Help me decide on a chicken coop

[U_Stormcrow]

the answer to that question is almost always "NO". Often, with an exclamation mark.

That coop is very small, has way too many nesting boxes for the number of birds it might reasoanbly fit (and the dimensions look to include those boxes in the overall size - functional size appears to be about 4x4 - or enough for four standard chickens - for which you need two nesting boxes). That, plus the fact that its a top open hinge which will allow water to drip into the nest, plus the lack of adequate ventilation, plus the fact that the nesting boxes are on the floor tells me the designer doesn't know squat about raising chickens and likely made a host of other mistakes besides.

But it looks pretty.

 

[linguini]

It costs $375.

I think that's a great price with all the thick solid wood construction. You may want to lower the roosting bar (someone already suggested that), and leave the entire back door open for summer/late spring/early fall and covered with hardware cloth for ventilation.

 

[Weeg]

the answer to that question is almost always "NO". Often, with an exclamation mark.

That coop is very small, has way too many nesting boxes for the number of birds it might reasoanbly fit (and the dimensions look to include those boxes in the overall size - functional size appears to be about 4x4 - or enough for four standard chickens - for which you need two nesting boxes). That, plus the fact that its a top open hinge which will allow water to drip into the nest, plus the lack of adequate ventalation, plus the fact that the nesting boxes are on the floor tells me the designer doesn't know squat about raising chickens and likely made a host of other mistakes besides.

But it looks pretty.

 

[1muttsfan]

I agree with stormcrow.

 

[3KillerBs]

Rules of Thumb

• If it looks like a dollhouse it's only suitable for toy chickens.
• If it's measured in inches instead of feet it's too small.
• If your walk-in closet is larger than the coop-run combo you're thinking of buying think carefully about whether you have an utterly awesome closet or are looking at a seriously undersized chicken coop.
• If it has more nestboxes than the number of chickens it can legitimately hold the designer knew nothing about chickens' actual needs and it probably has other design flaws too.

The only thing I see in that that's done right is that one is that there is ventilation at the roof peak.

 

[Weeg]

Rules of Thumb

• If it looks like a dollhouse it's only suitable for toy chickens.
• If it's measured in inches instead of feet it's too small.
• If your walk-in closet is larger than the coop-run combo you're thinking of buying think carefully about whether you have an utterly awesome closet or are looking at a seriously undersized chicken coop.
• If it has more nestboxes than the number of chickens it can legitimately hold the designer knew nothing about chickens' actual needs and it probably has other design flaws too.

The only thing I see in that that's done right is that one is that there is ventilation at the roof peak.

 

[aart]

How many chickens can it hold max?

It is about 4x6

Have you seen it in person?
Go see it and take your tape measure for better than "about' dimensions.

But certainly you've been here long enough to know the basics.

 

[-Flash-]

It looks like it would hold like, 2 tiddly chooks. I wouldn't buy it.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

What about something like this?
https://www.facebook.com/marketplac...wse_serp:966d473c-83c6-4252-ab15-eadcb8e83d76

 

[Ursuline Chick]

What about something like this?
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/329078885990760/?ref=search&referral_code=marketplace_search&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp:966d473c-83c6-4252-ab15-eadcb8e83d76

You still only have 24 sq'. That doesn't hold, but a few chickens. 6 chickens is still only 4 sq ' per chicken. I don't think that is much room if your chickens are locked up for any length of time. Just MHO