Chicken Coops

Hello,  I'm still looking for suitable shed, chicken coop, I've seen some on eBay would love to know what you al think, but not sure if I can mention names on here, if I can't here is a little quiz the make is  C****N - the prices look good but I would rather pay more and have something to last any comments please

If you want a decent sized one, the Green Frog plastic ones are very good.  I have an Eglu as well for a trio of birds.  Both are really easy to keep clean, plus dry and comfortable for the birds year round.  I don't think I would go back to wooden coops now.

I agree with Prod in that you do get what you pay for.  The cheaper ones are pretty flimsy.

Thank you every one, back to searching again I think, still waiting for a date for house move, so I have until probably middle of July to keep looking, which is a good thing, but can't wait to get my little flock

Hello New Shoot

I'm thinking of 6 hens, possibly, 2 Cochins (but finding them hard to find in South Wales UK), 2 BlackRock's, possibly 2 Barred Plymouth Rocks, or 2 Bluebells, I've changed my mind once or twice. I would like hens with character and provide enough eggs to maybe sell a few and for family.  I think the coop and run we saw this morning on the Internet was possibly not very strongly built as it was not that expensive, I don't know if I'm allowed to say the make on this site
Honestly any advice or ideas on what chickens to get and chicken house, shed etc. is very greatly appreciated as I want to 'do right by my hens'.

I don't know if I'm allowed to say the make on this site

Its fine if you just want advice and are not linked to the supplier in any way 

I have pure breed bantams and their egg production varies with the season and what mood they are in, but they all have great characters and are a lot of fun to own.   Mine keep going with the eggs sporadically until ages 5 or 6 and I have had them live to 10 years old.

For a year round supply of eggs hybrids are the most reliable, but their laying lives are much shorter.  You get 2 years, maybe 3 of eggs, which tail off year by year and they will not be so long lived.

Flowerpower's hen palace has been admired by us all and we've made our own much more modest coop before now.  Its not too difficult if you can't find one you like 

One of our 'coops' was a 6x4 garden shed, frugal as it was given to me, but they can be quite cheap at times.  We adapted it by adding nest boxes, which my OH fitted into the side, but they could be put inside and screwed to the wall of the shed, and perches were screwed to the sides too.  Okay, a bit big for 6 chickens, but tall enough so you can get inside easily for cleaning and egg collecting, plus chickens are addictive!!!   

Oh and flowerpower, that coop looks just the job!  lovely!