WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? WHAT DID YOU JUST RECEIVE?

[iwiw60]

I placed my order last week. No notice that they were out. I received a message that they would try to fill my order for the April 9th but due to the demand there is a possibility they won't be able to and that they would notify me when the chicks are expected to ship.

Iwiw60 can you tell me where you bought your coop?

Sure! I bought mine online at Walmart.com .. of course!!

The best price for sure. This prefab coop kit was really inexpensive. I'm sure when I start unpacking it to put it together the materials it is made from will be rather low-grade, but hey! You get what you pay for, right? Besides, by the time I'm through doing the tweaks to it to get it somewhat "right" it'll be much stronger....

 

[Nomibear]

Well, being a 'newbie' to chickens, and the fact that I'm just an 'ol senior citizen, single, blah-blah-blah, I knew building my own from scratch was impossible for me. Add to the fact that I'm only going to have 3-4 hens I opted for one of those kits, inexpensive, but will have to do some considerable tweaking to it to get it right...here it is! With the help of a neighbor I'm going to raise the whole left side up about 2' and that so-called run on the right? It's history. Once I've raised it up I'll make a much better run, probably 8-10' long and much taller so I can get inside!

Please share pics of your reworked coop! I would love to see it

 

[Dragons4u]

I bought that same kit. I add a heat lamp to the roost area using a smaller red bulb with an external larger external daylight heat lamp on the outside of the run. I also put a 1/2 mesh bottom on it and wheels so I can push it around. Have four comet hens in it right now that are feathered out but not ready to be outside yet. Its currently in my garage over a tarp so its easy to clean.

 

[iwiw60]

Please share pics of your reworked coop! I would love to see it

I sure will. Woke up this morning to SNOW....I'm so sick of this weather! So my coop kit is sitting in the boxes on the porch..sigh.

 

[Jewellan]

This is my coop. Got it on Amazon. My chicks don't come until the end of the month .....

 

[debbiegt]

This is my coop. Got it on Amazon. My chicks don't come until the end of the month .....

What a beauty. How many chickens is it supposed to hold?

 

[iwiw60]

I bought that same kit. I add a heat lamp to the roost area using a smaller red bulb with an external larger external daylight heat lamp on the outside of the run. I also put a 1/2 mesh bottom on it and wheels so I can push it around. Have four comet hens in it right now that are feathered out but not ready to be outside yet. Its currently in my garage over a tarp so its easy to clean.

Dragons4u...you bought the same coop as I ordered???? My understanding is that they are relatively easy to put together..did it go together easy for you??

 

[iwiw60]

This is my coop. Got it on Amazon. My chicks don't come until the end of the month .....

Nice!! Much bigger than the little coop I got...best of luck!

 

[Dragons4u]

Yes, even with the modifications I made, total time to construct was only like 30 minutes.
Make sure you lay out the pieces and figure out what direction they face and will be quite simple.

 

[hildar]

Yes, even with the modifications I made, total time to construct was only like 30 minutes.
Make sure you lay out the pieces and figure out what direction they face and will be quite simple.

I am taking it there, that you all got coops bigger then what I got from tractor supply last year. I thought it was going to be worth it for my new babies to grow up in. Heck no, it was puny. It says it will hold 8 hens. However it was only 3 feet wide, and about 3 feet deep. Wasn't worth the $150 price. And 8 hens???? Maybe bantams.

I now use that for a nesting area for one hen that is recoup-orating. way to small for even 2 large hens to be in.