I havent seen anything like this before. I love it!

@FarmGirlInProgress

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I like your idea pretty cool. Also you can make them out of plastic milk crates. Love your video. Thanks for sharing.

Now you need perched for them to fly onto so they can easily walk into the nest or just put the 4 top nests down on the same level as the 1st 2 nests at almost floor level. They can hurt thrir feet if they jump from too great of a hight.

Wow very nice and clever idea I think wil make some for My pigeon loft also yes

@FarmGirlInProgress

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching!

I just made a coop for 4 by putting 4 kitty litter buckets in my old compost box! I'm finishing the roof this weekend! Thanks so much! How are the chickens liking their new home?

@FarmGirlInProgress

4 ай бұрын

Nice repurpose! I love giving old things new purpose. The chickens are using the nest boxes relatively well, they only use the bottom and middle two buckets, I still need to add some bars or something else they can use to land on, the lip of the bucket is too thin and gives them nothing to hold onto, but otherwise they use the ones they can easily get to no problem

Looks awesome. You come up with some Great ideas. Hope it works out for you.

@FarmGirlInProgress

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! They’re still holding out on eggs right now, so hopefully soon they’ll show some interest in the new boxes 🤷‍♀️

Great info, thanks!

@FarmGirlInProgress

4 ай бұрын

You’re welcome!

I like the set up. Definitely need perches that’s why w watched the full video. The lip in the bucket is to thin . Good in a way they wont sleep or poop in the buckets. Some 2”x2” perches wood be awesome. I’m going to thy this set up out. Awesome job.

Great work done. Appreciate your effort. 😊

love it great video

Thanks for the idea ! 👍👍👍👍

@FarmGirlInProgress

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

Nice

Greeting from the Philippines. Do try to bolt all the bucket together and screw 'em to the wall

Beautiful woman

Good job! Snow here on the ground in South Dakota 💨 and my chickens are freezing their nuggets off.

@FarmGirlInProgress

Жыл бұрын

No snow here yet, but we are starting to get frosty nights and foggy mornings. It’s definitely on its way!

Couldn’t have ran large head screws in the bottom of the buckets to hold them onto the wooden wall ?

@FarmGirlInProgress

Ай бұрын

I could have, but I didn’t have any large head screws and the wall is only about half an inch thick, so it wouldnt hold very well over time. So this worked better in the long run

What a great idea. Gonna f igure out if we can make it so I can take the buckets out to clean.

@FarmGirlInProgress

2 ай бұрын

It’s worked really well for us so far!

Is the height an issue for the chooks to get to ?

@FarmGirlInProgress

3 ай бұрын

Their roost bars are another foot higher than these, so no height issues. They use the bottom and middle buckets fine but they don’t like the top ones, I want to add some rest bars in front of them for them to have an easier time flying up to them and landing

What did you do for the bottom lip on the box? I live the design for easy clean up. Genius!!

@FarmGirlInProgress

Жыл бұрын

I just cut the lid of the bucket out and left a lip to keep bedding and eggs from falling out. Super easy to clean!

How far off the ground did you put the first nesting box bucket

@FarmGirlInProgress

4 ай бұрын

Roughly a buckets space I believe, it may be a bit more than that. I didn’t measure lol

How do the chicken get to the top ?

@FarmGirlInProgress

Жыл бұрын

They typically only use the two bottom and middle nest boxes, but I have a few chickens that like to roost on the top of it. They just jump/fly up there. Chickens can easily jump/fly 8+ feet. Their roost bars are higher up then those top buckets.

I'mma wife this lady ❤ .. it is pretty rare nowadays a beautiful woman doing carpentry deeeym ..

@FarmGirlInProgress

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sweet compliment, but I’m happily wifed up already to my handsome king ❤️