Amish coops - Are they worth the money???

[lmarcia]

Can you tell me where you purchased your prefab? I like this one and it seems to have a lot of space! I'm new to owning chickens and will have 3, so not too many

 

[Joanmcm]

X2 I have seen a few topic threads that warn folks about certain "Amish" co's and their business practices, mainly shipping just sayin. I think the whole Amish thing is way over rated but then again I wouldn't buy anything made in CHINA if I can help it. As with any large purchase do your homework and research and do your best to make the decision that works for you. good luck.

We are going through a headache right now getting our Amish coop. We ordered it 5/12/2013 and here it is 7/1/2013 and there are no call backs and a missed delivery date by the dealer (with no warning so scratch a vacation day there). The dealer said the Amish don't know if they built it or not, or if it is in transit or not, or if it is not built when it will be delivered. The coops are actually not that hard to build. I was buying one to scratch additional work off of our list. The same 4x6 coop as shown in the picture. Proceed with caution.

 

[mommyoftwo]

A bit of advise.  Check the dimensions and make sure it really is large enough for how many chickens they advertise it for.  I see a lot of folks writing in that the size of the coop was not sufficient for the amount of birds it was advertised for.


Also, you don't have to be real handy to make a chicken coop.  My husband and I did ours.  The satisfaction of making it yourself cannot be beat.

Wow! $1,000 is a lot! I am in the process of building 3-4 4x8 coops and they are costing around $145 each. They are super easy to build! I have a thread going. I can give you instructions if you want.


Nate

I would love your directions.