chicken coop, up to 5 chickens, Pets Station

I bought this coop and run unseen from the Internet. Not as big as stated and no way would I let more than a couple of birds stay in there. I've used mine as a grow out coop for chicks and for a broody hen and her chicks. Also been used as a recovery coop for sick or injured birds which it has been great for. It needs painting regular and some maintaining as in the roof where it sprung a leak.

Not bad for what I have used it for but certainly not as stated in the advert.

I have a similar chicken coop. After two years I made a new roof over the old one because it started to leak. The connexion with the nesting boxes (hinge) was leaking and i made something waterproof over it.
The covered run is quit open and gives little shelter when is windy and raining and you put it in an open field. The food gets easily wet. You need to keep the chickendoor open for ventilation or its getting easily too warm inside. The run is way to small to keep the chickens in 24x7. Therefore a second (open) run or free range is needed for happy chickens.

Last year I had 4 dutch bantams in it. And it was quit small for them. Now I have 6 dutch and I build an extension to this coop with perches at 50 cm from the ground. They started to use these to sleep on when the chicks grew older. I painted (all cracks in) the wood with diatomaceous earth to prevent an outburst of lice.

I hope the coop lasts a couple of years more with all the improvements.

it is very easily broken in to, i lost half of the flock. it has a small pop hole, so it is not good for the big breeds. it is ok for growing birds if you pick it up off the ground, but they cant stay in it for long. it is not the best coop, but i like the run. i still wouldn't get it again.

We live in northern Wisconsin & bought this coop at Fleet Farm (picture was taken in the store) to keep it inside our second garage (not used for driving cars over the winter) so our 3 Sultan chickens wouldn't have to deal with severe weather conditions typical to this region. Selfishly, I didn't want to deal with managing an outdoor coop during winter, either. It's a good little coop for temporary housing - I would not recommend it for outdoor use, as it's light-weight, the hardware is small & would likely rust easily, and I doubt the wood would hold up well, either.

I was impressed with the fact that it was packaged in components rather than having to assemble everything - it went together pretty quickly & w/o problems. The coop doesn't have a floor, so we put it on top of a plywood sheet on a couple of saw horses so it wouldn't be down on the garage floor. Besides being cold, I really didn't want to break my back feeding & cleaning at such a low level.

Here's Mavis eating some treats - that's the ramp right behind her & in the distance is the area under the roosting box & you can also see the opening at the top of the ramp. You can see there's not much room. As weather allows, the trio will have outside time in their outdoor coop/run, but this will do fine to keep them cozy & warm the rest of the time. Sultans don't mind being in close quarters, & they're settling in great.


Cupcake & Creampuff are shown here in the "upstairs" area in front of the nesting box. Although there's plenty of head room in that area, the opening at the top of the ramp is small & there's not much head room in the nesting box, and if it wasn't for the treat trough I put there, they wouldn't spend much time in that area. I had a piece of wood to prop up the nesting box roof to let some light in - between having a low ceiling, being dark and with no ventilation, the nesting boxes are not inviting at all.



So we did some modifying. Conveniently, the coop, which came in 2 cartons, had some extra pieces! This was certainly a packaging mistake, but they sure came in handy. We built up the walls of the nesting box & raised the roof. On one side, we filled the newly created empty space with wire screen to let light & air in, so now my fluffy-top Sultans have room to walk around without having to duck (they are chickens, after all

The perches included in the coop assembly were used as trim in this remodeling project, as they were useless as perches. We put a branch in the tall section, which Mavis loves.


So, when it comes to reviewing this type of coop, I can only say that I feel it was a good value - I was afraid we'd have to assemble everything including hardware, screens, etc., but everything came in panels & it was easy to put together. As far as space, we saw it on display in the store, so weren't surprised, but the nesting box roof height is low & glad we got extra pieces so could do a nice looking remodel. I'm hoping we can use it in spring to hatch some little Sultans, though, and I think this coop would be ideal for a hen & new chicks.

This coop is terrible. Build your own coop, you will be much happier.
- not weather proof
- coop is small
- run is tiny
- roof rotted out
- falls apart after one winter
- latches rust in less than a month
- etc.

P.S. It doesn't hold 5 chickens. More like 2.

I bought this coup off a friend, who when she bought I helped assemble and was using the coop for some her and my chickens.

For the money it costs you can do miles better.

It isn't made to be in any weather. It will rot out, especially the roof. It doesn't leak but the outside of it just gets worn out super fast. Inferior wood probably. The hardware also is flimsy. It was a pain to put together. It is big enough for maybe 2 LF in quarantine or 2 bantams full time. For chicks, I can stick about 25 little guys and when they hit 3-4 weeks fit only about 10 (that is letting them have access to the bottom run). The nesting boxes might be too small for some LF. Perfect for smaller chickens or bantams. You must not let this thing see bad weather though!

Now that I bought it I cave it under my barn's overhang. It gets cleaned and dried regularly and stays in tip top shape, even still I can tell this coop isn't going to last long. Out of the box it was a little flimsy.

Ideally, it use should be limited to small bantam breeding pairs or as a brooder. The top pops up so you can set up your heat lamp. That is a good feature. You can also go through the little door to grab your birds. The roost is not too high, if this coop was bigger and better built it would be great for Sham o's but it isn't.

Cleaning is also an issue. The bedding and manure pile up as you drag the tray out and fall all into the run part. Meaning you either have to move the coop or reach in with a dust pan.

Like I said, as a brooder or breeding pair limited to 2 chickens, it would be fine. Try to pick it up cheap though and not at retail price.

i use it for my broodies, so its really good for that!