Does anyone have this Coop??

[h2oratt]

Hi All,

I am in the market for another coop. Yes, another one, I already have 5 but for me its not enough.
I like the kit coops or prefab coops. I have been using them for 5 years and love them. My backyard in secure with privacy fence plus electric fensing running around the outside of the wood privacy fence. So predators for me are not an issue.

This is my backyard. The girls are very secure and protected. As you can see I have several kit coops.

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Anyway, I am looking at this one (below), I was wondering if anyone else had this one. If so could you give me your review of it and some pics if possible. I am looking to purchase it from Tractor Supply, but their website does not have many images of it.

Thanks

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I hate the kits. they are so cheap. they fall apart quick

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

That is pretty much what I do. Buy the kit coop then make adjustments to make them more durable and last longer. I have had some of my prefab coops for 5 years. They are still going strong. I had to repaint two of them last year, but that was no big deal.

5 years! Wow. I bet it has to do with your climate. Mine is doing well, but I have only had it since the end of October. I have had to reattach the ramp and I reinforced the nest box. It seems they use the smallest screws they can find. We live right in the middle of bean and corn fields basicslly.
Now, just to be clear your main coop is not a prefab, correct? So, why did you opt for prefabs?

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

I hate the kits. they are so cheap. they fall apart quick

She said she has had some for 5 years. So, apparently it is working for her.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

So, it looks like to me the one on tsc is smaller than the one wayfair has listed if the specifications are correct. I was just wondering why there was such a price difference so looked into it. There are more reviews on tsc and most are not favorable. But, @Roy Rooster you know what you are getting into, so maybe you can sort through them knowing what to expect from a prefab.

 

[Kuntry Klucker]

I hate the kits. they are so cheap. they fall apart quick

I know that a lot of people do not like kit coops. But for me they work. I have been using kit coops for the past 5 out of 8 years that I have had chickens. My backyard is very secure, I have a wood privacy fence which is lined on the outside by an electric fence to keep 4 legged predators out of my backyard. In all the 8 years of having chickens I have NEVER had to deal with any predators besides snakes for the most part and they are only after my eggs.

I like the kit coops because for a small framed women like me they are easy to construct and maintain. I would never be able to develop the skills needed to make a coop the way that I can buy them already made. Everything from the pull out tray, to the nesting quarters I would never be able to make myself. For me the kit coops are they way to go. I do however put a bit of love into the. I add extra latches, I update the hardwire around them with stronger gauge hardwire, and I put barn paint on them and a water seal to keep the water from rotting the wood.

This system has worked very well for me. My girls love them and due to the protective barrier I have around my yard with a privacy and electric fence, I feel that making that secure is the most important part. For the past 5 years of using kit coops that has worked and I have had zero problems.

As for the kit coops themselves, yes they are cheaper than constructing your own, but for those who do not have the skill or the sheer manpower to take on that kind of a project kit coops are the only other way. I do put a lot of love into them, I know they will need to "tweaking" once I get them constructed. But honestly once I am done with them they are better than when I just put them together out of the box.

So please, understand that I know what I am doing and have done it this way for 5 almost 6 years. The kit coops that you see in the picture has been around for a while, though snow, wind, and rain and they have held up very nicely.

 

[Kuntry Klucker]

She said she has had some for 5 years. So, apparently it is working for her.

Thank you! they do work well for me. I know that most people don't like them but for me they are fantastic!

 

[Kuntry Klucker]

5 years! Wow. I bet it has to do with your climate. Mine is doing well, but I have only had it since the end of October. I have had to reattach the ramp and I reinforced the nest box. It seems they use the smallest screws tgey can find. We live right in the middle of bean and corn fields basicslly.
Now, just to be clear your main coop is not a prefab, correct? So, why did you opt for prefabs? View attachment 1250585 View attachment 1250585

I love your coop, looks very nice.

No, The Kuntry Klucker which is my main coop is not a kit coop. Hubby and I made the first one. However we will never do it again. It was so hard, we got into and it was harder than we thought and more expensive. We love it, but from then on I decided that I am going to look into prefab coops instead. WE nearly killed our selves making that one. In fact I think there is still dried blood on some of the wood from cutting ourselves. Through that project we realized that we are not carpenters or construction specialists, I have some much respect for those two occupations, that is some seriously hard work.

So after that, I knew that if I was ever going to have more chickens building a coop and pen from scratch would be a no go. So I started looking into other methods. I found prefab coops and did a lot of research on them. I found a brand that had good reviews and ordered one just as a test. When I got it put together I was actually blown away. It had a lot better quality then I thought it would and looked great. I did make my adjustment in better latches, stronger hardwire, and of course a good coat of paint and water seal. After giving them some love they have held up for 5 going on 6 years. So really, if you know how to "fix" them up they really are the way to go, well at least for me.

Hubby and I are just not good at building things with real wood. Legos made the building process seem to simple. We drew everything out and used legos as a 3D model and went to work. It was so much harder than we ever thought. By the time we made our mistakes and cut some wood too short and so forth we put nearly $2500 into that coop and pen. We had only budgeted $1000. But like all projects you end up putting more into them then you intended. But we learned a lot about constructions projects though that. We also leaned that we suck at this and that there has to be an easier way.

I love my Kuntry Klucker, I am glad that we made it ourselves, but honestly I would never do it again. We are just glad that we did not kill ourselves.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

Ah. I understand about thinking it might be an easy job. We just remodeled about 3/4 of our house - doing trim work and flooring. There were times i thought we would end up on the Investigation Discovery channel.
Good point! That is probably why my husband keeps pushing me towards getting another prefab.

 

[Kuntry Klucker]

Ah. I understand about thinking it might be an easy job. We just remodeled about 3/4 of our house - doing trim work and flooring. There were times i thought we would end up on the Investigation Discovery channel.
Good point! That is probably why my husband keeps pushing me towards getting another prefab.

Prefab coops are really not that bad. Just give them a little love and they hold up really well. I have three prefab coops, soon to be 4

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

@Kuntry Klucker the coop you are now currently looking at has an "open" vent area above the pop door. It could allow snakes in. Lol
I never thought of it until I was re-reading some reviews and the person mentioned the area and they were going to stuff insulation in. I wanted to tell them it was for ventilation, but on tsc you can't respond. Then, I started thinking about what ifs... and realized, I should have put hw cloth there.
That thread with the mods that I directed you to last night has a pic with her pullets sitting up there.