Author Topic: New chicken house (Read 2736 times)

Cjnewton82 · « **on:** March 30, 2015, 07:12:16 pm »

I'm thinking of buying a new chicken house. I'm thinking of buying this one http://www.aardvarkjoineryshop.com/gold-36-bird-chicken-coop-303-p.asp
Any comments pro or negative much appreciated

HesterF · « **Reply #1 on:** March 30, 2015, 11:29:15 pm »

Design looks OK. I'd want to see internal shots too. Also the weatherproofing is only from the surface coating and I've always bought houses made from pressure treated timber because I believe they last longer (and require less maintenance although I have painted all of mine too). My only other little niggles would be felt over the nestboxes and the height. I had a red mite infestation in my layers house and tracked it down to the felt over the next box so I've stripped it off and replaced it with onduline. Thumbs up for the onduline roof! Re. height, I'm 5ft11in so a max height of 5ft 8in would annoy me - just not quite high enough stand up in. But most of my housing is lower than that so it is a niggle - mostly you're cleaning them out so being low is not a problem because you're on your hands and knees anyway. Just I quite like cleaning out my big 'normal' sheds that are the same floor area as this but with 7ft height.

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twizzel · « **Reply #2 on:** March 31, 2015, 02:17:03 pm »

Like HesterF I would be worried about potential for redmite. I had a shed similar build that we are just about to burn because it had such bad redmite and the nest boxes were particularly bad. It's a big shed to get redmite under control once it's present so bare that in mind.

Caroline1 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 31, 2015, 04:21:15 pm »

As mentioned I would also want to see inside. My main criteria is easy cleaning so I don't like the external nest boxes but that is personal preference. It looks a decent size so it depends what works for you.