Nice coop good looking chickens

One of the nicest runs I've ever seen. Love the safety aspects from predators and the natural things to keep them amused. lovely. Well done, thanks for sharing.

@melissalooman751

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you and You're welcome. :)

This is giving me a lot of ideas to entertain mine. This weekend, I’m getting them a toy xylophone so they can have chicken music for chicken concerts ...... or not.......well, maybe for me to listen. I love watching mine play and interact with each other and me. I have a large tree near their run with a lawn chair and little table for my ice tea.

Excellent run for the ladies.

I love your chicken run. All the perches and swings. I am building our coop and run and glad I found your video for information on the contractor sand to use on the floor.

Great setup!🤩👍🏻

Love How Well You Take Care Of This Coop! Very Nice!

@melissalooman751

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I love my girls :)

One of the nicest runs I’ve seen! Thank you! Picked up lots of good ideas from this.

I love your chicken run. I think I eant to build one like it. I love all the fun ideas you incorporated in it to keep them active. Thank you for sharing!!!

Love the hanging corn cob!

I really like this chicken run, gave me a few fun ideas!

Nice looking run, thanks for sharing!

@melissalooman751

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, you're welcome

Thank you for the tour! I love your run and plan on incorporating some of your features in mine!

@melissalooman751

Жыл бұрын

Thats great!! and you're welcome :)

Such a beautiful chicken run!!

@melissalooman751

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

What a nice run. You do awesome work.

@melissalooman751

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you :) I had some help.

I have looked at a lot of runs. Yours by far is the best. Loved the logs. It is good for their feet to have different circumference roosting perch Really great job.

@melissalooman751

5 жыл бұрын

Brenda Doherty thank you!

I never thought of putting hardware cloth on my cleaning fork, it is actualy a muck rake for horses but I needed something for sifting the pine shavings, but your idea of a hardware cloth on it is a good idea, will be trying it. that run is really nice, if I was going to make my chickens live in the run with very little if any free range I would of made it three times bigger, that way they get lots of movement. still very nice.

Great tour! Very tidy and organized and lots of fun chicken activities! Good inspiration for my future build.

@melissalooman751

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Nice coops and good gave me ideas to build my coop next time, TQ

Very beautiful chicken coop everything looks organized👌

@melissalooman751

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. some days more than others...LOL

i love chickens and u have been a great inspiration ! very good ideas ... I'm in an urban area so this helps

@melissalooman751

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Eric, Im glad you got some ideas from my video. :)

@melissalooman751

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Very nice run👍

@melissalooman751

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

You did a good job you and your husband

@melissalooman751

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Looks like a really fun place for your ladies!

What an awesome home for your chickens! I would LOVE to have something like that for my quail! BTW, meal worms are VERY easy to propagate and not messy. Also, and this is just my theory, but it seems the worms have more nutrients if they are still alive (fresh). My quail go nuts for both the worms and the little beetles that they turn into. All I do is put some turkey starter (good source of protein), powdered egg shell (for calcium), oat meal, and/or dog food in a bucket with a lid, put it in a warm place (75°-85°F is best) and let nature take its course. I will also throw in raw potato for moisture but that can cause mold. I've actually discovered by accident that they will thrive without any moisture at all and only wood to eat when I left some meal worms in a terrarium in my classroom over the summer and returned to find it swarming with worms and beetles. You could even raise them right in the coop in the warmer months, if you are in a northern climate. I'd love to hear if you try it! :)

@melissalooman751

5 жыл бұрын

I have thought about that but I don't want them in my house, and it gets cold here in the winter. Where do you live? Do you keep yours indoors?

Excellent Melissa

This is great!

That is an excellent idea to have herb boxes around the perimeter of the run. Very clever!

Very nice!

What a nice run! Showing creative mind! I got a lots of ideas from your video😍 I wanna see your nesting box too! Plz if its possible for you.

@melissalooman751

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I will make another video in a month of so of the coop and nesting boxes. Im am planning on making a few changes but need to wait for nicer weather.

Nice setup

Wowww Luxury coop ever I seen 👌👌👌

Your chicken coop looks awesome in Vermont is beautiful I’m here stuck in California in a heavily Residential area looking to start a chicken coop for about 45 chickens I will be approximately 3 feet wide 8 feet long and about 8 feet tall with the run attached to it of 3’ x 15’ it will be 3 feet tall love your chicken coop in Vermont definitely beautiful

@melissalooman751

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! good luck with your project, have you completed it yet?

I love when chicken can run free🦋

@josephsuchomel9174

4 жыл бұрын

...until a fox, or hawk, or coyote, or dog, or or or gets it......yes, so true.

Well Done!

Beautiful

I love your coop!!!! New subscriber

@melissalooman751

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@kayreneesgarden

Жыл бұрын

@@melissalooman751 it’s my pleasure

@kayreneesgarden

Жыл бұрын

@@melissalooman751 it’s my pleasure

Very nice to se that you activate your chickens. Maybe you could do a little more about the environment in you run. But nice so fare👍🏻👍🏻

That run is nicer than most people's screen porch. Lol

@melissalooman751

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

I would love to see inside your nesting coop ,really well done thank you. Debi from Montreal Canada

@melissalooman751

Жыл бұрын

I will take some some pics if I remember :)

Absolutley the best out there! WOW! How about a view inside?

Very nice coop

I love all the creative ideas for perches and swings in your run, it must keep the birds really happy. What is the size of this run and how many chickens can you keep in this size run?

@melissalooman751

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. The run is 10x18 and their attached coop is 11x11. I have 24 chickens and they all stay busy and happy.

@flowergirl3438

6 жыл бұрын

That is awesome, very lucky chickens. I am going to use some of your ideas in my chickens run. I am all new to this and loving my 10 week old girls and maybe a couple of boys in the mix. (18 altogether). I never knew what a joy it was keeping chickens, I absolutely love them.

@FreshEggsDaily

6 жыл бұрын

A run should allow for a minimum of 10 square feet for each chicken. So a run that is 11x11 is only large enough for about 10 hens. I have 10 chickens and 8 ducks and our run is about 18x40. The more space the better for health reasons, to prevent illness and pecking issues.

@melissalooman751

5 жыл бұрын

Lisa Steele the combined total of run and coop is 21x29. I have had no confinement issues. They are all happy.

@melissalooman751

5 жыл бұрын

Lisa Steele the coop is 11x11 not the run.

Lucky chickens.

nice job

@melissalooman751

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Very Nice.....

Great Video! Thank you for sharing your beautiful run. How long have you been using the sand material in your run? Do you ever have to change the sand all out?

@melissalooman751

Жыл бұрын

Thankbyou. I add to it every 12-18 months usually

Love this run!! Where did you get the red decoration hanging on your run door?

@melissalooman751

Жыл бұрын

Runnings:)

I’d love to see inside the barn, and your coop in there too. Maybe you have a video on that I will go look but if not, please 🙏

I love your set up. Are you going to do a video of the coop area?

@melissalooman751

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I have a few adjustments Im going to make when the weather gets nicer. So maybe in a month or so I could make a coop video.

I don’t blame you

Lovely video! Is the corn cooked or raw?

Hi Melissa, what kind of fasteners did you use to attach the hardware cloth to the wood framing? Thanks!

Hello. I would love an update on your run. I loved this video and got so many ideas. Thanks for sharing. Oh and the contractor sand, where do you normally buy it?

I'm in VT too! This is my first year with chickens, and I am wondering about how that waterer stands up to our freezing temps. How do you manage their water in the Winter time?

Great Job, I wish I could have chickens again.I live in Orlando Fl and the county told me I couldn't have them. and I had to give them up.:(

@melissalooman751

5 жыл бұрын

Im glad to live in the country for that reason, but I love Orlando, maybe a little bit less knowing you can't have chickens there though.

Where did you get the rooster inset on the coop run door? I love it! Very pretty!

@melissalooman751

5 жыл бұрын

Tractor supply :)

Perhaps an electric portable fence would be a good option so they can get out and forage when you are home? Might be a great option to get the horse out more to graze and keep from being bored. I like your run because it looks easy to winterize by throwing up some greenhouse plastic around the outside. Great use of your space.

@melissalooman751

6 жыл бұрын

Jan Coldwater we have a fenced acre around perimeter. Steel mesh wire with electric on top, bottom, and middle on outside. :) when we are home they are out

@JanColdwater

6 жыл бұрын

Melissa Looman WOW! You made fast work of predator proofing! That is awesome! You are living the life and so are your animals!Congrats! You should charge for tours; you'd make a bundle! Ha! 👍

@melissalooman751

6 жыл бұрын

Jan Coldwater That’s exactly what we do in winter. Put heavyweight plastic on all side leaving very top open to breathe. Secure plastic with strapping.

@JanColdwater

6 жыл бұрын

Melissa Looman If you get the chance, would love to see some more video updates. You know things are getting bad when a person gets bored with KZread and is begging for more interesting videos! Hahahahaha. No, but seriously, I think my problem is I am limited by the things I find interesting. LOL I love homesteading lifestyle. I live vicariously through other people's videos, being that I am currently stuck in the suburbs of NY. Hoping to move to East Tennessee soon.Then I will be in my glory. 🤗

@melissalooman751

5 жыл бұрын

I am so bad at making videos, sorry I have not done any updates. I will tell you that since this video we now have 4 geese and a pond that we made for them. I have had a lot of interest on that. I may do a video this spring when I open it back up again. And I will show more of the fence then as well. So far so good!!

What an amazing and entertaining house What do you have as flooring materials, sand??

great coop! thanks for sharing! is that an electric fence outside the coop? i’ve been told to add that to my coop for bears and coyotes....i’m researching that now

@melissalooman751

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Yes that is metal mesh fence with 3 strands of electric wire on outside.

A big dog will deter raccoons and fox. Great chicken run.

@melissalooman751

5 жыл бұрын

We have since added a 4 foot steel mesh fence with 3 strands of electric in a 1/2 acre pasture around the chicken yard. And we have added 4 Geese that I LOVE!!! the combination keeps everything away so far!!

@melissalooman751

5 жыл бұрын

I was looking into getting a Marama but decided to start with the fence and geese

Interesting and entertaining run. What is the size of the run? Thanks for sharing.

Like the design! Do you have any info on how you built the lower walls?

@melissalooman751

5 жыл бұрын

I just made 4 panels which are attached to make the walls. I framed bottom of each panel with T&G shiplap.

You did a great a job, it looks very stimulating for the birds, how often, if you have, do you move it around? 6:35 I have been looking for a plastic trough, can you tell me where you don’t the one you have?

I’m am planning to add sand on the run floor, do you think it’s good?

Great chicken coop! I would like to feature it on my website if that is okay with you?

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Does the poop bucket not draw flys?? 😎absolutely beautiful run!

New chicken mom here- I was going to use wood chips for the run but I love the look of sand and how well it would drain. Do you ever have to completely change out the sand or just add more? If so, how often?

@inskee

3 жыл бұрын

I recently saw on KZread where someone uses sand with sweet PDZ under the roosts. Every day or two they use a long handled cat litter scoop to remove the poop. This is what I plan to do when the young chicks leave the grow up coop. Amazon carries a terrific long handled metal scoop.

@melissalooman751

Жыл бұрын

@@inskee I don't completely change it but I add to it every year or so

I use contractor sand also , but mine is not quite as coarse as yours. I am concerned about bumblefoot. I would enjoy your thoughts on the matter.

@melissalooman751

Жыл бұрын

I really have never had a problem with it. However they are not confined to the run only. They are out in a large pasture during daylight hours. They are only confined to coop/run during the evening or bad weather.

what sand brand would you recommend?

Also, I am confuse about the little door for them to get in and out! Is the automatic door expensive?

What automatic chicken door did you buy?

Did u make the feed bucket urself?

Is that one piece of hardware cloth in your front two big sections (to the left and right of the door)? I can only find it in 3 ft wide strips and those two section look a lot wider than 3 feet. Thanks!

@melissalooman751

6 жыл бұрын

Yes. I used 4 ft wide cloth, I found it at home depot.

When do you clean your box

I used sand but my chicken was eating in and got chicken crop I think from the sand

Where is the nest box situated

Beautiful run! What are the dimensions? Thanks

@melissalooman751

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I believe it is 12 x 18

Hello. I have hardware cloth everywhere , even on the roof. Is that bad? First time doing this. Please help.

What are your dimensions and how many chickens?

Hens only ,we made a mistake having a rooster and his breeding frequency distress and destroyed the feathers and lead to feather picking

oops.... it was my computer mostly. thanks for your comment

I’m a new chicken mom. How did you hand the corn cob?

@judyhowell7075

5 жыл бұрын

C F string it

Do your chickens ever try to escape when you walk in? Are they easy to catch if they get out?

@melissalooman751

Жыл бұрын

I have a large pasture surrounding the run that they are allowed in during daylight hours. They put themselves to bed at dusk and then we just lock them in until morning.

Can you post a link for the bucket feeders?? My girls waste so much I can barely afford to feed them!!

@queilyyenner6399

5 жыл бұрын

MissChievousRN I have the same problem. I don’t know what to do, my chickens waste so much Food and water. I really need to know what kind of waterer and feeder bucket to have to avoid this annoying problem. I love my chickens but absolutely I need to know what what is the best design about wateter or where to buy it plus a good feeder.

@MissChievousRN

5 жыл бұрын

@@queilyyenner6399 this is what I'm going to do: blog.mypetchicken.com/2015/10/05/diy-no-waste-feeder/ Here's another: goo.gl/images/gijmiE And there are waterer diys using 5 gallon buckets too ;) Amazon has them already done for you but they are $40-50 each So I'm gonna try my hand at the diy ones

@WTF-qi2hj

5 жыл бұрын

I built feeders out of PVC pipe (www.pinterest.com/pin/461056080596754492/). It was very inexpensive and easy. I just fit the pieces together (no gluing) and it has really cut down on waste. I am going to make a waterer next that will help keep the water clean so less work! (www.pinterest.com/pin/574631233690517888/)

@melissalooman751

5 жыл бұрын

I have a pvc pip feeder as well, it works great for my crossbeam that I have because its a pretty deep area for her go push her beak into. That her favorite one. @@WTF-qi2hj

@melissalooman751

5 жыл бұрын

How do you like yours? @@MissChievousRN

May have missed it or it's another video. Where do they lay eggs.

@melissalooman751

5 жыл бұрын

That is just the run. The coop is inside the red barn which they get to through an automatic door. There are nesting boxes in the coop

Would you share how it was constructed? Did you use 4x4 corner posts? Did you burry them? I live in NH and there are plenty of predators here too. I am confused as to go about building a run like this.

@melissalooman751

5 жыл бұрын

I did not bury posts. Leveled ground and layed PT 6x6 on cement blocks. Fabric cloth was attached under 6x6’s and extended 1 foot beyond outside of 6x6’s. I constructed 4 panels and secured them together and and to the 6x6’s. Used a 2x6 nailer on the building to secure roof rafters to the barn. I have send 2x4 for rafters and strapping lates across to secure metal roofing. Then attached fabric cloth. I have photos I will try to show you.

@annasophia7977

5 жыл бұрын

@@melissalooman751 thank you so much! I look forward to photos :)

@aartwmich

4 жыл бұрын

@@melissalooman751 would love to see the construction in more detail. I assume it survived the winter snow loads?

cannot hear ! but enjoyed your video. What is on the ground?

@melissalooman751

7 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry you couldn't hear, I am not sure why that would be, the sound is working for me. I use contractors/road sand for the footing.

@taunyaw2181

6 жыл бұрын

working on my end too for the sound....

@judyhowell7075

5 жыл бұрын

Construction sand

Looks great. Question: I am finishing up my run (1st time chicky mom) and am wondering... where do you buy the construction sand? All I have seen is the quik crete brand or did you use some other brand?

Hahaha chickens dont sit on swings

@rigoberto8674

5 жыл бұрын

Mileniun chiken

Dus the wearer frozen yes or no

@melissalooman751

6 жыл бұрын

It does in very cold weather. I use this when its below freezing:www.amazon.com/Farm-Innovators-HPF-100-All-Seasons-Fountain/dp/B001CCSJCQ/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_199_lp_img_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=FMJKSQ387PV9HG2DRA5W

Why is your horse stuck in the barn? Do you let her/him out to ride and brush?

Very nice run 👍

@melissalooman751

5 жыл бұрын

Gloria Leach thank you :)