I love how the kids are involved. So cute and it helps them learn.

Add hardware cloth. I also use hardware cloth on the bottom. I cover the ground with straw. Chicken wire poses no threat to raccoons, possums, weasels or any predator bigger. They will dig underneath your frame to get in. I also use a solar powered motion activated light. They do not like to be seen. It startles them and they run away. Love your video though.

So enjoy watching a family project. I know it takes more time and effort but, you are building memories and sharing your grace! 🖖🏻👍🏻😘🙏🏻

Hate to be the bad news bear but your chicken wire is no match for a raccoon. The other issue is that most other predators will just enter under the 2x4 frame. Little gaps and the dirt will let most anything in. Don't ask me how I know. Your location makes it highly nessessary for a extremely fortified build.

@rosebatham3342

2 жыл бұрын

I have a dog kennel and I just lay cattle panels along the ground on its perimeter anchored down to inhibit digging

@dstock5890

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I would have used hardware cloth. It holds up better. We have chicken wire on our run and zip ties pop off all the time and then there are gaps. Live and learn!

@greghercher2068

Жыл бұрын

​@@dstock5890 only zip ties I would use on something like this are the stainless steel ones and that would be expensive compared to just getting fencing wire and stitching it through the whole thing.

@christrussell9713

5 ай бұрын

I do believe they said this was temporary. Not a final project

Good homeschool lesson, especially in math. I love your ideas, and watching the process. PLEASE post more videos.

Good to see your smile is back. Trolls like what they did to u. Don’t let them get to ya. Good job guy on the chicken coop. Ur doing fine. Family what matters. Enjoy.

@LoftisPartyofSix

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

I have followed Living Traditions for years they are so awesome just like you.

Great job guys. Looks good!!! Love watching. Can’t wait to see sm when the horses come 💗. Love y’all 💗❤️💗❤️💗❤️

We’re interested in building a hoop house to attach to our current chicken coop this video was very helpful thank you! Also your buff Orpington’s and Easter egger’s are so pretty!

Mr. Just wanted to say thank you so much for showing me those metal strips. I use those things on everything now! Thanks so much for this tip, I love it.

That is awesome chicken coop you all did amazing job.

What a great family project!

For security I would add more of the blocking for the door. Think of dogs, foxes and rooms pulling and pushing on the door. Think lower blocking

BtW wonderful job on the coop. Wish I had done this when I had chickens!

Don’t let your hand get too bad before you have a doctor look at it. I had a problem with my right hand that I ignored for months. I ended up having to go through a round of physical therapy and then two separate cortisone injections. I still have pain when I use it too much now. The only option I have left is surgery. I definitely don’t want that. I love your channel and your awesome family.

What a fun simple project. Hope your finger is better. I did that to my thumb and when I looked online I found out it was a trigger finger, bought a thumb brace and kept it on until it healed....I think it was gone in 4-6 weeks.

if you look at the color patch on the chickens 'cheek', you will see what color eggs the easter eggers will lay. Chicken wire keeps chickens in, not coons out. learned that one the hard way. Might want a light in there for this cold next few days.

@LoftisPartyofSix

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s gonna get cold again.

That is a lot of chickens! Great job! The finger, I had the same thing on the middle finger and it was damage to the tendon. I have had to get 2 trigger finger releases (very simply surgery) over the years. Just food for thought.

Thank you picked up some great pointers!

Love your video! I've have backyard chickens for 3 years. Only 3 hens but I got 5 chicks this year. Also buffs and 1 egger. I love my buffs! I got a buff roo on accident, lol! But he is lovely! And 1 buff hen is my lap baby. 3 months old and loves to be held and stroked! Lol! I want to use your idea for a chicken shelter for when they are out and it rains! Great idea! Can't wait to do...by myself! Your video makes me feel confident to do this!

from the Netherlands thanks for the video

Thank you for the instructions. Wonderful family time build. I'm planning to build a more permanent one so I'll be using hardware cloth.

Watching here Philippines 🇵🇭

Good Job Brother, I appreciate you. Great family.

No one is gunna talk about the kid riding the dog like a horse? No? Well it was at 10:46 and it was hilarious

In the process of copying your build right now! Thankyou for all the advice y'all did a great job! How's it holding up?

Hello from just north of Aurora MO. I had some trouble with my hands "trigger finger" from throwing slick 50lbs bags at work. A few months after I changed jobs the inflammation went away and my fingers started to work again. Best wishes to all of LPO6.

@LoftisPartyofSix

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Bless you sir and these plans! I have plenty of cattle panel and i did not want to spend thousands on a chicken coop!

Eggs for breakfast and chicken for dinner.. Yum

Your trigger finger can be resolved by a simple cutting of the surrounding sheath of the tendon. It’s done with a local anaesthetic and takes bout 10 mins.

great work

That is a very pretty good chicken coop ,a very unique way cheap and pretty cute also I will try a d build one thank you GOD Bless

I’ve also saw where people build a chicken tractor with PVC as the frame and chicken wire.

Wow what a great job of using already on hand resources.

Nice, after the tarp goes up they just need laying boxes and a little more fertile soil to feed on

creative life in nature

work everyone well👍😜

I'm realizing that a person could possibly put the chicken wire and hog panel pieces together and then hoop them inside the frame making it so the chicken wire is tied to the inside of the 2x4 and better secured.

A weasel will get in at any hole not covered with chicken wire. They will also dig under the base. If one gets in it will kill all the chickens, they need a solid coop for at night.

How does the coop move with wheels?

nice

Love watching the construction, why didn’t you use the hardware cloth instead of chicken wire? So much more stronger. If the raccoon can get his head through it will get in😶! ❤😮

Super gemacht weiter so Gruß Harti Deutschland

this is a good size and light weight chicken coop if you instal 4 weels in there you can easily move it and you need mash for the floor too animal can come inside .

Hello, I'm enjoying your videos very much and learning from them a few things, also I wanted to comment about your finger, I had that before and that is it called trigger finger, the Dr had to cut the tendon to free the finger, in time if left as it is I can be very painful to reopen that finger, hope you get well soon. God Bless you guys.

@LoftisPartyofSix

Жыл бұрын

Yes I hope to get it fixed soon. It’s still bothering me.

What size hog rings did you use?

Great guys! Love the coop! You’d make great homesteaders if you decide to!

@LoftisPartyofSix

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊

Fresh Farm Eggs!

Need to think about predators... that chicken wire is too flimsy.

What gauge is the metal on the cattle panels??

@LoftisPartyofSix

2 жыл бұрын

Not sure

Would anyone be able to transcribe the materials list? The link for it seems to be broken

Y'all did a great job. But when doing a door stop put an angled piece on the top and bottom corner. Putting one in the middle can get in the way and you can get hung up on it.

About how much in materials would this cost?

That would work for an outside cat house too

Not able to download materials list...

How long do you think this took y'all? Easily a day job?

Hey, I dumped Facebook but still want to help you fix the hydroelectric. Did you get the multimeter?

@LoftisPartyofSix

3 жыл бұрын

I dumped FB too. No I haven’t had time and won’t until later. Currently on a road trip. Hopefully later this summer or fall.

It's called trigger finger. A simple operation will fix it. It is calcium buildup on your finger tendon. I've had 4 fingers done.

A really good chiropractor may be able to loosen your finger, or traditional Chinese medicine trained acupuncture. How did the chicken coop hold up?

Trigger finger my dude. I get the same problem while working with hand tools for long hours. It's at its worse in the morning when waking up. Unfortunately, lots of power tool work (holding onto that drill's pistol grip) also can cause the same problem. It goes away after a few weeks without treatment.

For the future, film it all. You can always edit it out if it's not usable

Air palm nailer! It’ll change your life.

👨‍👩‍👦‍👦🐓🦆🦢🐤🐥Bonne journée 👍👍

you need a cover for your hoop coop lol.

Now need make hen nest boxes

@LoftisPartyofSix

3 жыл бұрын

They won’t be laying till June or July so we’ll have some by then

@akdisney

3 жыл бұрын

@@LoftisPartyofSix ok still young

Nice work. I hope you only want to keep the chickens inside the coop with the used wire, not keep something out.

Y'all should go watch COG HILL FAMILY FARM on You Tube & listen to what MaryKarl has to say about 'all things chickens!' I believe she's 10 yrs old - maybe younger and she's the 'chicken whisperer!' You'll love her, her mom and dad and all their chickens and small homestead animals! They have a vlog & podcast on YT! You really will love them - the kids will really love them! Have a blessed day & always!!

@LoftisPartyofSix

3 жыл бұрын

I believe I’ve heard of them. Thank you

@Cdentonphr

3 жыл бұрын

@@LoftisPartyofSix you're welcome!! 💕

I can't hammer either. I'm 60 try to do things with out pain. LOLOLOL

Are you guys going to be taking any trips soon?

@LoftisPartyofSix

3 жыл бұрын

Yes very soon

I have gripped tools for more than 40 years. 3 fingers on my right hand and 1 on my left curl like that. I got shots for my right hand on 2 of the fingers 3yrs ago. Hurt bad. Did not stay straighten. Not worth the expense.

Eggs AND Meat?

Well, that’s not a lot of wood

Easiest way to kill the chicken for dinner is to just grab it around the neck and swing your arm around in circles out strait as fast as you can and just ring that neck and the head will pop right off. Then into the hot water to defeater and then degut and cook. Yum.. Y'all should get some feeder rabbits also so you can have rabbits to eat as well. Good rabbit soup in the winter. Yum

@LoftisPartyofSix

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, I watched my Granny do that many times.

A raccoon can run through that hole plus grab and kill your chickens through that chicken wire. This not good enough in my opion

Please stop moving the cámara is making me sick. But I want enjoy more. Please stop moving the cámara! Thanks

Lol... you won't have those chickens for too long keeping them in that unsafe coop I see you are new to chicken keeping and how serious predation can be.

You copied living traditions homestead exactly like they did it 🤣🤣🤣

Get to the point. Intros and explaining before showing drives viewers away.