Large Chicken Coop Expandable Chicken House for Outdoor with Two Nesting Box, Leakproof Pull-on Tray and UV-Resistant Roof Panel

Took about 1 hour for my daughterand I to put together. So far we have had it for 4 months. Still seems pretty solid. I have 11 chickens that rooster in it at night. Kinda a tight fit but it works. There was a really strong chemical smell when we opened the box so I definitely let it air out for about a day before I added chickens. It also looks really cute. For the price, its a good buy. Most coops were 5xs the price.

It’s not bad for what it is. I can see needing something else for winter. I put mine inside of a large run and they use this as their home base. My chicks spent a few weeks in the bottom “run” waiting for the actual run to be set up, so I think it’s their safe spot. They eat and drink in there and sleep at night. It’s kind of a pain to clean. The paint chips off kind of easy.

I got this coop in two boxes (okay, technically three - turns out I impulse-added the run and THANK GOODNESS I did). There were a lot of pieces, but honestly, it was super easy to put together. The instructions were good and while it says it takes two people, I did it by myself. Just turned on my music and got to work. It took me about 4-5 hours for the coop and run. (I was going slow to make sure I did everything right :)).My biggest worry was the size - I have 6 5 wk old chicks and the coop alone would’ve been like chicken sardines. The run saved the day. I included a pics that include the chicks so you can get a real sense of space. I’m a newbie to chick life and wanted something simple, but the sizing info online had me second-guessing. Hopefully these pics help someone else! Boxes arrived on time, all the parts were there and overall, I’m happy with it.

It was relatively easy to put together but you must invest a little more if you want it to last. Extra hardware cloth must be cut to fit around the Coop as well as under the nesting boxes and replace the latches with something more secure to protect from predators.The wood is fir and it's very soft, so soft you can scratch with your fingernail. Rats can easily chew through it if you don't wrap it in hardware cloth. You'll need to raise it off the ground on a slab or it'll rot.

This coop has really worked better for what its was intended for. I got this coop after i got a fertilized egg from husband who did a farmer a favor. The chickens were not planed. He gave us some more and I hatched 8 chicks, and got this coop to fit my budget, Then my sister-in-law asked me to hatch some for her and we hatched 19. I kept the 7 i guessed to be roosters ( only 1 was) seems i have a talent for picking eggs sense out of 19 there were only 3 roosters lol. Then i found a chicken in the middle of the road at 2 am....sleeping and couldn't find the owner so this coop intended for a max of 10 bird is currently housing 16 birds and they all have plenty of room lol. i will get them a bigger one soon but its has lasted through heavy rain and has fit two heat plates in it and after tarping the bottom is working well in the winter as well. Even with every body roosting on the wooden perches only 3 have to sleep in the nesting boxes, they all seem pretty happy with it for now, were going to build a barn for them in the spring, its a great little coop, but it dose need to have regular maintenance, the paint on the perches rubbed off after 2 months and i had issues with the panel for the droppings being hard to pull out because bedding got in the way if its had been a little deeper it would have been nice. i also wish there had only been 1 door on top because i had to cover 1 to keep rain out, that was my only issues with it.

Someone else mentioned in the reviews that this coop is very hard to clean. I couldn't agree more!The door to the coop (upper level) is ridiculously narrow and tiny. The roost bars are permanently secured, so trying to scoop out the litter is difficult and frustrating, and the since the door is so small my litter scoop doesn't fit in there easily enough to clean the corners of the roost area. Unfortunately the roof does not open, so you can't access the sleeping quarters that way either. The floor of the roost area is meant to be pulled out for cleaning, but it does not easily slide out! You need to wiggle and jerk it out. It's terribly constructed. I may try sanding it to see if I can get it to slide easier. The only solution I've found to best clean the roosting area is to change out the roosts (which I plan to do) for something DIY. I'll use a wooden handrail (Home Depot) for the roosts and raise them a few inches higher so it's easier to access the poop underneath it to clean. But even with this fix, the only way to fully access the roosting area is to come in through the sides where the nesting boxes are (because the front door is so stupid small).Also, cleaning the bottom area (the "run") is not easy either. There are two doors on this section. One is in the front, one in the back. You cannot rotate the bottom 90 degrees -- in order for the top (coop) to securely attach to the bottom (run), the doors of the run must be in front and in back, not on the sides. If you plan to have accessible space around all the sides of this coop, that's fine. But if you are planning to butt the coop up against something structural, say a wall, you lose access to back door of the run, making cleaning it nearly impossible. I should add, cleaning this coop from only the front does not work efficiently enough. You're going to be bending and twisting severely to get to all the corners of the run each time. I have a damaged neck and a damaged back, this is torture for someone like myself.Very poor design. Aesthetically it's very cute. But maintenance wise, the design is dreadfully flawed. If I had known this, I never would have bought this coop. It's very expensive for something that is difficult to maintain.

Way too expensive for the cheap pressed wood. And the design is so sharp that parts did it fit right and the fencing is just stapled and can easily be pushed in by preditors.

Easily assembled, I think it took my son and I about 35 to 40 minutes in total. The wood isn’t extremely durable, but will definitely get the job done. It Looks amazing and fits all our needs. I actually ordered a second one for my ducks and geese.