coop finished!

[stephanie1992]

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the box th coop came in said just that coop holds ten, so i think the run and that shold be big enough for 9, i can walk around in it and theres lots of room, hard to c from pics

 

[ChickenTender63]

Its a very nice coop, but I hate to be the one to tell you that by the looks of the grain pattern, knots in the wood, and the color of the wood that it is in fact cedar. some manufacturers of these kits do use cedar because it is weather and insect resistant. I have never seen any pine boards withthe characteristics that yours do. have you smelled the boards to see if they have a cedar smell to them? I'm not sure of the problems that the cedar causes to the birds, ive only known that we shouldnt use cedar shavings because the dust if inhaled can cause problems. if it will be a problem, i would consider painting only the interior if it and leave the exterior alone because its too pretty to cover up with paint. if you do have to paint it you will need to use an oil based primer and paint because the oils will continue to bleed thru a regular latex enamel.

hope it works out fine for you tho, good luck

 

[teach1rusl]

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the box th coop came in said just that coop holds ten, so i think the run and that shold be big enough for 9, i can walk around in it and theres lots of room, hard to c from pics

Well, I've never seen a coop marketer yet who has ever given a realistic number of chickens a coop will comfortably hold. They either go by factory farm standards (about 1 sq. ft of space per bird) or they're figuring on a breed like sebrights or oegb - tiny breeds that that are about 1.5 lbs fully grown. Unless that coop is MUCH bigger that it looks in the photo, the housing part of it nowhere large enough for 9 birds, much less 10. I'm surprised that 9 or 10 feet of roost even fits in there.
HOWEVER - I would think your area really gets no winter at all??? So as long as you can work out enough secure roost space for them, they should be fine, since they'd rarely be inside, even in "winter." In the future, I'd go by measurements rather than how many birds they proclaim the coop will hold. Most here on BYC suggest at least 4 sq. ft of housing, and 10 sq. ft of run space per bird. Areas that don't really get winters can get by with less housing, and often drop down to 2 sq. ft (that doesn't count nest boxes, which aren't living space) each. Remember - coop manufacturers and marketers are in it to make money, so they're going to say anything to sell their product.

 

[Animalian]

Mine was an ebay coop and said it would hold 8 full size hens!

It was fine for TWO bantams so now I have four I built a fence around the coop/run and plan to cover the run and board up the whole original coop/run up to make a big inside coop.

Perhaps you could board up the wire parts and knock out the floor to create a bigger inside area.

 

[Countrypunk92]

cute coop:]