Egg hutches - watch before building yours!

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If you are a DIYer who wants to build an egg hutch, watch this video before building yours! Matt discusses common mistakes that are made in the construction of egg hutches and shows how Carolina Coops has put a lot of thought and critical design into our chicken coops. You will avoid the pitfalls that many make and be able to construct an egg hutch that will not only make you much happier, but will make your chickens happy for years to come!

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[reprosser]

Thanks for the video. I am currently building my coop based on the CC design. Just a note to all that there is a LOT of work to DIY a coop inspired by the CC design. I am a woodworker who has done carpentry work and it has been suprising just how much work is involved to get all the details right. Any change here or there can impact things all around. I enjoy a good challenge and this build is certainly that. The J-channel addition of the egg hutch is a great improvment over a sharp metal edge.

[dontbanmebrodontbanme]

The elevation of the egg hutch is very smart and was the part I wasn't getting. Thanks for that info!

[MoaByte-vz]

I made that mistake. The next mistake was using a piano hinge that caught bedding. You guys are kind to show your secrets to us DIY'ers.

[Charlie-feqh]

Just a quick fix to your one nest box problem of Debris buildup, is to relocate hinge point underneath or style so when opened it removes the ledge to even catch it.

[rianreese]

I absolutely love the T hinges, I used them for the door on my greenhouse, so I will definitely use them with the chicken coop in the future when I start building it.

[wictorsson]

I really like your coops, I live in Sweden and will build one similar to yours. You are a great inspiration for me. If you make the door so it goes all the way to the bottom and put the hinge on the underside, there will be no shelf for material to land on. It will clean itself every time you open and close. Also there is no way for water to enter either.

[knightshade]

here in the tropics its the cold that kills our chickens thats why we put warm lamps inside their cages to help them incubate & stay warm, we use also coconut leaves for their roof & bamboo poles for the struckture

[Scorch]

Beautiful egg hutch. Can you explain why you don't like roll-away egg hutches? Do you just find them unnecessary?

[LuLu-kzpg]

Have you guys put gutters up on a coop? For a sustainable water catcher system

[alanbrown]

I would love to have a box like that, do you have instructions how to build one for to buy? I just started using your hip bedding and I think it’s gonna work great best thing I’ve ever used

[katiec]

How do you remove the backing of the nest box to be able to sweep it out when needed?

[blakewuestenfeld]

I am currently about to build my own egg hutch and planned on going with a similar design but try to incorporate a "roll-away" design with Astro Turf type material. It seems to work for a lot of guys on YouTube and was curious why you guys haven't tried it or if you have tried it in the past?
My thought was that this would be the best way to keep the eggs clean and to not have to deal with broody hens.

[rosemarynishti]

I'm thinking about adding another nesting box onto a coop that I purchased similar to the one in this video. Would that be difficult to do? My first time building and I don't need anything fancy. Do you ever do video's about adding things on? Their coop is so small and I really want my girls to be happy!

[shumakern]

@CarolinaCoopVideos
have you thought of making an egg hutch we can buy just like the windows?

[amordebelleza]

You should make and sell roll away egg hutches.

[abab]

I cant get over how much materials are used thats more than my house im living in

[ChristynO]

Do you sell j channels to add to already purchased coops? That metal edge on the nest box has always scared me! I'm a klutz. If I can cut myself, I will!

[buckstarchaser]

You may want to make a way for the chickens to get into those nest boxes from the inside of the coop, since they lack the general skillset and physical features to open that gate latch to get in from the outside. You can see from the static camera placement that this is just a display model, screwed to the outside of a coop.

[MerkA]

Great if you live in the south. If you are up north were it gets below 10 degrees days on end this will not work.

[rebeccaplumlee]

Drop down doir good for those of us in wheelchairs! I can take care of my animals with ur chicken house/coop after its set up (someone does have to carry my feed out).