Paul and his son Jonah build a movable chicken coop from 2x2 lumber and 3-inch hex screws, making real-time fixes as they go. The family works through typical DIY problems like misaligned boards and split wood, with plans available at homesteadbuilds.com.
Step number 2. 2x2x21. Orient 2 flush with the ends as shown. Secure with screws. If the wood splits, you may want to pre-drill holes with drill.
Step 3.
3x21 pieces.
How did it get so dirty? We're out of here already.
Give me 2 47s, Jonah. Oh look, we could put this together. Yeah, that'd be fun.
Are you selling this, Papa?
No, somebody won this. Oh, so I'm giving this away.
So you're like, uh-oh, I better get this together. Yeah.
It looks like you're pooping. Are you pooping, Henry? No. Step number 8.
Well, he pooped.
We just got down here, bro.
What y'all doing?
Playing bakery. Sometimes you want to walk, sometimes you want to be carried. You're making a what?
A Cider's Mud Water Milkshake, which is what's supposed to be a chocolate coconut milkshake. Step 11.
Now, 3-inch hex screws.
Look, Paul, we have a milkshake and a pizza.
All right. Step 13, 7 and 3/4. I'm going to step 14 and I realized I made a mistake. I should be It didn't call for these to be put together in the last step. Only one up. Only one step. So I'm gonna backtrack a little. Don't assume you know what to do even though you came up with this plan, the original plan. Let's go to step 16.
Okay, step 17.
I feel like this board is a little off, and it is. If you look at that, it needs to be moved over. It's not lining up proper down there, so—
Ta-da! Another page.
Oh, it's put together. Step number 20, I can't get this brace in. Step 21. 21. Step 22. Step 23. Step 24. Board's too long. Yeah, it really matters. Step number 25.
See, my apron's getting in the way of the GoPro.
We're gonna be at 26. Done something wrong. Yeah, X is supposed to be on this side. Plans aren't wrong, I was wrong. Back to 26. Go to 27. This one's too long. It's a hair short. Go to 27. It's not going to matter there.
It's not going to matter there.
It's fine. Third of the way through. 32.
Is that 35 through 38?
This is when I could use Gideon or Lily. Gideon!
Lily!
Supposed to hold this up, mark the hole where to cut, and then cut it. Still need to hold those ends up.
Alright.
I did this wrong. I put this thing in upside down. We're upside down. So I did this right.
See if I can cut it without unattaching it. I got this. That's 42.
Oh shoot, twisted that. Let's get the hole drill. This is the long one too. We'd have to take off this whole thing plus this. No, we wouldn't have to take off that. I think if it was mine, I would rig it, but we're giving this away, so surprise. So this cannot— can't go like that. Okay, that's disheartening. Hoping I could keep going and then go back to it. You cool off, you know, you accept the frustration. It's the next day. We have another hour and a half block here. We've got Randolph fixed our cage that I screwed up yesterday. Oh shoot. And he put in our other bolts. Look at him. He did number 44 too. He got our hooks in the back as well. Step number 47.
48.
Let's do a pilot hole so we don't split it.
I should have been using pilot holes all along, but ain't nobody got time for that. Boom.
This is the perch that can hold up the roof. These are off. The other one was too long. I cut it and I didn't realize. I should have read the instructions more carefully. You'll bend it.
You'll bend it.
Hey, Randolph, can you be my help for a second? And we're mobile.
77.
There it is. I'm about to get him a nice chicken tractor.
I worked so hard on this. Woo!
Printable plans, downloadable plans, link down in the description. homesteadbuilds.com. Go build that yourself.
If I had to start my Homestead all over again, it could only pick one animal… 
