nails at regular intervals. This will make the wire stronger than any other kind of fastener.

Suggestion...I use a 1inch crown hammer stapler. Get one at flooring stores. It goes so fast you will love it

I use a pneumatic tab stapler for roofing I just leave the circle tabs out of the gun works awesome

Enjoyed the video👍

I use a piece of foam that holds the staple while I hammer the staples. It’s a sacrificial thin piece of time foam

Take a needle nose pliers and drill a small hole through it in. the end of the pliers to hold your nails or other nails works good.

Needle nose pliers are good for holding those small staples. Saves your fingers

“Chicken brooder” otherwise known as “One of the top 5 air bnbs for your favorite fowl”. Amazing!!

I used to be able to toss a bale of hay like that........once. Love your videos. Thanks for taking the time to make them. Sincerely Rod Use needle nose pliers to hold the staples until started!

Hiya guys,nice multi-use of areas. Please invest in ceramic heaters,less if not no chance of fire in your brooder. Baz in U/K

You nailed it .

use a scrap piece of paper about 1 inch wide. place the staple through the paper then offer the paper and staple to the mesh. when the staple is home just pull the paper, repeat on a different spot of the paper, no more sore fingers

I’ve been using washers. I like them because they can be removed later much easier also. Thanks for you video!

Hold the staples with a small piler may be and hammer it ... those staples look good ... I use long thin nails ,I stick half in n then bend it