My custom coop arrived and it was wrong :(

[Susan-B]

Ordered a custom coop through a local feed store, but when it was delivered we realized they forgot to do half of the things we requested, and messed up a couple of the other things, so they picked it up today. Now I have 10 homeless chickens :-/. Probably going to have to buy a TEMPORARY set up until we can get or build what we want. This is what I can get a hold of this week (the owner was super nice about speeding things up for me). I do want to have a much larger coop area for my permanent set up, so if anyone has some good plans they can point me to for a 6x6 or 6x8 coop Id appreciate it (or a place I can purchase one this isn't insanely expensive) My hopes is to add onto this coop/run so I don’t work have to waste money. I also need to buy an automatic door

thanks

 

[neo71665]

Hmm....where are you gonna put the other 6 chickens?

 

[Susan-B]

Hmm....where are you gonna put the other 6 chickens?

I know lol, like I said, this would have to be temporary. It's that or I get rid of them, which I really don't want to do

 

[CHlCKEN]

It needs more ventilation.

 

[Susan-B]

It needs more ventilation.

This isn't mine, the one I would get would have 2 window and 2 vents. These are just pix of others they've made.
Im so bummed, the coop I ordered would have been awesome.....if they made it right. sigh

 

[CHlCKEN]

This isn't mine, the one I would get would have 2 window and 2 vents. These are just pix of others they've made.
Im so bummed, the coop I ordered would have been awesome.....if they made it right. sigh

ahh okay, I didn’t finish reading until now.

 

[Susan-B]

ahh okay, I didn’t finish reading until now.

If you have an ideas on where I can find a bigger coop let me know. I know my boyfriend is capable of building one, it just might take him FoRevEr haha

 

[CHlCKEN]

If you have an ideas on where I can find a bigger coop let me know. I know my boyfriend is capable of building one, it just might take him FoRevEr haha

Is this temporary?

 

[EmmaRainboe]

That does not look like it would hold ten chickens even if you throw all space requirements out the window.

Is a hoop coop an option? They are pretty cheap and easy to build, your hens would also probably be much happier than smooshed in that tiny thing.

There are many articles here on BYC.

 

[neo71665]

I suggest building. Very few examples of premade that I've ever seen that I would say worth half of what they cost. By the time you end up fixing all the flaws you would be better off starting from scratch.