NEED HELP WITH CHICKEN COOP BUYING!

[wiily1231]

http://newfoundland.kijiji.ca/c-pets-livestock-for-sale-CHICKEN-COOP-AND-HENS-W0QQAdIdZ504600776

I was thinking about buying this chicken coop which can house 6 chickens and has three nesting boxes as well as a run for 425$. Is this a bargain or am I being ripped off. Thanks.

 

[redsoxs]

I think it's well built but I don't like the chicken wire - it will keep the birds in but a dog, coyote, or raccoon will get right through it. At the very least you should run a perimeter of hardware cloth around the bottom edge up 15" or so inches. If you can afford it, replace all the CW with hardware cloth. There have been a lot of stories of how raccoons have reached a greedy little paw through the chicken wire, hooked a chicken and eaten it alive from the other side of the wire. On last consideration, you should drive some posts into the ground and wire the coop to it - will keep a big wind from toppling it over.

 

[KDK1]

http://newfoundland.kijiji.ca/c-pets-livestock-for-sale-CHICKEN-COOP-AND-HENS-W0QQAdIdZ504600776 I was thinking about buying this chicken coop which can house 6 chickens and has three nesting boxes as well as a run for 425$. Is this a bargain or am I being ripped off. Thanks.

It looks pretty small for 6 birds... especially if you have any inclement weather. It doesn't show any dimensions but appears to be about 2'X4'

 

[chfite]

The price is probably fair for something someone else has built, but it looks small. Overcrowding can lead to all sort of problems.

For 6 chickens, the coop should nominally be 24 square feet or 4' x 6' for example.

The chicken wire needs to be addressed, too.

I assume that you have some way to get it home.

Chris