Join Sarah Whitscell, a middle aged woman and her family, as they overcome various (often comical) challenges in order to learn, craft and build a small 2.5 acre farm in Northeast Texas.
This little farm, FROM THE HART FARMS, is a multi generation joint project focussing on improving sustainability in food, energy, water & other renewable supplies & resources.
The farm, named in honor of Sarah's parents, has a variety of chicken breeds, grows vegetables from seed and has many plans for their growth.
On this channel Sarah gives you a glimpse of what life is like when you have all the challenges of country living.
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What is the material used in the construction of the walls of this coop? Also, I asked about the dimensions of the coop.
@@halilbalaban1056 The material is wood with metal framing. I'm sorry I hadn't gotten the dimensions yet. I have been sick a lot this entire year and completely spaced to get them for you. The dimensions ARE on their website. But I went out and took them manually, since I can't find my instruction book. There is a 1" floor height under the coop itself. The short sides of coop is therefore 1" shorter than run height from ground up; measuring from 50.5" on short sides up to 70" at peak. The structures width (across doors left to right) is 65" and the length is 123" with the run taking 80" and the coop utilizing the remaining 43". Hope this helps. Sorry it took so long to get these to you.
I have legbars and Silverudds from Lisa granger ❤
@@amysykes3929 I love her birds. I'm gonna try and get more sfh & opal legbsrs from her later this fall. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Thx so much I appreciate the info.
@@user-xy6mn3jw1n you're welcome. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Going to purchase this but the packaging was destroyed and there are loose parts. The bottom box was closed and everything in the top box is loose. Do you know what things were in the top box?
Hello, I'm writing from Istanbul. Thanks for your effort. It was really useful content.I will especially follow your broth recommendation.
@@murattamer4488 I'm so glad you found this helpful. Despite my miracle last October I am still struggling desperately hard with my Gastroparesis. Broth is often the only thing I can keep down. This is a great way to maximize the nutritional value of that broth. Plus it's great to cook with! Thank you for watching and commenting!
@@fromthehartfarms I will watch other content on your channel, but I did not know about the miracle. I am very happy about your health. Is it a positive development?
@@murattamer4488 It has been nice. God gave me back my legs! He removed the interaction between my EDS and the MD which stabilized my si joint. I am still weak & get exhausted very quickly, but I can walk again! The part of my disability that I struggle with the most still has been gut issues. I still struggle with my humanity. Often I get anxious, but I'm able to deal with that better. Not as good as I would like, but better. Since it happened our family has come under extreme attack from the devil, but our faith is strong and we have grown despite them. When Jesus gives you a miracle it does not change the world, it enables you to cope with it from a stronger, more secure stance. I found our challenges increased, but we are able to meet them head on! Our God ROCKS! I posted a video about the initial experience in my video called "A miracle report in time for Christmas 2024"
@@fromthehartfarms thank you, i will watch. ı hope your suggestions are helpful for me too. I am 37 years old and myopathy started in 2015. In the gene test it looks like lgmd type 2j. I could walk without support until February, but I fell and broke my ankle and kneecap. This accelerated the disease somewhat and made the legs even weaker. I'm having a hard time walking right now. I can only walk in the house with support. It is a very difficult situation indeed.
@@murattamer4488 I'm so sorry about your struggles. I used to fall a lot too. I will definitely be keeping you in my prayers!
I have a black silver laced bantam Cochin and she he is so beautiful and love her or him. Some people say it’s a roo but either way I love him and will keep him 😊
Do you think this coop could be moved once a day or once a week pretty easily?
I do not. Sorry
How difficult do you think it would be to turn it into a tractor?
You'd have to stabilize the base and it'd be ungodly heavy to move. This thing is not a light weight coop!
Great vid! Contemplating buying one for our chickens and this was very helpful!
Thanks!
New subscriber here ma'am.....😊
Welcome to my channel!
Unfortunately, the animals are not kept in a species-appropriate manner. They have far too little space and they have nothing to keep them busy. That makes me sad.
I didn’t see you put the door slider on. I was wondering how to do that or what is the right way. Hope it’s holding up good
We did it the right way. It's working good except for TX heat!
Thank you !
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Thank you for sharing your testimony. So very touching. I was teared eyed with you too.
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Beautiful homestead!
Thank you
Thanks enjoyed your build instructions I'm putting ours up this weekend u saved me on back and forward confusion....
Glad to help. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Thank you so much ! very helpful 😊
You're welcome. Thanks for watching AND commenting!
29:00 oh no hun, all you had to do was flip / rotate the latch 180 degrees
I liked the way latch works. It's installed properly, but the alignment was off. Once we fixed the alignment on the wall it worked great. But I guess flipping it coulda worked to. I just liked it to latch on bottom the way it is. But I love the suggestion. Might be a great alternative solution for someone who isn't as OCD. Lol. Thanks for watching and commenting!
How would you reccommended fastening the hardware cloth to the metal fence
I would hope the cloth has grommets around edges & use those & ring clips to connect to top rail of side walls of run. If using as an awning attachment to exterior I would extend that over coop side by screwing in eye screws to attach grommets to. Hope that helps. On bottom (if attaching flat against walls) I would stretch to ground as tight as possible and secure to lowest section of welded wire on panels.
@@fromthehartfarms last question, this thing is 450 lbs. How did yall get it in the truck, much less move it to where it needs to be. Will a basic appliance dolly work with 3 men?
Yes, it is a heavy load! I guess we cheated. We had it delivered & opened up the box to move individual pieces to a wagon and then used wagon load by load to transfer to set-up location.
24:04 Could you tell me the voltage on your drill that you used for the self tapping by screws? I’m really struggling to get mine through the metal frame
My drill is a 12V. But it didn't have enough power. We ended up ising my son's 16V.
@@fromthehartfarms I’m using a 20v max cordless dewalt drill, I haven’t been able to punch through yet though
That's rough! I'm sorry. Try predrilling holes maybe?
My husband says it may be the setting on your drill. Does it have numbers on a dial that you can turn? Higher number puts more torque on screw and might work better...
That music drives anyone crazy.
Just bought this coop today. This video is great and will be very helpful to me as I begin putting it together tomorrow. Thank you for this! Also, I lived in west Texas outside of Lubbock for 3 years and I don’t miss the dry high heat and wind at all lol, I just miss the people. I’m now in sunny and wet Florida. 41:12
My M-law lives in Florida. I hear it's beautiful, but I love TX. I could never leave. Glad the video helped. Thanks for watching & commenting.
We live in hot country. I decided to give it a good paint before construction. Our sun here is brutal but we have little rain. Hope it works for me. Good coop though.
Besides the main topic of "how to" , to did this vid so us common folk could keep up so Thank you. Just a side note, you spoke just like my dad a grammama did and it brought Texas right back with a tender force so thank you for that too.
Awe! I'm so glad the video helped. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Do you know how wide the wall panels are on each side? 4 feet x 6? Or 5x5 ? Seems to be a typos on tax website and it doesn’t give the length of the wallls only the width. Trying to determine overall sq foot of just the building not the run
Hello my friend. Your chicken coop turned out very nice. Your chickens will be very happy. Could you write me the width and length dimensions of this chicken coop and the height of the roof and the height of the garden fence in feet?
I will get them for you soon. I'm not sure where I stuffed my manual. Lol
Where did u get ur feeders and waterers ?
Oops! Just noticed this question. Sorry took so long to respond. I get waterers & feeders from a variety of places. Mostly in Atwoods or Amazon. Jeffers pet and livestock online has a decent selection as does Countryside and Cluck it All Farms. Hope that helps.
Beautiful homestead 🐔♥️
I love her place!
Chick three js the cochin
Chick two is a houdan or polish maybe?
Feathered legs & crest & number of toes indicates sultan which is what he grew in to. But good guess. Both those have crests too.
@@fromthehartfarms I wrote the comments before you revealed their breeds 😉
Chick one is a silkie?
Yes. Chick 1 is a silkie. Black skin, 5 toes soft downy feathers as it feathered out. Not a great quality one, but a sweetheart none the less.
I liked your video and purchased the same pen and coop. I was wondering do you know why there are two 1” inch holes drilled in the floor board? I have checked the manual but couldn’t find anything about the two holes.
I think they are drain holes for water to help it be cleaned. Thank you for watching!
Sounds logical.
That rat is BIG👀
Very helpful!
Thank you!
You saved me allot of frustration. You figured it out and I didn't have to....Thanks.
You're so welcome! I love building puzzles, so it was fun for us! Thanks for watching & commenting!
Americana and Ameracauna are just easter eggers
There is a registered breed called Ameraucana. Please watch my video follow-up Titled An Interview With an Expert, where I visit and interview Mr. Paul Smith who helped establish the A.P.A. qualifications for this new addition to the recognized breed list. There is a lit of confusion on this subject, and many EEs are labeled as a misspelled version of the recognized breed. This is exactly why I took the time to create TWO videos on these AMAZING birds. Thank you for checking out my channel!
@@fromthehartfarms yes I raise Ameraucana. But even mine technically i couldn't call that since i breed red brown and black one together . To me calling easter eggers Americana or Ameracauna is just deceptive to make people think they have something other than an easter egger.
@@garyhempel6316 I agree. One of the things Mr. Smith pointed out was that if you breed two different color (official a.p.a. qualified) Ameraucana together like say a wheaton & a blue together, the resulting offspring would no longer conform to standard & would therefore be considered Easter Eggers. I don't think people are intentionally being deceptive, just don't know. A lot of this is still new to me too!
@@fromthehartfarmswhen htey sell chickens that lay brown eggs as ameraucana tha is deceptive lol
I’m looking at getting one, I have a great neighbor who helps me and her husband puts things together for us.
That's sweet of them.
Just FYI tractor supply has them 200 bucks off right now
Works best with sound off.
Lol! Thanks for watching & commenting.
Do you think this is even room for 10 laying hens?
I do. I think it could accommodate up to 12
@fromthehartfarms4294 ok! I thought it looked big enough but not sure anymore, research has been proving to have very random results based on square footage, we are 1st time chicken owners and wanna make sure we have enough room, if it ends up being not enough we will upgrade or get a 2nd coop! Thank you soon much!
I normally wouldn't on factory made coops, but this one is spacious on inside. Main problem we've had is air circulation & temperature control.
@fromthehartfarms4294 yeah I could see that, I think were gonna convert a section of our current shed into a coop, I think itll be cheaper and we can make it to fit us!
How long did it take y'all there build
Thanks for posting this video, it was a great help to us as we built ours, this past weekend.
Glad to help
Great video!!
Thanks!
I’m building a homestead in Northern Michigan- idk how well this would do with the snow? But that price tag… 👀
It needs a lot of modification no matter where you live. Up north, I believe it would need deep litter, extra ventilation, the shade cloth & probably a wind break wall. Thanks for watching! Good luck with your Homestead.
It’s 200 bucks off now
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Absolutely would recommend bantam cochins! I used to have a blue mottled bantam cochin rooster that was just the sweetest boy ever. His name was Scotty and he would sit on my shoulder and follow me around. I miss him so much
My Al Capone is a self blue. I adore him! Greatest personality EVER!
Maybe you csn find a different location to talk so your audience doesn't get interrupted by the multitude of bird sounds??
I usually do. I just need to buy the mics.
The fact your getting persecuted means you are his and your doing the work
Good thinking! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Good message, but the birds are pretty loud so you have to really focus to listen to you. FYI for future videos.
I know. I need a mic reeeeeally bad like, asap. *In the works... Things to look forward too.
Good video. I enjoyed this. I will remember - Phil 4:8.
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching & for commenting!
This was a very good video on this coop . Thank you xoxo
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I really enjoyed watching you guys working as a good team !!!!!
Lol. It happens sometimes!
Thank you Jesus for me just stumbling upon this video! Happy New Year!!
Happy New Year! Thanks for watching & commenting
Thank you for sharing this with us. 💕NonnaGrace 🐓
You're welcome. Ty for watching & commenting!