Danielle Hopkins

Poor Quality Disappointing I have been using this coop for a month now and felt to write a review due to being so disappointed. I was immediately disappointed as I opened the package as I could see already that this was not of good quality. There was a broken roof in the box, a latch with tiny screws loose in the box, and other splits in pieces of wood. We had the roof replaced but that one is now breaking. We bought the treated and plastic roof version supposedly for weather protection, but it’s a very flimsy build. There is no way this will last 10 years as I read somewhere when researching it. The nest box roofs are unsafe as they can easily be pushed open by predators and the latches literally do nothing. I don’t know what they are for.. said nothing in the instructions. I assumed they would lock the roofs. I guess you could put a tiny padlock on but that’s even more work. As I said it’s very flimsy with gaps everywhere. It’s very difficult to clean even with that tray, because the tray doesn’t pull out easily its very stiff especially when dirty. And the little pieces of wood to hold it in place get in the way when trying to put the clean tray back in. Its very frustrating to do anything with the coop. The perches fall off all the time when chickens are moving around in there. Also the perches are not higher than the nest boxes so the chickens have been sleeping in nest boxes making even more work to clean. And I’m also having to block off nest boxes at night. Looking at the design I don’t see why that couldn’t have been done… put the nest boxes on lower. After using a smaller coop previously I wanted a coop with perches for the chickens to roost on so I’m now questioning why I am using it with all the extra work and the fact that the original purpose is not being met. I spent that money this to make life easier for us and more comfy for the chickens. A total waste of money. I did inform the company how disappointing the coop was when I needed to replace the roof. They had no response to any of my concerns about the quality just to send a new roof. So i have given it a chance but my opinion has far from improved. And what a joke the insurance for £60 a year.! I tell you you need some insurance on this coop as it’s going to break, and soon. But to pay 60 a year. That is disgusting.