For the past couple of weeks I’ve been doing a lot of research online in my spare time to see what my options were when it comes to a chicken coop for sale. So far I’ve found that it is a pretty challenging task. You would have thought that there would be a large online following or market for chicken coops but the fact is that I am finding out more and more this is a “hobbyist” field, and while that is also very intriguing, I am still left with no real option of just buying a pre-assembled unit shipped to my home.
Naturally, there are a great number of sites that offer chicken coop design plans which I thought would be helpful since they were free. Upon further inspection, almost every single plan was a complicated blueprint with no pictures or graphics of any kind. All they basically tell you is a list of materials, their measurements, and “good luck”. That was very unnerving, even more so when I saw a comment on one highly ranked site that said the instructions just sort of…came to an end in the middle of the project. The poor fellow had spent nearly $500 on lumber and materials, and mid-way through the project the plans just didn’t match up! Were these “plans” ever built/tested before they were published??
So I know that these free chicken house plans are very dicey at best. Luckily, I have found one solid source for plans (it is paid, but they have a solid guarantee policy - and it is cheap) and also another source for pre-assembled chicken coops. I don’t want to get too excited though, as a precaution I have sent a number of questions to the company to see what kind of customer service they offer. In fact, their website even offers Chicken Coop Kits with lumber and all materials…you just put it together.
Like I said, my main thing in finding a reliable chicken coop design is that it is accurate, trustworthy, and most of all easy for someone like me. When I hear back from the prospective chicken coop design companies, I will let you know my own personal opinion and which route I plan to take.
