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esjro I got my coop from
http://www.cedargroveproducts.com/products/pet-structures/chicken/index.php
and if you'd like another couple pictures of my actual coop I had just been speaking to someone else who'd gotten the same one on this thread on the "coops thread" https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=1022944
With the exception of the bears (who didn't get the opportunity to really test it) the coop is truly predator proof and that has been put to the test by a possuim. On the back wall There's a nice long window that opens & is all wired for safety. When it was still warm & prior to the electric fence, I had been leaving the thing open at night for ventalation until one day I notice these white hairs stuck to the bars & what looked like the black of the wire rubbed off where something tried to naw at it. It didn't get any farther than rubbing off the black from it a little & they were all secure. Of course now we've got a bit of extra protection with the electric around the pen but I still use a key lock on the doors & they put on latches designed for a key lock like you'd use on a locker or a bike chain etc. Anyway there's no gaps or any where that anything can get in.
We not all that good here about building stuff and I wanted something that would be reliable & yet large enough so that I could have a nice small flock of about 6 to 8. The coup I'd gotten was the 4 X 6 and looking at their web site I see they have added another version in addition to the one I'd gotten. I like the way it looked in the yard & I thought it was more cost reasonable than anything else I'd seen. There was a place in CA that had the most adorable coops but they weren't near the size of the one I'd gotten & were like $1600. & with shipping it would have bee like $2800. The one I got ended up about $1000. *including the shipping here* there was no putting anything together & I didn't have to go leveling like for a shed either. They also put it in place where you want it to go. The only thing that I'd want that it didn't have was electric already in it or a means of having a place to thread a wire or 2 through that would still be safe from predators. But I just use the wired window on the back for that anyway.
the people I delt with were very professional & I emailed them for prices & it was just all very smooth & they're very accomidating.. I thin the smallest model they had was the 4 X 4 which was around $450. (without shipping) And again in comparison I think it's real reasonable. I imagine they'd let one pick it up too but with gas & all I figured it was easier to just let them deliver. I'm not sure if they've had the prices go up since I'd gotten mine because of the gas. I'd write to him for the prices if you're considering it.
Oh & yes I'm in NJ but WAY north in Passaic almost Sussex.
http://www.cedargroveproducts.com/products/pet-structures/chicken/index.php
and if you'd like another couple pictures of my actual coop I had just been speaking to someone else who'd gotten the same one on this thread on the "coops thread" https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=1022944
With the exception of the bears (who didn't get the opportunity to really test it) the coop is truly predator proof and that has been put to the test by a possuim. On the back wall There's a nice long window that opens & is all wired for safety. When it was still warm & prior to the electric fence, I had been leaving the thing open at night for ventalation until one day I notice these white hairs stuck to the bars & what looked like the black of the wire rubbed off where something tried to naw at it. It didn't get any farther than rubbing off the black from it a little & they were all secure. Of course now we've got a bit of extra protection with the electric around the pen but I still use a key lock on the doors & they put on latches designed for a key lock like you'd use on a locker or a bike chain etc. Anyway there's no gaps or any where that anything can get in.
We not all that good here about building stuff and I wanted something that would be reliable & yet large enough so that I could have a nice small flock of about 6 to 8. The coup I'd gotten was the 4 X 6 and looking at their web site I see they have added another version in addition to the one I'd gotten. I like the way it looked in the yard & I thought it was more cost reasonable than anything else I'd seen. There was a place in CA that had the most adorable coops but they weren't near the size of the one I'd gotten & were like $1600. & with shipping it would have bee like $2800. The one I got ended up about $1000. *including the shipping here* there was no putting anything together & I didn't have to go leveling like for a shed either. They also put it in place where you want it to go. The only thing that I'd want that it didn't have was electric already in it or a means of having a place to thread a wire or 2 through that would still be safe from predators. But I just use the wired window on the back for that anyway.
the people I delt with were very professional & I emailed them for prices & it was just all very smooth & they're very accomidating.. I thin the smallest model they had was the 4 X 4 which was around $450. (without shipping) And again in comparison I think it's real reasonable. I imagine they'd let one pick it up too but with gas & all I figured it was easier to just let them deliver. I'm not sure if they've had the prices go up since I'd gotten mine because of the gas. I'd write to him for the prices if you're considering it.
Oh & yes I'm in NJ but WAY north in Passaic almost Sussex.