Plastic Chicken Coops

[Carlton2]

Hi Guys

this UK Company is selling a plastic Chicken coop that needs no tools or fixings https://www.coopsforchickens.co.uk/

Is anything like it available in the US does anyone know?

Carlton

 

[DobieLover]

Hi Guys

this UK Company is selling a plastic Chicken coop that needs no tools or fixings https://www.coopsforchickens.co.uk/

Is anything like it available in the US does anyone know?

Carlton

Welcome to BYC!
That's a teeny tiny coop with lousy ventilation.
I strongly recommend you build something yourself or convert a small shed into a coop. You can contact local shed builders to see if they have any old sheds that they may be willing to give you for the price of delivery. They typically remove them from the properties of people who have purchased a new shed from them.
Or look on Craigslist or FB to see if someone is selling or giving away an old shed then look to the shed builders to see if they offer moving services.
You will always come out far better going the building or shed converting route than buying a pre-fabricated coop that is horribly designed and far too small to be appropriate housing for chickens.

 

[theoldchick]

I've never seen anything like that in the US. I wouldn't use it as it is too small and too hot for Southern climates. Not to mention any predator can get in.

 

[K0k0shka]

Too small, ventilation is too poor, predators and pests can chew through the plastic, and it can't be easily modified (with wood at least you can cut, hammer and drill into it).

Don't do it, you'll regret it.

 

[Crazy Maizie]

The others gave great advice regarding coops, but to answer your question - the formex snap-lock is made in the USA.

 

[humblehillsfarm]

That looks like the size of a dog house, and is probably as hot as one.

I don't think I've seen anyone on here buy a prefab coop and not regret it afterwards

 

[3KillerBs]

Welcome to BYC.

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 Usual Guidelines

For each adult, standard-sized hen you need:

• 4 square feet in the coop (.37 square meters)
• 10 square feet in the run (.93 square meters),
• 1 linear foot of roost (3 meters),
• 1/4 of a nest box,
• And 1 square foot (.09) of permanent, 24/7/365 ventilation, preferably located over the birds' heads when they're sitting on the roost.

IMO, no coop intended for long-term chicken housing should ever be smaller than a 4-foot (1.2-meter), cube -- which suits 4 chickens (look at my Little Monitor Coop to see how the measurements all stack up).

If you're set on a plastic coop, the Omelet coops share the common problem of claiming to hold many more birds than can legitimately fit and they're pricey, but they have a good reputation for durability.

 

[Carlton2]

Thanks all, very helpfull, seems everything is larger out here! that said i think i sent a picture of the smallest, they do have larger one https://www.coopsforchickens.co.uk/product-page/chateau-coop.

A friend has one and says it is incredibly strong, the material is over an inch thick and the whole thing can be pressure hosed down and also packed away - good for UK gardens i guess.

 

[3KillerBs]

the whole thing can be pressure hosed down

There should never be a need to wet-clean a chicken coop except in truly extreme situations.

Dry chickens are healthy chickens.

 

[Iluveggers]

I have one question about Craigslist coops. Can diseases be passed on from a used coop & if so should someone avoid used coops?