[chuckmum]

I want to get a couple more girls, and would like to introduce them properly, so I think I need a spare coop with a run. It might be used as a broody if I decide to hatch out any chicks. Any ideas about where I can get one cheaply/2nd hand that isn't going to be a load of rubbish? I have been toying with getting and Eglu, but really the cost for a spare isn't something I can really justify. I don't want to spend over £150 really. Help..........

[poppies]

Hi if you are thinking of getting a second hand coop be very careful someone gave us one and it was alive with redmite, we ended up burning it

[lisa80]

could you make one ? we recently borrowed a small broody hutch the best way i can expain it is a rabbit hutch(with liftable roof for cleaning)and a detachable run basically a frame with weld mesh round including under neath.you may come across a decent size hutch on freecycle and be able to modify it. The run would cost a little for wood and wire.just remember anything you get that isnt new needs thoroughly cleaning and sanitising before you put your new birds in

[chuckmum]

Yes, I am toying with chopping a hole in the guinea pigs large run and attaching it to their small one, which has a inside area. It could accommodate two hens in for a week I think   Not sure it would be as fox proof as the cube but it would be much cheaper, the guinea pigs might like a bigger run too! Totally agree about the red mite!

[janet12000]

I have used a small rabbit hutch which sounds similar to the one Lisa was on about with the liftable roof.
I built the small run around it myself.

The ducklings used it until they were too big, and I used it for isolating a poorly chicken.

The hutch cost about 65 quid from what I remember, and materials for the run came to about 30 quid.

At present the run is dismantled, but the garden gang seem to love the hutch despite it being tiny and quite often they decide to spend the night in there.....silly girls. 

[dizzylizzie]

Hi, what are you like with a hammer and saw?, i built my own coops with no previous experiance , you get what you want that way