Paul Gautschi’s Chicken Coop – Back to Eden garden Q&A – L2Survive with Thatnub
I finally got usable footage of Paul Gautschi’s, Back to Eden garden chicken coop.
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I haven’t measured it but, I have a video showing the complete run from the
inside called “Back to Eden Chicken Pen”.
What size is the chicken run, not the coop?
Next February I think we will be ready to order our chicks. I can’t wait.
Thanks for that inside peek. Chickens poop on everything, all the time. I
guess their attitude is “Hey, our poop makes great fertilizer. I know it.
You know it. So I’m just gonna poop whenever the urge strikes me, wherever
I am.”
If there was no smell (as L2Survive said), then it really isn’t unsanitary.
It just looks that way on camera. If you watch the chickens walking in this
video, their feet are clean and the floor bedding is dry. The sawdust
absorbs the droppings and neutralizes the odor. That is some power-packed
compost! ~ Michelle
Paul only uses the feed if it snows and covers the ground so the chickens
cannot eat normally. That trash can full of seed has been at that same
level since the first time I went out there. As for saving seed and what
not, I have a video coming up soon where he talks about what he grows from
seed or not.
Thanks L2S for posting this I’ve been watching for it…chickens are
regular poop machines for sure..bet they were talking about you being in
their house lol!. I’m in a residential area also..small coop up on 4x4s w/3
boxes but only 6 hens not quite laying age yet. Love to watch them. It’s
very relaxing and the poop goes in the composter.
Yeah…. they will be your best friend if you have feed to give them.
Wow!!! the feed he has is top shelf. Oats instead of corn…. Sweet. Did
the roosters try to protect the girls while you were there. Nothing tastes
better than a rooster who has speared you for two to three years. KFC just
can’t duplicate that kind of flavor.
Great video, did the chicken coop have a sour smell or just that chickeny
smell that chickens have. Just wondering, I like the set up but I live in
the middle of a residential neighborhood I think my neighbors would call
the department of health on me for leave the chicken coop in that condition
even thou that’s how you care for them naturally.
looks unsanitarybut better they’re there than a commercial factory chicken
farm
Hello L2, You can also use PEAT MOSS for the floor in the coop, this works
great & no smell. In the nest boxes you can put some STRAW , they really
like that. blessings
It had no smell at all. If you couldn’t hear or see the chickens, you
wouldn’t even have known you where in a chicken coop. It smelled just like
I was standing in the woods.
Yeah, he chased me a bit. Maybe I will put footage of that at the end of
one of my videos after the credits.
Those chickens were not happy that you were in their house. lol. Thanks for
the tour!
All they wanted to do was to go outside. Whenever I got close to the door
they were at my feet.
Chickens are just unsanitary. God made them that way. I was curious to see
grain in there for feed. I thought he said he did not supplement with
grain. I bet it was just a winter supplement. Good video. Next time you go
that way I would like to know if he saves his own seeds at all. I know he
uses heirloom but I he did not say anything about keeping his own. Thanks
for the video.