Why does every single retail coop seller lie about how many chickens their coops can hold?

[ChikaInu]

Why has NO ONE ANYWHERE done the due diligence of simply researching a TEENY TINY BIT and discovering the 10 square feet rule. Why has NO ONE gone beyond the '4 square feet' of *commercial broiler guidelines*????

I am pissed about this - just was browsing around this morning... I don't need a new coop but I enjoy looking at them and how cute they are and just enjoy 'window shopping' for chicken things as a morning coffee routine and man I am irritated in the extreme.

How can we help change this? How can we as a community help *CHANGE THE DIALOGUE* and get the correct information out there?


If we can somehow manage to change the understanding, we're going to have a LOT LESS PROBLEMS with backyard chickens. The more room these birds are allowed to have, the happier and healthier they are. Full stop.


People just simply DO NOT HAVE this information - because every single business that is selling chicken coops has the 4 square foot rule in place, not the 10 square foot one. How can we disseminate all the knowledge built up here? Sitting on a forum isn't enough. It's just simply not enough. What is the greatest avenue for getting information out to people? Is it freaking Martha Stewart? lol

Just catching the people who *happen* to come here and ask questions just isn't enough. The knowledge built up here should be COMMON knowledge at this point, not some mysterious gatekept chicken secrets held fast only if you're willing to google and make a forum account and be willing to learn, etc etc

The fact that no one outside chicken nerds really knows any of this needs to change. I'm disgusted that the people trying to sell coops by and large don't even care to learn more than what is "industry standard for commercial farms".

Thanks for listening to my Ted Talk.

I am going to actually try and research and figure out what I can do, to help educate. These forums are too passive. It's not enough.

Same is true for almost ALL manufactured enclosures for animals. Especially including aviary birds, rodents and reptiles. Oh, and fish too!


People just need to do their own research and animal laws have to become more prominent.

 

[BDutch]

Nope.

Part of Russia lies within the European continent. Russia is definitely not part of the European Union. But Russia is trying to get a ‘very big foot into the door’ with bribes/social media influence with untrue news etc.

A lot wrong with this particlular prefab coop apart from the lack of space. It lasted ten years.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/flat-pack-coop-takedown-and-appraisal.78406/

Great review on this old prefab coop.
And right. Most prefabs have several flaws. Space, ventilation, roosts too low, flimsy, …