Recommended prebuild/prefab coops/sites

[juleschx]

I know you're looking for prefab coops, but I'd just like to let you know I never built anything either until last summer, and then I made a catio and a rabbit pen. It's really easy to just put a frame together. You're in North Carolina, so I'm assuming it's hot most of the time? You could make a rectangular pen out of 2 x 4's and cover it with hardware fabric. Then put in some nest boxes and roosts and a covered area for when it rains. It would be a lot cheaper and more sturdy for the amount of chickens you want. I can get some pictures of mine if you'd like .

Now for prefabs, I have the TSC Sentinel Coop and I used to keep four chickens in that, but they free ranged pretty much from morning to night. That's a fairly sturdy coop but it has no ventilation and you need to upgrade the locks, otherwise predators can get in with ease.

Hi! Did you add more ventilation?

 

[Evadig]

Hi! Did you add more ventilation?

No, I haven’t gotten around to it.

 

[MapleLaurelFarms]

So after a lot of discussion and being in a small town and not having a selection of handy craft builders in our area to work with for building a coop (and our lack of knowledge and not wanting to take a year to try and figure out building a coop from the ground up having never built anything).

Looking for recommendations on sites to look over for coops. The idea currently is 6-10 chicken size coop.

Hey I'm just north of you, up close to Boone. I didn't read all the comments. I'm sure you've already gotten some good advice, but if you haven't figured it out yet, I can share some links to localish guys who build and/or deliver good coops that are reasonable. And be sure to check craigslist and FB marketplace also. This is such a rural state that I see really reasonable coops quite often on there.

This guy has been around a long time. I spoke with him about 10 years ago and almost went with him, but we ended up building our own.

We just bought a meat bird tractor from Matt at Upscale Structures. Super affordable and he even delivered it to us. He's outside Wilkesboro and does a lot of coops also. He can tailor anything to your needs.

Last but not least, I've bought birds from Ayman many times (The Chicken Man) and he builds pop-into-place coops. He's a super nice guy and you're closer to him than I am. Highly recommend!

I'm sure there's many more options out there, but these are people that I've dealt with in the past. Hope this helps you find something better than a china-made prefab (prebad lol) structure!