Eco flex coops

[Etorb1]

Does anyone have experience with the Ecoflex coop? I am thinking of adding a couple more chickens thins spring and wondering if this would be a good choice. My husband made our last coop and I am trying not to bother him with another I could put this together myself. I am thinking of getting a couple Silkies for my daughter. I hear they don’t do well with ramps so I was thinking that this looks fairly low to the ground

https://www.homedepot.com/p/New-Age...67845?source=shoppingads&locale=en-US#overlay

 

[neo71665]

Generally speaking mass produced coops are junk. Overpriced, made with subpar materials, and undersized.


That thing barely looks big enough for one bird and for $200 you could build 2 or 3 of them out of wood. Crap I don't have $200 in my 10x8 foot coop.

 

[3KillerBs]

I have to agree.

If there is a prefab coop out there that adheres to the 4 square feet in the coop, 10 square feet in the run, 1 linear foot of roost, and 1 square foot of ventilation per standard-sized chicken guidelines (with the nestboxes far enough above the bottom to allow a good depth of bedding, the roosts above the nestboxes, and the ventilation above the birds' heads when roosting), it has not come to my attention.

 

[aart]

Tooo Tiny!

 

[Lumikko]

Does anyone have experience with the Ecoflex coop? I am thinking of adding a couple more chickens thins spring and wondering if this would be a good choice. My husband made our last coop and I am trying not to bother him with another I could put this together myself. I am thinking of getting a couple Silkies for my daughter. I hear they don’t do well with ramps so I was thinking that this looks fairly low to the ground

https://www.homedepot.com/p/New-Age...67845?source=shoppingads&locale=en-US#overlay

I used this as a temporary quarantine coop for a couple of weeks and it wasn't good. There are these week little cut outs in the bottom so I covered those with hardware cloth, added several cut out circles high up (also covered with hardware cloth) for ventilation. It isn't remotely secure so I added locks and had it inside a run. The nest box roof leaked. The roof is annoying to remove and you have to remove it for cleaning. Basically, it was awful and I do not recommend!

 

[DobieLover]

Did anyone else notice that they put FAKE chickens in their picture?

They couldn't even get the REAL chickens to pose with their gerbil cage!

 

[3KillerBs]

Did anyone else notice that they put FAKE chickens in their picture?
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They couldn't even get the REAL chickens to pose with their gerbil cage!

No, I didn't catch that!

My saying "If it looks like a dollhouse it's only suited for toy chickens" is validated.

 

[aart]

Did anyone else notice that they put FAKE chickens in their picture?
View attachment 2499833
They couldn't even get the REAL chickens to pose with their gerbil cage!

No, I missed that, too funny
......was only looking for dimensions(didn't find them) and roosts(saw no roosts).

 

[Lumikko]

No, I missed that, too funny
......was only looking for dimensions(didn't find them) and roosts(saw no roosts).

It has stupid little plastic bars about 2 inches off the ground.

 

[neo71665]

Might as well save some money, cut a hole in a plastic storage tote, and call it a coop