What coop is this? Where can I get it?

[whatisthis]

thanks for all the replies! If you are wondering, I have two bantams. Is it too small for them? What do you think?

 

[Peggy O]

I've been looking all over the web and can't find the name or a seller for this coop. Pictures below are what it looks like. I found it by browsing around ebay and I'm looking to buy a more or less smaller coop. This one seemed perfect but it's sold out. I have heard that it's better to make coops rather than buying but hey, it's better than nothing? Here are the links (two) https://www.ebay.com/itm/124664276445 https://www.ebay.com/itm/164786609313 thanks
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That will hold 2 chickens, and only if you add a run or free range them during the day. I have something similar, 7yrs old, and we added a big addition and then a 9 x 15ish run, around it, made of 2x4s and covered with welded wire, even on top. They are cute, but tiny.

 

[whatisthis]

Welcome to BYC.

Rules of Thumb:

If it's measured in inches instead of feet, it's too small.​

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If it has more nesting boxes than the number of chickens it can appropriately hold the designer knows nothing about chickens' actual needs and it probably has other flaws.​

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If it looks like a dollhouse it's only suited for toy chickens.​

The one good point about this little coop is that it is much better ventilated than most prefabs with enough ventilation in the monitor roof for at least 1.5 chickens -- except that the rain would come in because there's no roof overhang.

The Usual Guidelines (which are guidelines, not hard and fast rules), are that each adult, standard-sized hen needs:

4 square feet in the coop,​

10 square feet in the run,​

1 linear foot of roost,​

And 1 square foot of permanent, 24/7/365 ventilation, preferably located over the birds' heads when they're sitting on the roost.​

There are only 14 square feet in this entire setup (nest boxes don't count) -- this is smaller than the dog-crate coop I just put together to hold a few chicks for a month or so: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...s-for-the-new-arrivals.1466672/#post-24433620

How many chickens do you have/want and where, in general, are you located? (Climate matters). We'll be happy to help you come up with a good option for your happiness and your chickens' long-term health.

I live near the equator, it does get pretty hot over here. I let my chickens out during the day in my backyard and only want a coop big enough for them to sleep in. I have two bantams. If you think this coop is too small, do you have any recommendations? I would love to hear them!

 

[Brooks_]

It didn't have rain protection on the ventilation. Have you considered building?

 

[whatisthis]

It didn't have rain protection on the ventilation. Have you considered building?

I have considered building. I would if I could but I just don't think I have all the right materials. I'm great at putting stuff together, just not making my own. That's why I'm into store-bought. I'll get into building maybe once I get a larger backyard but for now, it's the store for me.

 

[Mellowmalt]

someone pointed out it would suit quail but from what I've learnt about quail being on BYC they don't require roosting bars so unsuitable even for them
But it would suit some bantams perfectly (ps, no not silkies which are not really bantams- they are just silkies). The usual recommendations of 4 square feet is for a regular sized chicken, I've reduced it in 4 and was still surprised they love huddling up and can take up so little space I feel they still have way too much.

So 6 square feet is plenty for 6 bantams and they'd only need about 20 square feet in the run.

The only thing I'm trying to work out if 3 bantams eat more or less than 1 big chicken (my math is that 3 bantam eggs = 1 large egg?) but you can keep 4 bantams in the space you can only keep 1 large chicken so I think they are very space saving while still being productive. I think 3 bantams would eat slightly more than 1 big chicken but I'd much prefer to have 3 chickens over just 1 (or a bigger flock vs a smaller flock)

I think bantams get a bad rep because in my opinion to do well with bantams you kind of have to specialise in bantams. Ie if you keep regular chickens and then add a few bantams then the chicken coop will be the wrong size, their winter requirements are different and incubating and rasing bantam chicks is not quite the same either. It's not major differences but anyway thats what I think, I think they are an underappreciated bird because in a big bird flock they are just out of place but if people reaslised how great bantams are they might consider chickens when they thought they could never keep them. I've seen a boom in people getting pet rabbits during the pandemic but bantam chickens would take up just as much space and are a better choice I think.

 

[Brooks_]

I have considered building. I would if I could but I just don't think I have all the right materials. I'm great at putting stuff together, just not making my own. That's why I'm into store-bought. I'll get into building maybe once I get a larger backyard but for now, it's the store for me.

Look at some open air coops. Very easy build.

 

[3KillerBs]

thanks for all the replies! If you are wondering, I have two bantams. Is it too small for them? What do you think?

I'm not particularly familiar with the needs of bantams. They are smaller, but they are also active.

Adding visuals

I'm a visual thinker so this is how I understand things.

I live near the equator, it does get pretty hot over here. I let my chickens out during the day in my backyard and only want a coop big enough for them to sleep in. I have two bantams. If you think this coop is too small, do you have any recommendations? I would love to hear them!

Are you in a wet climate or a dry climate? Are you subject to seasonal storms?

An Open Air coop -- which is a roofed, predator-hardened run that may or may not need a solid wall to protect the birds from wind and wind-blown rain (depending on climate), is better than an enclosed coop for a mild-climate or hot-climate area.

Look at what I've done with a large dog crate:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/outdoor-broody-breaker.76592/

And a more sheltered version for 4-week chicks:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...y-accomodations-for-the-new-arrivals.1466672/

If you got a wire dog kennel with a roof it would be easy to add any necessary shelter from storm winds and/or blowing rain.

Look at some open air coops. Very easy build.

Yes, very easy and better for the chickens in a hot climate than an enclosed coop is.

 

[MadamContrary]

I'd bet it's a pawhut brand. I have a similar pair without the nest boxes for my quail and for an isolation coop. I originally bought them as outdoor brooders. I made an overhang for the coop door and attached prefab runs I found on Walmart for about $70 each. For two Bantams that don't roost (a lot of these tiny coops are actually designed for rabbits and don't have roosting bars included) it should work as long as you add a run for the days you can't let them out.

 

[whatisthis]

Thanks for the replies once again! Very helpful.

Are you in a wet climate or a dry climate? Are you subject to seasonal storms?

I live in an area where we get storms almost every other day (an exaggeration) but we do get a lot of rain. When it's sunny it can get pretty hot, and at night I could say it's pretty cold, like conditions you'd know in a desert... except I live in a town. The coop I need does not need to be much open since it will be mostly for sleeping, and in those times it can get cold. They will be out most of the day anyway.

If you got a wire dog kennel with a roof it would be easy to add any necessary shelter from storm winds and/or blowing rain.

I'm not a professional keeper-of-pets. I only have a pet parrot and two bantams right now. I don't have a dog, so to say, so I don't have a dog crate.

I'd bet it's a pawhut brand.

it is...

I also have this other coop, do you guys think it would be nice for the two bantams? I'm trying to keep it a bit cheap. I'll probably paint it and apply waterproof paint later.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/392984296461