Hi,
I've got the chicken bug.
We'd like to get 4 hens and a rooster. I'm thinking Black Australopes or New Hampshire Reds would be best for us to start with. We live (rent) on a 4-acre property; our immediate area is around an acre and a half. Much of that is fenced. The property bumps up against a national park and we're pretty thick with predators around here - coyotes, raccoons, hawks and the like. The two of us (DH and I) are "OK" with tools and woodworking as long as it is pretty simple, and the thought of building a coop from scratch is pretty daunting. So, with that out of the way -
Has anyone bought a coop from an eBay seller called Albany Pets, based in the UK?
Here's the unit we're looking at:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Chicken-coop-He...photoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262
The coop looks well-constructed, and even with shipping from the UK it is a bit cheaper than other commercially-made coops found here in the US.
We'd most likely raise it off the ground a foot or so using cinderblocks, and construct a large walk-in run that is predator-proof, since the birds probably won't get more than a few hours of free-range time per week. The run is just within our handyman capabilities and it helps that our landlady owns a post-hole digger and she knows how to use it!
So - does anyone have experience with this seller's products? Does this coop look large enough for the number and size of birds we're thinking of getting? Any other suggestions?
Thanks all
I've got the chicken bug.
We'd like to get 4 hens and a rooster. I'm thinking Black Australopes or New Hampshire Reds would be best for us to start with. We live (rent) on a 4-acre property; our immediate area is around an acre and a half. Much of that is fenced. The property bumps up against a national park and we're pretty thick with predators around here - coyotes, raccoons, hawks and the like. The two of us (DH and I) are "OK" with tools and woodworking as long as it is pretty simple, and the thought of building a coop from scratch is pretty daunting. So, with that out of the way -
Has anyone bought a coop from an eBay seller called Albany Pets, based in the UK?
Here's the unit we're looking at:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Chicken-coop-He...photoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262
The coop looks well-constructed, and even with shipping from the UK it is a bit cheaper than other commercially-made coops found here in the US.
We'd most likely raise it off the ground a foot or so using cinderblocks, and construct a large walk-in run that is predator-proof, since the birds probably won't get more than a few hours of free-range time per week. The run is just within our handyman capabilities and it helps that our landlady owns a post-hole digger and she knows how to use it!
So - does anyone have experience with this seller's products? Does this coop look large enough for the number and size of birds we're thinking of getting? Any other suggestions?
Thanks all