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Thanks for the response and links I’m already swayed away from that junk everyone is confirming what I suspectedVery low opinion. This sort of coop is not only teeny; they're panned for being made of thin, fast-rotting wood. Big waste of cheddar, and you're still "building" (assembling) it when the pieces are delivered.
Some people are very happy with 4 chickens But you won't be happy with that coop. You can do so much more by being brave enough to DIY. If you search this site for terms like "lumber" or "creative coop," you can excavate all kinds of cool threads about affordable material and different coops.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/discount-lumber-at-stores.1436064/#post-23755473
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/sky-high-lumber-prices-thinking-outside-the-box.1468656/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/creative-coops.1184660/#post-18695779
Lumber prices are high, but you may have luck kn Craigslist. Thats better than a small prefab coop in my experience. They are like a doll house, with thin wood that splits easily...Thanks and from the education that I have gotten so far I don’t think I would start off with any less than eight,if you loose a few at the start and have a half a dozen that grow together that would do it for me.
im not so much “ afraid “of doing my own build but with the price of lumber I was hoping to find a balance but the trade off seems to always be low price=inferior product,build your own = high price of lumber
Doh! You’re right. I forgot that they weren’t protruding so would be included in the total sqft.It would be less than 5 because you have to subtract the nesting boxes from the square footage (nesting boxes don’t count)