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Anna Ranieri said:
There are very few coop sellers around here at all and the ones that do sell coops, sell rubbish like that which I got online.
A lot of breeders use arks, barns, sheds or adapted dog kennels, some use pallets put together and cover them in tarpaulin and I've seen a few who have their chickens in runs covered in tarpaulin and no coop or house at all! There are many breeders who give their flocks very little space, especially the ones who use the arks but I don't want to use an ark as they are so small.
A lot of backyard chicken owners use rabbit hutches or make their own.
There are many many which are sold as being suitable for chickens, ducks or rabbits, they just say to "leave out the roosts is wanted for rabbits or ducks". - The majority around here are mass produced flat packs, and most sell online.
Decent sheds are quite expensive here, its a case of you get what you pay for and our price range wouldn't buy us much. I have a garden shed but it is very old and run down, its fine for keeping our bikes and my grandsons garden toys in but that's about it (and there's always mice getting in there).
However, we had a massive blessing today, I found the address of a farm about 40 minutes drive from us who have kept chickens for over 30 years and they hand make and sell their own coops, they are massively expensive, about four or five times what we'd pay online but I decided to give them a call, thinking there's no harm in asking. I spoke to a lovely woman, told her about my circumstances and asked if she could give me a quote so we could save for one of their hand built coops, would take us about 6 to 7 months to save enough for their prices - but to my surprise she said we can pay monthly installments interest free and with no extra cost! She said they can adapt their designs to suit us, if there's anything we want changed of the design they'll happily change it at no extra cost, or we can tell them what we want and they will design and build a coop to suit or requirements and needs, so I told her I want it to fit in my run and that I'd really like one which has its own run under it, so I can separate the chickens and ducks, despite them being in the same run. I told her the size of our run and that we cannot extend because of the covenant, and that we shouldn't even have a run at all as they are not permitted, she said they will design it so it will fit in our run, will have plenty enough space to meet the hens needs but still leave adequate space for the ducks. I couldn't believe my ears, I am so excited about this - now we are just have to find someone to drive us out there as neither I or my daughter drive but we know a few people we can ask so I'm sure we get to go there soon.
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That's incredible! So happy for you and your birds!
 
My chicks are getting so big! They'll be 4 weeks on Monday. Their coop is coming along!
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