Would this be a good coop?

[CaliVanus]

I found this playhouse online and was wondering if it would make a good coop for about ten Bantams? what mods would I need to make? any advice on attaching a run to it? Thanks a lot.

http://www.playhouses.com/playhouses/wood-playhouses/6x8victorianplayhouse2.cfm

 

[annek]

I don't see a picture or a link-what playhouse are you asking about?

Nevermind, it showed up!

 

[Zahboo]

8x6 will hold 12 standards, 24 bantams. It may be kinda hard to clean....

 

[momma's chickens]

I think that is cute but I would never spend that kind of money on that. Expensive IMO! You could make a decent coop for a lot less.

 

[CaliVanus]

do you think it would be easy to make blueprints like it?

 

[momma's chickens]

Well first in my last post I should have said

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I am not sure about the blueprints, somebody should be able to help you. Also it is big enough for 10 chickens because they say 4 feet per chicken. Of course if you are like me five years ago, 5 baby chicks turned into 50 some.

 

[annek]

Hardest thing I would have in building it would be the roof. If you just go with a standard roof, it would be an easy design to copy. The gingerbread trim around the eaves and the flower boxes give it a lot of the charm.

Here is a link to a coop on this site that looks like the same house you are interested in. You could find out from them how it is for a coop.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=16313-a-real-chickenhaus

 

[CaliVanus]

I live in a rural area but my neighbors have asked me to find an attractive coop for my chickens, they don't want to stare at an ugly coop all day and I don't blame them.

 

[CityChook]

For that amount of money, you could *hire* someone to build you something sweet and lovely - custom. I would not recommend paying that much money for something that will be hard to clean, will still need to be modified for chickens and will probably leak like a sieve.

There are tons of very very cute coops on this site. And they are probably substantially more functional than that playhouse would be.

 

[jc194]

I built a 6'x7' with an 8' peaked roof 2 windows and a homemade door with a cement slab for about $500.00 eliminating the slab could have saved me about $100.00.in hindsight iwould'nt have poured the slab. I attached a 6' x10' run surrounded by chicken wire. The coop looks pretty nice painted, matches my barn