Chicken Coop - Where to buy???

Mackzee · 05-04-2020 10:07AM #1

Hey,

Since all the local hardware stores are closed, is there anywhere online to buy raw materials, (timber, wire, etc) to build a coop and run.

Alternatively. is there somewhere online to buy a coop and decent run??

Thanks

uck51js9zml2yt · 05-04-2020 11:45AM

I'm currently making one and a run.

Pallets for the coop

Zenify · 05-04-2020 11:51AM

I bought this one on amazon 2 years ago and it's been great. I have 3 leghorn hens in it. I extended it by taking off the back wire mesh and creating a run with chicken wire. Some advice - also by a motion sensor security light to deter foxes. You will also have to do additional work to make sure the fox doesnt dig under.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00MGM3CY6/ref=cm_sw_r_em_apa_i_dCBIEbVFTRXY8

Zenify · 05-04-2020 11:52AM

Dont underestimate a fox. Do as much security and reinforcement as possible at the start.

DBB · 05-04-2020 11:53AM

Mackzee wrote: »

Hey,

Since all the local hardware stores are closed, is there anywhere online to buy raw materials, (timber, wire, etc) to build a coop and run.

Alternatively. is there somewhere online to buy a coop and decent run??

Thanks

How many hens are you planning on?

Mackzee · 05-04-2020 11:55AM

DBB wrote: »

How many hens are you planning on?

4 hens

DBB · 05-04-2020 12:05PM

Ah ok, I'd been going to suggest a garden shed, but that'd be slight overkill for 4 hens

A decent dog kennel with be a good starting point, that you could install some perches in, with a nesting box or two.
A lot of the proprietary chicken coops and runs are not the greatest quality imo, they're a bit too easy for a fox to chew his way into, and they don't last particularly well. To me, they're made to be more appealing to the human than the hens! So if you're buying a ready made coop, make sure it's really robust and solidly built.

Mackzee · 05-04-2020 12:49PM

DBB wrote: »

Ah ok, I'd been going to suggest a garden shed, but that'd be slight overkill for 4 hens
A decent dog kennel with be a good starting point, that you could install some perches in, with a nesting box or two.
A lot of the proprietary chicken coops and runs are not the greatest quality imo, they're a bit too easy for a fox to chew his way into, and they don't last particularly well. To me, they're made to be more appealing to the human than the hens! So if you're buying a ready made coop, make sure it's really robust and solidly built.

I should have said start with 2, then increase to 4 or 6. I think you are right, some of the ones online are tiny. I saw a dog run online for 300euro, might get that, then either make / buy a house.

Mackzee · 05-04-2020 12:54PM

Where is the best place to buy materials online that still deliver?

uck51js9zml2yt · 05-04-2020 12:59PM

Don't buy a dog run. It's hard to weather proof with a metal frame.... Personal experience

Mackzee · 05-04-2020 01:09PM

Came across this shed on amazon - use it as a house??

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00BI0VPIW/ref=sspa_dk_detail_2?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B00BI0VPIW&pd_rd_w=iXt6n&pf_rd_p=1055d8b2-c10c-4d7d-b50d-96300553e15d&pd_rd_wg=MOLQf&pf_rd_r=6D9HYXPG4MQ8CTW7QG3T&pd_rd_r=de380130-ef90-4cd3-9d76-f0f964c1f56d&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzSDZHT0o1T0UzVVA5JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwOTMzMTI2TE9SQk4zVTdDM0xJJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA3MTQ5NjBaUVBKSUVDQ0g0NjQmd2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWwmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl

Bass Reeves · 05-04-2020 01:16PM

If I was spending more than 200 euro I would seriously consider

https://www.omlet.ie/shop/chicken_keeping/eglu_go_up/

DBB · 05-04-2020 01:22PM

From experience, any proprietary coops you look at, you can take it that it'll comfortable only hold half, max ⅔ of the hens they say they can

tractorporn · 05-04-2020 01:38PM

Green hen works in Mullingar

http://www.greenhenworks.com/

They deliver via courier and you assemble yourself. I'd check about delivery first. My sister got one from them and I put it together it was made with decent stuff and an irish business.

Mackzee · 05-04-2020 01:49PM

Bass Reeves wrote: »

If I was spending more than 200 euro I would seriously consider

https://www.omlet.ie/shop/chicken_keeping/eglu_go_up/

Delivery end of May.

Mackzee · 05-04-2020 01:58PM

it says suitable for 12 hens, more like 4 maybe 6.
Seems good for the money @ €240.

https://www.inthemarket.ie/shop/12-bird-large-chicken-coop-with-run-and-egg-box/

bulleyes · 05-04-2020 02:01PM

Mackzee wrote: »

Delivery end of May.

All of the farm supply stores are still open. Wire, timber and fixings will be available and quite a few do their own deliveries too

Ive attached a picture of a chicken house I made for my own hens last summer, something a little different.

memorystick · 05-04-2020 02:22PM

tractorporn wrote: »

Green hen works in Mullingar

http://www.greenhenworks.com/

They deliver via courier and you assemble yourself. I'd check about delivery first. My sister got one from them and I put it together it was made with decent stuff and an irish business.

I ordered the Ark type. I could make one but it wouldn’t be of the same standard. The missus would bag to no end. I’m making a few chicken tractors for the farm in a few weeks.

Mackzee · 05-04-2020 02:30PM

bulleyes wrote: »

All of the farm supply stores are still open. Wire, timber and fixings will be available and quite a few do their own deliveries too

Ive attached a picture of a chicken house I made for my own hens last summer, something a little different.

The one you made looks unreal

Aravo · 05-04-2020 03:03PM

Got one last year from fresh supply.co.uk suitable for up up 8 birds it said, price e200. We only have 2 hens, will prob get another 2 in a month or 2. Any more on it would not be comfortable. The one we have is very similar looking to the inthemarket photo, but without the hen run built on. The timber is very light, I would make one if one had the time. Pallets are only good, if you filled in all the gaps. Beware of foxes, mink, pine martins.

uck51js9zml2yt · 05-04-2020 04:01PM

Aravo wrote: »

Got one last year from fresh supply.co.uk suitable for up up 8 birds it said, price e200. We only have 2 hens, will prob get another 2 in a month or 2. Any more on it would not be comfortable. The one we have is very similar looking to the inthemarket photo, but without the hen run built on. The timber is very light, I would make one if one had the time. Pallets are only good, if you filled in all the gaps. Beware of foxes, mink, pine martins.

I'm building one 12*6ft.
The coop is 3ft off the ground and will be made of pallets. I concreted 4*4 posts into the ground and then built a frame around them.
Have an OSB( covered in plastic) with corrugated tin on top for a roof which is slanted.

Cost me about 500 for materials and I had stuff lying around to make the coop and put on siding on the run. I'm in a windy location and it will become a mud bath in winter if not done right ...lesson from using a metal frame run for the last 12 months.

Bass Reeves · 05-04-2020 04:16PM

Mackzee wrote: »

Delivery end of May.

Will you source chickens before then

Mackzee wrote: »

it says suitable for 12 hens, more like 4 maybe 6.
Seems good for the money @ €240.

https://www.inthemarket.ie/shop/12-bird-large-chicken-coop-with-run-and-egg-box/

They are a mass produced chinese one as far as I know. I got a smaller one that in reality holds 2-3 hens abou 6-8 years ago. Just about holding togeather at present. 3 hens will give you 15-20 eggs a week more than enough for the average household now

Jamal Rapid Concrete wrote: »

I'm building one 12*6ft.
The coop is 3ft off the ground and will be made of pallets. I concreted 4*4 posts into the ground and then built a frame around them.
Have an OSB( covered in plastic) with corrugated tin on top for a roof which is slanted.

Cost me about 500 for materials and I had stuff lying around to make the coop and put on siding on the run. I'm in a windy location and it will become a mud bath in winter if not done right ...lesson from using a metal frame run for the last 12 months.

Biggest thing is to be able to move coop and run onto new ground ever 2-3 days. Used an old trampoline to make a run along with chicken wire.

uck51js9zml2yt · 05-04-2020 04:43PM

Bass Reeves wrote: »

Will you source chickens before then

They are a mass produced chinese one as far as I know. I got a smaller one that in reality holds 2-3 hens abou 6-8 years ago. Just about holding togeather at present. 3 hens will give you 15-20 eggs a week more than enough for the average household now

Biggest thing is to be able to move coop and run onto new ground ever 2-3 days. Used an old trampoline to make a run along with chicken wire.

Planning on building a small run into it to them the have more space.
They've also free ranged a bit so will let them do that as well with the new run.

Mackzee · 05-04-2020 06:26PM

Now, next thing is, where can I get some chickens in Cork area?

Bass Reeves · 05-04-2020 06:30PM

Mackzee wrote: »

Now, next thing is, where can I get some chickens in Cork area?

https://www.farmfowl.com/where-to-buy-chickens/laying-hen-suppliers/

Gloomtastic! · 05-04-2020 06:38PM

Mackzee wrote: »

Now, next thing is, where can I get some chickens in Cork area?

Go on to DoneDeal. Loads of suppliers on there.

Hard Knocks · 05-04-2020 06:58PM

Bass Reeves wrote: »

Will you source chickens before then

They are a mass produced chinese one as far as I know. I got a smaller one that in reality holds 2-3 hens abou 6-8 years ago. Just about holding togeather at present. 3 hens will give you 15-20 eggs a week more than enough for the average household now

Biggest thing is to be able to move coop and run onto new ground ever 2-3 days. Used an old trampoline to make a run along with chicken wire.

Could you put 3/4 in a fixed 10ft x 16ft area
Have small waist area beside shed

Bass Reeves · 05-04-2020 07:18PM

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Could you put 3/4 in a fixed 10ft x 16ft area
Have small waist area beside shed

Not really if you want to free range them they would want to be moving from an area that size every week or so. A moveable run is ideal that you can move about the lawn. They do an amazing job on moss

Base price · 05-04-2020 08:59PM

Just a reminder that anyone keeping poultry even if only a few hens in your garden must register with the Dept of Agriculture.
https://www.agriculture.gov.ie/avian_influenza/poultryregistration/howtoregisteryourpoultrypremiseswiththedepartment/

Aravo · 05-04-2020 10:26PM

Great job. Is that an automatic door closer/opener that I see. How do you find it. What type is it.

Aravo · 05-04-2020 10:31PM

bulleyes wrote: »

All of the farm supply stores are still open. Wire, timber and fixings will be available and quite a few do their own deliveries too

Ive attached a picture of a chicken house I made for my own hens last summer, something a little different.

Great job. Is that an automatic door closer/opener that I see. How do you find it. What type is it.

Chicken Coop - Where to buy???

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