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Chicken Coop Tour + Thoughts On Raising Chickens! 🐓🍳🏡

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[donnafernandez]

I just sat through a whole video on how to keep chickens which I have no intention of ever doing. I did that with the potato planting videos too! I just love seeing what Laura is up to I guess!! 🦋

[TheLindajorgensen]

Hi Laura, I have a funny story about my first experience with having chickens. I was given some chickens when a egg farm was closing, about 50, take one take all. One day when collecting eggs I noticed small bugs crawling on the eggs and all over the walls in the coup. Freaked out, I asked the guy at our feed store what they were and how to get rid of them. He said they were mites and the chickens need to be dusted, and coup cleaned and sprayed to get rid of the bugs. He sold me everything I needed to get the job done. Cleaning the coup wasn’t too hard, but trying to dust the 50 chickens was no easy task. I used the dusting powder to shake on the chicken being sure to get it under the wings and feathers. This was very hard as you can imagine. I thought about putting a chicken in a burlap bag with some of the powder and like you do with shack n bake I shook then until fully covered. I must say this method worked great, but the poor things spit and shuttered when let out of the bag. When I had completed eradicating the mites I told the feed store guy what I’d done, he laughed so hard he was crying! He then told me that I only needed to dig a small shallow hole in their run, put some sand with the powder mixed in and the chickens will get in on their own and fluff up the sandy powder on and under their wings. We both had a good belly laugh, along with everyone I’ve told this story too! I’m 65 yrs old now and much more experienced with raising chickens.

[ainetor]

Fellow chicken keeper here. Not sure if anyone else commented about your nine chickens that had leg paralysis but it sounds exactly like Mareks disease.

[katekitiya]

This is my most favourite spot in your house. I still remember the moment I realized I love cottage style gardens after watching this area in one of your garden tour videos back in 2020. It has a lot of impact on how I design my backyard garden. Thank you!

[aleynadunn]

Omg, your chicken coop makes mine look like a homeless shelter. Hope my chickens never see this, they'll want to move out! But really, your coop is gorgeous! Giving me inspiration for a new one!

[wandabrown]

Even though I don't actually have chickens, I love hearing about caring for them, and in fact everything about the chicken coop. The "cottage garden" around it is absolutely darling: my FAVORITE part of your entire landscape.

[KristopherNexus]

The coop is beautiful and I know your chickens feel like little queens! And all the treats from Benjamin and Samantha prove their point! 💙💙👨🏾‍🌾

[ravenblue]

I manage a thrift store and yup you guessed it, someone left a poor chicken in the store in a shopping cart. I called my cat rescue friend, and we now have a happy chicken friend. Who by the way loves cats. She laid her first egg this week. She does however have bumble foot. Sad someone would do that to her. She is also black and quite sweet. (the women left her dog food in the cart) hence the reason her feet were bad. But she is happy and running around with cats :)

[amandaknaul]

I have been working on remodeling a shed for over a year into a pretty chicken coop. You should consider a video about viewer chicken coops like you do with garden/water feature ones. Sadly, my coop isn't done yet to submit photos, but would love to see others' pretty coops.

[MyBackyardScience]

Nobody puts Bev in the corner! 😂
Thanks for reading the comments! We mentioned the chicken coop last week and were so happy to see this video notification this morning! 🐔🙂

[marinbandel]

Good morning Laura and Aaron! The chickens look healthy and happy. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with others. Hugs from N.C..❤️

[a.l.lind]

Thank you, Laura and Aaron, for sharing you chickens, and coop with us! I'm looking forward to Spring to start my own little flock! ☺️

[alysiagregg]

Very nice set up for your chickens. We hang our water from the ceiling and it helps keep the water cleaner. Chickens are so easy to care for and the eggs taste amazing. No comparison whatsoever to store bought eggs. Really like the heat system you have. Keep these type of videos coming. :)

[deanwa]

This is the most informative homesteading video channel EVER. Love the videos and the great delivery of the useful information. Love the coop. Wished I had mine built like that. Maybe the next one we will borrow some ideas.

[kathleenhaskett]

I love your coop. I wish I could’ve done mine that way. One thing that I add to my coop is Diacom earth. This helps prevent worms and coccidia from getting into the chickens. I spread a dusting underneath the pine shavings.

[mollycottontail]

My daughter has chickens, geese, ducks, guinnea hens and a turken. When you said you sat with your hens sometimes it reminded me my daughter missed her daughter one day. She was in the chicken coop holding the pet chicken and both were asleep.

[sherylemoore]

Very nice coop! I have about 32 chickens. (It began with eight, and then Chicken Math!) I also have 4 ducks, all males! My bachelor boys. They are the funniest guys around. We just finished a new coop, so now I have 3 coops and what my husband likes to call my "Chicken accessory" shed. Funny man. I also have 6 roosters! Luck of the draw at Tractor supply. I love them all and love taking care of them. It is so calming to sit outside and watch them go about their business. So enjoyed watching how your operation works and how you care for you "girls." They look so happy and healthy.

[LaurenWise]

I had chickens for years - no matter how hard we tried to keep predators out, they still got in. We loved them like they were part of the family making every loss was just too tough to bear.

[lindaseverin]

Im in Oklahoma and have similar weather as Lauras. I used builder sand inside my coop. LOVED IT! No dust no mold no smell. cleaned it like it was a giant litter box, super easy. It was great for their feet (kept them clean and mite free) Their water never got dirty. Very economical. never had to replace the sand.

[helenjubert]

They chicken coup has always been my favorite part of your property. They flower beds around it are so cozy and cottage feeling. The coup itself is like a small cottage. Keeping it neat and clean and decorated blends right into the yard.