it is a 7x12 dog run
they love it - mine at the moment is not anchored down. no problem with preditors due to the chicken guard named Ghost. (130lb great pyr)
we have ALOT of snakes in the area. so no racoons or rats around. thank god my birds are to big for the snakes to think of as food...
here is a short video of the new coop with the girls.
for scale the hens you see are full grown black sex links and production reds.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=0&release=103141349
ok, it's all set up and the hens have moved in! (pics in a few hours)
positive - it set up very eaisly. nothing but a screwdriver needed. can set up alone, only roof is a little trickie
positive - larger than it seems
negative - nesting boxes are a little small (my girls dont seem to care)...
it is similar to the one from last year, but not as thin and more reinforced. (my impression so far)
I have 4 hens at the moment. But for right now, it seems really big.
Will see after I get it set up.
Going to do a hatch of French Black Copper Marans next month - needed more space than the...
I just got a coop off ebay. I am happy to say so far not to shabby.
Here is the link to the one I got ~ http://cgi.ebay.com/Deluxe-Chicken-Coop-Hen-House-CP002_W0QQitemZ120516790972QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1c0f5c4abc
so far it's out of the box with very (very very) minor...