This recent purchase is thanks to an online pet store on ebay. Chicken coops are quite pricey and this one was quite reasonable I thought. I was quite excited that it was below au$200 and considered it to be a huge bargain!
It arrived really quickly; within 3 working days infact. Unfortunately no one was home so we got carded. It was divided into two boxes and my brother had to drive me to the LPO to pick it up because it was quite large. Definitely not a packge for 1 person to pick up on foot!
Putting it together was a bit tricky; May helped me and we had to be very careful because the wood is quite flimsy. The nails were all screws and holes didn't need to be drilled; you just screwed it straight into the wood because it was that soft. (Ok this is the incorrect terminology but I don't know what is).
After putting it together, we realized that getting the foundation right with the first two walls was important. We didn't get these perfectly aligned so every time I slide the floor/ removable tray in I need to get it at a certain angle or it doesn't fully go in.
Here is the end result;
Flitter has never slept on slates/ a perch before so she sleeps on the removable tray instead. She prefers it lined with old clothes. White Chicken isn't particularly fussed where she sleeps, considering she slept perched on a cardboard box in the laundry during the first week we found her, a coop is a luxury for her!
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