Agree with many comments: you both are such natural teachers and the details on all the tricks, tools, and reasonings behind the design features help so much.

You're getting pretty talented young fella, I taught myself and mistakes are the best education.

You’re an excellent teacher!! Thank you for sharing even the little details! For those of us that are not good with tools and are desperate to learn and make our own we appreciate you sharing the size and type of screws and little details that are necessary to be successful. You are a good teacher. Thank you

Hey man don't talk down your great. You taught yourself and look at you go. Thanks for this video we are using your videos to help us with our first build.

@BockBockBouquet

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that! I just feel like there is probably better ways to do some of the things I do, but I try and do what can do. Glad you find my videos helpful. Good luck on your build!!

You are so talented. Love your coops. Very useful seeing how you put things together. Many thanks. Mags

@BockBockBouquet

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Hope it helps anyone trying to build something like this

Just tripped out at the end when you said Lancaster CA lol born and raised there actually.. thanks for the video. Very helpful. Building a coop now

One day I’d love to own a homestead and sell coops like this, either on the side or as a living. Thanks for all of the useful information and tips.

Thank you Ricardo! Your videos are so helpful.

@BockBockBouquet

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! Wasn’t planning on filming this video but I was at this part of the build and figured I would show how I do it since I get asked anyway.

Thanks for sharing. I love how you did this 🐣❤️

Thank you Ricardo!! We used the idea of the level roosting bars. Love it. Also we put screws on each side of the bars to hold them in place with a lift up on bar so clean box bars. No more unscrewing the bars to clean just lift out! Tell Kellie we miss her!!

@BockBockBouquet

Жыл бұрын

Very nice!! Thanks guys!

Love the look of your coops! We are going to try to build a similar one. We just got our chicks, we used the wooden frame with hardware cloth in the brooder and it is amazing! So much better than cleaning shavings out of the water constantly!! You both have so many helpful tips!! Thank you Tammy

@BockBockBouquet

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad you guys tried the hardware cloth on the wooden frame to keep the chick's waterer much cleaner! Good luck on your build and thanks for tuning in! Nesting box lid is the next video of ours coming out this Sunday morning, stay tuned.

This is a great video! So easy to understand. Thank you!

@BockBockBouquet

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I hope it wasn’t confusing, I was trying to make a shorter video but I figured I would include all the details people usually ask me

Thanks for showing the framework of your coops.

@BockBockBouquet

Жыл бұрын

Welcome! I sell these coops, but I tell people that I can show them how I do it if they don't want to spend the money

Very Helpful! I just found you guys and I love your videos!

😊hi Ricardo, GREAT how to video! I really like the magnetic wrist band for holding screws! You're right, projects requiring a ladder especially, that would be super handy!

@BockBockBouquet

Жыл бұрын

Thank you ☺️

I appreciate your videos. Thanks for sharing.

@BockBockBouquet

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them! Thanks so much!

Nice work! It's great ideas of nesting boxes! Love the look of your coops! Your videos are so helpful for me. 👍👍👍👍

@BockBockBouquet

Жыл бұрын

So glad to hear that! Thanks so much!

@PertanianTerpadu

Жыл бұрын

@@BockBockBouquet you are welcome

Thank you! Needed help on the nesting box. Thanks!

@BockBockBouquet

Жыл бұрын

There is many ways to build nesting boxes, hope this video is of any help!

Such excellent math skills!!!

@BockBockBouquet

Жыл бұрын

Hahahaha! Paid off to to pay attention in algebra class in high school I guess

Хорошая работа 👍

Nice work!

@BockBockBouquet

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

Awesome content. Keep it up!

@BockBockBouquet

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Hope it helps someone!

Thank you. I am following along with your videos making the coop. I appreciate it a lot. Especially your roof one. Do you have one on how to make a swing door for the front?

Thank you Carlos

@BockBockBouquet

Жыл бұрын

Haha the name is Ricardo, but sometimes people do think it’s Carlos LOL. Thanks for tuning in!

@JestRLee

Жыл бұрын

@@BockBockBouquet ... Sorry... I swear I knew your name is Ricardo... but now I forgot your wife's name... lol... guess I'm getting old... Anyway, thanks for the tutorial...

Your channel name is outstanding.

nice work! you've given me some ideas if we decide to build something in the future. what works for you to best care for your birds, is the best design for your birds

@BockBockBouquet

Жыл бұрын

HAHA thanks! Most chickens just find a little hidden small space to lay their eggs. But I have seen some lay an egg on someone's living room couch lol

@kismitj

Жыл бұрын

@@BockBockBouquet one of my girls left eggs on the porch steps more times than i can count. such funny birds :D

Great tip!!! Hey!!! what is the size of the lumber you are using for this project.??????? box Frame.

Hi Ricardo! What material did you use to make the nest box lid ? Thanks!

I have a question...great work by the way. I have 32 egg layers, and trying to come up with a design to house them all, and my issue is the rooster bars needed for that many birds. I don't want to build a huge coop, but needing roughly 12" per bird on a roost bar. Right now I have a 8'x4' coop roughly designed in Sketchup, but can't et it to work as I can't fit in enough rooster bars for 32 birds. If I expand it to 10'x4', then technically I can have three 10' roosting bars going length wise to get them birds space, but it'll take up almost the entire coop...but then again, they are only in there to sleep. Also, I'm creating a hardware mesh floor, and then immediately under that, a sliding board that catches all their poop with they sleep, so I can pull it out and clean it off, and then insert again under the mesh...that way I don't have poop and shavings to constantly worry about, smell, etc. Just slide out the board (framed out) and wash it off, and slide back in. Thoughts? Do you think I need a bigger space to make sure they are comfortable on roosting bars? Oh, and going to use your example of hanging nesting boxes on the back!

Nice video. I’ve just finished my first coop- 8’x8’ attached to a 24’x8’ run. I’ve read that your nesting box should be elevated rather than at floor level. Is that not necessary? Also, what did you use for flooring in the coop. It looks like tile or vinyl tile.

What do you do for water protection on the back side of nest box lid where the hinges are?

@BockBockBouquet

Жыл бұрын

That little 1/4" trimp overhang makes it so that water flows down with gravity and then down the lid

How many chickens would a coop this size generally hold. Thanks and great job

@BockBockBouquet

Жыл бұрын

This is for about 12 chickens

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@BockBockBouquet

Жыл бұрын

😁

Nice coop! How many chickens will this hold?

@BockBockBouquet

6 ай бұрын

Thanks, I build these for 12 but could fit a couple more depending on breed

@heavymechanic2

6 ай бұрын

My town ordnance in Virginia requires 4 sq ft for each chicken and 10 sq ft of run area like the chickens are at the zoo. Even if I am outside the town and exempt from this rule, I need to follow reasonable requirements to prevent an animal welfare complaint. Be sure to check your local regulations as some communities are a real PITA about livestock.

What is your nesting box lid made of thickness, etc.

@BockBockBouquet

3 ай бұрын

I use 3/4 inch plywood, cut to size and painted with two coats of semi gloss exterior paint 😉

I have a question for you. Our church is getting rid of a bathroom sink cabinet. It is fairly big, with 4 cabinet doors on the front. Was wondering if I could make an outdoor coop with it? I know I would need a metal roof, and some way of preserving the material from the outside elements . What say you?

@da4235

Жыл бұрын

Did you make it?

@juliajohnson6022

Жыл бұрын

@@da4235 , I did.

@da4235

Жыл бұрын

@@juliajohnson6022 That's neat. =)

What is the table top lined with ?

@BockBockBouquet

Жыл бұрын

I use linoleum vinyl, you can buy scrap pieces from a flooring store that are big enough for a coop

How much do you charge?

All chicken people say chickens like just a couple nest boxes so when I build the boxes I'm leaving out dividers with curtains in front for privacy.

@BockBockBouquet

Жыл бұрын

Our coop had four nesting boxes and most often two of them would be taken and chickens would wait for one to open up to go and lay next even though there were two nesting boxes available. Chickens are silly like that. Still good to provide them with options though

@d.a.tsun5104

Жыл бұрын

@@BockBockBouquet LOL, 2 of my chickens used to race, whoever lost would stand in front of the nest screaming. One day I even saw the loser climb in the same box while the other was still in there. Yup, they're silly. I missed them: Meannie and Mona were their names.

Sorry, but I'm going to take issue with your design. In my experience, nesting boxes should always be up off the floor, somewhere between 6-12 inches. Chickens are ground scavengers. If you put your nesting boxes on the same level as the floor you are just inviting broken eggs and cannibalisms of the eggs, which once started is a PIA to get hens to stop. The board in the front of the nesting boxes is not enough to stop inquisitive hens from reaching their heads into the nesting box and pecking around. Nesting boxes need to be up off the floor level high enough that the hens can't just reach their head in. So if I were you I would update your design to lift the nesting boxes at least 6 inches and put a perch bar so that the hens have to jump up onto the perch bar before entering the nesting boxes.

Superb Video! thanks for sharing and you got yourself a new subscriber