Chicken Coops @ Costco!

[ThomasMcD]

That is awesome. I don't trust some of the store coops lol.

 

[La Cresta Toni]

I have a similar design and 4 chickens fit great, I think it would even take 6. Mine also free range during the day. My big difference it the open air part of my coop does not have a roof. I cannot seem to find the same style wood that they used for the coop part. It is just like the all the kit coops you see so someone has to make it.... Can anyone help.? I am explaining it to lumber yards as 3 in beveled siding. Any suggestions? Thanks.

 

[calebc311]

how much was that coop?

 

[ThomasMcD]

The also have them at Sam's club here in Nebraska. They were about $320

 

[Craftygirl]

We bought the Extreme Cape Cod from the same company as the one in the first post here at Orscheln's but I've seen them everywhere. It's a nice coop. The high winds have yet to knock it over as someone else posted. LOL it's heavier than that and it does have hardware cloth for the run area... I do agree with giving it a weather proof finish but I love my coop.

We built an 8x8 foot run and attached the coop to that leaving the coop part on the outside

I did replace all the hardware. I added latches that allow me to use a spring snap to lock them in at night. It came with the sliding bolt type latch which are not secure. Here is a picture of what we did with ours. We still need to get the hardware cloth on the area where the roof of the coop meets the chicken wire. (My bad)

We have a neighbor that has a little wooden coop and that was where I got the idea to build the run and attach the coop to the outside of the run. She has 4 standard sized chickens and when they go to the coop at night they take up the space of a gnat. They snuggle so closely it's like they become one chicken. It amazes me. She has 3 nesting boxes and her chickens use only one.

I'm sure with a good sized secure run these cute coops will hold 6 chickens comfortably.



I'll have to get a picture from inside the coop - I now see the need for a couple of roosting bars in the run area. The coop itself has a door and the run has a door which both open into the run. My girls (7 weeks old) like to roost on the open doors. It's cute.

ETA: We did set the coop on a cement floor...for security