Coop from Big Box Store

[Aunt Tat]

https://www.homedepot.com/p/2-Story...TtTWmHx_OkQ300Cwb1lMjSZow1JA#product-overview

Any opinions on this coop and run?

Thanks

 

[Northwest_Wannabe]

Looks too small in my opinion, plus for that price you could make your own, make it personalized for your needs and size, and know it's fully predator safe : D

 

[Aunt Tat]

Thank You!

 

[Carson213]

https://www.homedepot.com/p/2-Story...TtTWmHx_OkQ300Cwb1lMjSZow1JA#product-overview

Any opinions on this coop and run?

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how many chickens are you wanting to get? the coop and run look just fine. also looks like an easy way to get started. a coop only has to be big enough for ample roost space and nesting boxes. you could always open the run to a larger space. the top doesn’t need to be covered.

previously, i would have said that it’s expensive for its size...but not sure now. i was at home depot recently and an 8’ 2x4 was almost $9. that’s twice what i paid last year to build a coop.

i say, go for it. figure out your needs and if you enjoy having chickens...then grow from there.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/2-Story...TtTWmHx_OkQ300Cwb1lMjSZow1JA#product-overview

Any opinions on this coop and run?

Thanks

 

[saysfaa]

If you leave both windows open all the time, it has enough ventilation for one chicken. It is hard to see if it is high enough to be above head high of any bird sleeping on the roosts. The roosts are not enough higher than the nests that they aren't likely to sleep in the nests. Since they poop a lot while sleeping, you will probably be getting a lot of dirty eggs even if you clean the nests a lot. The roosts on the ends are too close to the end walls. The three feet of roost space on the middle roost is enough for three small to maybe medium sized chickens. It is had to tell how wide the roosts are but they look too narrow.

It has enough nest boxes for 24 to 36 chickens. It has enough floor space in the coop part for two chickens if they are let out at least most of the day and every day... due to floor space and no space for food and water. And enough space in the run part for two chickens. The ramp is too steep. Several common predators can go under the wire pretty easily. Raccoons can and ten slide open the pop door to get the building. Or easily lift open the nest box doors to get the eggs or chickens.

Most of these issues are fixable if you can let them out every day and want only two chickens. Getting the height in the building to fix more than one of the height related issues would be hard.

It would be easier and probably less expensive to build your own.

 

[3KillerBs]

1. If the measurements are given in inches, it's too small.

2. If it looks like a dollhouse it's only suited for toy chickens.

3. If it has more nestboxes than the number of chickens that could live in it then the designer knows nothing about chickens and there are going to be other problems too.

IMO, no coop intended for permanent inhabitation (as opposed to a brooder or broody hut), should ever be smaller than a 4-foot cube. You simply can't meet chickens' minimum needs in any less space.

For that price you could probably build this: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-little-monitor-coop.76275/

 

[K0k0shka]

Listen to @3KillerBs and @saysfaa above This coop isn't worth the money, and isn't made with chickens' wellbeing in mind.

 

[Aunt Tat]

Looks too small in my opinion, plus for that price you could make your own, make it personalized for your needs and size, and know it's fully predator safe : D

THIS is the coop I want to buy from my neighbor.

We'll have a run that's 108 sq ft which includes the 24 sq ft under the hen house. (14'x6') and eventually 6 hens.

 

[AuntieD]

https://www.homedepot.com/p/2-Story...TtTWmHx_OkQ300Cwb1lMjSZow1JA#product-overview

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Terribly expensive for what you will get. This is pretty much just for a couple of pet chickens.

 

[springvalley123]

The roosts are barely 2 inches above the floor, so the chickens will be pressured to roost in the nest boxes, or at least the walls of the nest boxes. If you put the roosts at a more natural height, the ventilation would create a draft for them (yes the ventilation (unless that's a doorway) aims right where the roost should be. The ventilation should be in the gable roof, if the whole thing is tall enough to do so without putting the birds in a draft, once their roosts were re-positioned. I saw one at TSC online that was also 5x12 feet, a roof over the whole run, and the roosts in a better position, but still far from ideal.