KIslandGirls
Chirping
- Mar 9, 2022
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I need a coop in the short term and don't have time or the necessary tools or a helper to build from scratch. In the long run I might upgrade, but I actually had good luck for several years with four hens in a smaller prefab wooden coop housed in a 10x10 dog run. I'm in a new place and am adopting 8 grown hens. I definitely want a larger walk in run. I'm interested in the plastic coops both because they seem manageable by one person to assemble and move and they can be thoroughly cleaned in a way that porous surfaces cannot. I realize if I went with Eglu I would need 2 Cubes which gets $$$. The large Formex housed in a large run appears adequate for 8, I did both square footage and roost-length calculations. I would also consider the OverEz medium coop, which definitely seems large enough but is the most pricey of all the options I'm considering. Eglu and OverEz come with their own runs. The Formex would likely wind up in a Tractor Supply or Eglu run. The TS runs look like they need a LOT of Hardware cloth reinforcement. I have looked in the archives and didn't find anything that quite addresses this question although I see some support for Eglu as well as significant skepticism, and some good reviews on the Formex Coop.