Need to vent my frustration about the coop we bought

[Rosekitten]

I'm about to fix it myself. I got a few messages and even them saying their coop they built is doing the same thing so they'll get up with me when they figure a way to fix it.. well that was Sunday.

I even got a local friend who's like he's never worked on a coop before but he's worked on sheds. He can help and walk me through when I can do.

Cause now we've upgraded to a panel comes off if I open the code door.. and obviously these people don't seem to grasp I have live animals in here and if the dang door falls off.. they aren't safe at night.

 

[Buckeye Amy]

I had to chime in when I kept reading such glowing reviews of the Amish. I don't know what they're like where y'all live but I will never give them one red cent of my money here in NW Ohio. They overcharge for their work...period. I'm a quilter and I can tell you that those who think their quilts are above average in workmanship and quality are getting taken to the cleaners. Paying thousands of dollars for an Amish quilt is a display of ignorance and poor judgment. I can make an equally well made quilt for 1/3 the price! You're getting RIPPED OFF!

People in our area hire them to install metal roofs on their houses and barns and pay way more than they're worth. Why? Because people believe that anything Amish is superior somehow.

What really surprises me though is that no one seems to know that they run puppy mills and treat their livestock terribly, particularly their working horses (what animals don't work for the Amish???) which are disposable to them. There are several animal rescues in this part of Ohio that regularly take in their horses that were "retired", i.e. too weak/injured to work anymore. With all the fine people here on BYC who seem to be particularly animal welfare oriented, it's shocking to me that so many are willing to do business with them!

My son is a wood worker and he has built tractors for our chickens that would survive a nuclear war. I see some of the materials your builder used look very familiar to me, they are good quality materials. We have 4 seasons where we live and you can tell when the seasons change because the gates all have to be adjusted when the humidity makes the wood swell and the hardware doesn't line up quite right. That's not preventable!

Your post also reinforces why my son refuses to do custom work for people; there's too much liability involved. He won't even make furniture for people, his reason being if it breaks accidentally and someone got hurt he could be sued. He just won't take that chance. So lucky me, I get all the best of his wood working skills!

I really hope you get what you paid for. Best of luck.