EGG HUTCH – 

Running out to the coop every morning to check on our eggs has seriously become the hiiiighlight of our mornings lately! The easy latch design of the egg hutch makes collecting our eggs every morning SUPER easy and kid-friendly while also not risking predators having easy access to our girls! The nesting boxes are also totally customizable. We can add or remove any dividers to create more or less nesting boxes for our chicks! Plus, Carolina Coops’ egg hutches are designed to be water-tight to make sure your chickens and their eggs are protected in every season!

EGG HUTCH PANTRY –

Y’all, this space is HUUUUUUUGGGEEE. The egg hutch pantry sits right below the Egg Hutch and is an intentional space to store anything and everything for your chickens, from extra bedding to food, all the way to the special treats I keep in stock for my chicks! 😉

WATER SYSTEM – 

Our coop has its own water system – YUP, you heard me! How nice is that!? How this works is that we have a water barrel installed outside the run of the coop. To start it off, we filled this barrel full of water, but then the gutter system of the coop will naturally keep the water barrel filled with every rain so our chicks will never be dehydrated! (We also got water ran to right next to the coop for when we *do* need to fill it up, and boyyyyy am I so glad we decided to run the water – game changingggg.)

FEEDER HOPPER – 

One of the coolest features is the Feeder Hopper: an easy feeding system that helps prevent pests, reduce waste, AND makes it easy to get the kids involved! This feeder holds up to 120 lbs of food. Are you kidding meeeee? That means fewer trips to refill, giving me more time to enjoy watching our feathered friends. 

ACRE MATERIAL –

I am BIG on quality. I want to know that the things I invest in are going to last. This is a reeeeaaally big factor that led me to Carolina Coops. Not only did I see that their product design was high quality, but they also make sure that their building materials are the best you can get.

Our coop is constructed of two things: hand-selected Douglas Fir lumber and ACRE material. Y’ALL. This stuff is amazing. It’s a sustainable alternative to wood that makes our coop resistant to rot, water, AND pests! This coop is built to last – we’re talking about a home for our chickens’ great-great-great-grandchicks! 

WINDOWS AND VENTILATION – 

As you can imagine, ventilation in the coop is a necessity! I was nervous that this would come at the expense of the safety of my chickens, risking letting predators into the coop. But surprise surprise, the Carolina Coops team already thought about that! They designed the Polycarbonate windows of the coop to be able to be opened while having an inner screen to still protect the chickens from anything outside that may want to get in. (This means I don’t need to shut all the windows at night, and this busy mama is VERY excited about that, ha!)

CHICKEN GUARD – 

This automatic door is HIGH TECH. Chickens are an easy target for any predator so you better believe I’m going to protect them as best as I possibly can. Our Chicken Guard door is set to open and close in accordance with the light levels each day. What this means is that when it gets to a certain brightness level each day, the door will open for the chickens to free range. And when the door closes, it’s closed for the night, keeping all your chickies safe and sound!

PREDATOR CONTROL – 

Y’all. This feature ALONE has given this Mama’s heart such a huge relief. One of my fears when considering chickens was “what if one morning I wake up to nothing but a pile of feathers left over from a predator.” Imagine having to explain THAT to Boone and Leni?! NO THANK YOU. The team at Carolina Coops has thought of evvvvvvvverything with this design.

With the Predator Apron, a 24 inch wide screen that rests below our landscaping to keep predators from digging under the edges of our coop to get to our chickens. We heard a lot of suggestions being made to pour concrete around our coop to help prevent predators from getting in, but the laying of the Predator Apron is actually JUST as effective while being WAAAAAAY cheaper. 

CHICKEN RUN – 

While we LOVE letting our chickens free-range, we also wanted to make sure that they had a spacious area for the times they need to be contained. Our coop is the 6’x8’ henhouse and 8’x18’ run (which we can partition if needed) which provides plenty of space for our chickens to roam and play in their own space! In the video that Carolina Coops filmed, Matt, the owner of Carolina Coops, goes into detail about what the exact mixture of ground cover should be for your coop. Check it out! I linked this below. 

BROODER BASEMENT – 

This area is actually really cool. This space is the “basement” to the chicken coop: the area set aside to quarantine any chickies that may be sick or recovering OR an area to help integrate new chicks into your flock! (Which means I can get new babies so much easier- BRB, buying more!)