Anyone had any issues with coops from Omlet???

[Time-Out]

Just a quick note to say that, in the UK, it would cost a small fortune to build your own coop. Materials are nowehere near as cheap as in the US.

ETA: have a look at converting a shed. Or look on Preloved, there might be somehting there.

 

[naakte]

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mAKE ONE you can be creative and it is not a lot of work

 

[OnceAroundTheBlock]

Indi, in the UK do the secondary schools offer a carpentry class for students to learn to be a carpenter or at least teach the student some skills so that someday he or she can maybe build their own chicken coop along with other useful structures?

That's how I got my chicken coop built. I recently hired our local high school carpentry class to build me a coop large enough for 4-5 chickens and 10' x 10' run. They constructed the coop at the school and when they delivered it, they constructed the run here at my place. They only charged me for the materials, no labor charges because they were learning skills and also earning a grade. Hope their instructor gave them all "A's" because they did a fantastic job!

 

[boogiedog]

Ditto what Time-Out says - see if you can buy an end-of-season sale prefab shed and make some minor conversions into a coop. I custom built my first one ($4,000); looked on the internet for 8x8' coops and it was looking like another 4k. Then I decided to check for 8x8' wooden sheds and wahoo, found one for $900. Threw in a few windows, made some perches, built it up on a block frame and cut out a chicken door. Done. All told after adding the run probably saved $2700ish dollars.

My advise is to go way bigger than you think you will need. You can't have too big a coop and run, but you can easily have one that is too small. And as all on this forum can attest, this chicken thing is most addictive and one cannot stop with just a few

 

[dracutgirl]

i lovvvve my eglu go. it is so eay to clean and very predator proof! fox gave up trying to get my hens! my hens are so confortable in it! A+ design!

 

[NovaAman]

check out my page... Just under 200 bucks. 8x4 coop raised 2.5 ft off the ground. Even shingled the roof. Did all the work myself. Got 8 chooks in there..

 

[Johnn]

I love omlete eglus i want one!

 

[indi]

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How many chickens have you got??

 

[perchie.girl]

If you don't find coops on Craigslist look for Storage sheds or big dog houses.

good luck

deb

 

[Johnboy78]

I've got an omlet cube, 8 girls in it, it's great.

I read where people offer that a handyman could build one cheaper.
Not where I live. People who are handy seem to think that labor comes cheap.
No way could I get an insulated ventilated watertight and easy to clean coop
and run for that price. And I'm not handy.

Yeah I've seen the "make it free from pallets." First; decent used pallets cost
between $25 and $50 around here. Second; I'm at an age and in a neighborhood
where I don't want to fill my backyard with junk. Third; I don't maintain anything.
I don't paint, caulk, stain or powerwash. Fourth; I priced the wooden ones online
and got to examine a few. I would have saved only a few hundred dollars (shipping
isn't included either) for a much flimsier coop that would not be as easy to clean
(10 minutes quick-30 minutes thorough...that's pinesol on all surfaces) and would
require regular painting and upkeep.

The longer I own it the more I appreciate how well thought out the design is and
the quality of the manufacture. Not many things I've bought that I like more and
more as time goes on.

Not cheap but it will long outlast the less expensive wood ones,
and those quality wood ones cost a lot more.