Best Choice Products 71in Mobile Fir Wood Chicken Coop Hen House Poultry Cage for 3-5 Hens, Outdoor, Animal Care w/Wheels, 2 Doors, Nest Box, Removable Tray, UV Panel

Note, this is my first time keeping chickens, so I got this coop as part of the experiment. I have 5 sex link hen chicks - crosses between New Hampshire White and New Hampshire Red. I don't think this will be big enough for them when they're full grown, but I have some months to work on that. But I wasn't too worried about this - lots of comments about using it as an isolation coop for injured or sick chickens.As others have mentioned, this is a decent coop for a very good price. I give it 5/5 for that.Notes:1. I didn't notice that this doesn't have a door between the coop and the run by default. I'm going to have to install one, my chicks are still very young, and I don't want them running outside until they're a couple weeks older - at least not without a momma hen.2. Lots of comments about the clear plastic roof not being strong enough. It seems plenty strong to me, maybe they updated the design to improve it?3. The latches for the 2 doors are rather weak, though the latch on the nesting box should be fine with a clip or lock.4. The instructions say it can take up to 90 minutes to build with 2 people. It took me about 2 hours to build by myself, with me being nitpicky and clamping much of it together to get things lined up just right before screwing it in, as well as doing things like gluing any dowels.5. I managed to strip a couple of the screws putting them in. A little wood glue and a toothpick or two fixes that. I think that if I build a coop of my own, I might use this one as an example - just scale it up like 50%. I'm also considering painting at least the outside, so it's better protected from the Florida sun.

We bought this as a secondary structure to be used as a chicken infirmary to isolate injured chickens from the rest of our flock. We have 15 chickens total and they have a much larger coop and run. We recently lost a chicken who was attacked by a hawk and then the rest of the flock hen pecked her. We decided we needed a better way to separate an injured bird that wasn’t simply a dog kennel.The structure was easy to assemble and they have extra fasteners which was nice. I used some leftover longer screws on the roof to make it a stronger attachment.Like others who have reviewed this product, I did some reenforcing of the UV panel by securing hardware cloth to the entire panel before screwing the panel on. I’m still planning on reenforcing the flooring on the main coop and the nesting boxes as well as applying an outdoor sealer as this is a softer wood.We’d probably only ever put 2- 3 chickens in here at a time and I definitely wouldn’t recommend that this is the only structure/run for your flock. It’s nice that it can easily be moved around but it’s still a pretty small run.We’re primarily going to use it to isolate chickens for health and wellness reasons. It’s much better than the dog cage sitting in the garage. It’ll be nice to take the chicken out during the day and bring them back inside the garage at night.Just caution as there is nothing under the coop/run to keep predators from digging underneath. There’s no door separating the run from the coop so if something gets in the run, your chickens don’t stand a chance. I wouldn’t feel comfortable leaving a chicken in this outside overnight without additional reenforcement, like a buried fence and door to separate the coop and run.

Super clear directions on how to put this together! Amazing! It’s small but it works for probably 2-3 full grown chickens; I’m just using it for growing chicks, and I would still let my chickens free range and put them in there overnight if you plan on keeping more than 2 in there. I’m definitely putting hardware cloth (or chicken wire) on top BEFORE I put this all the way together and screw the plastic lid on the top—that plastic is NOT good for keeping predators out. I like the light it offers the chicks though, just needs some reenforcing (which is why it gets 4 out of 5 stars. Still a very nice coop for my baby chicks.

First I want to let you all know I read reviews before purchasing this coop. So I knew what I was getting into. It's not bad for the price if your handy like I am. First it is simple to put together. One thing you will have to put hardware wire beneither the sun roof. No ifs ands or butts. You will have to. Its flimsy and the slightest pressure pops it out. Easy fix is tun that sun roof upside down on the floor before installing it. Then lay your hardware wire out over it and stable it down all the way around. Trim the wire fencing and then install the roof as normal. There is no door between the coop and the run. It is however possible to rig one up rather easily if you wanted to. The coop is light weight ill be installing it on 2x4s later on for a chick house. I do feel it needs a protectant finish. Be it paint or Thompson water seal. The floor tray is flimsy I feel it won't last but a few days. I will be installing a piece of plywood there instead. The nesting box floor is not screwed in. You should drill lead holes and go ahead and screw it down. Yes lead holes are nessisarry. Or the wood will crack. First screw I did on the nesting box floor split the wood. Hence why I used drilled lead holes on the rest. The wood is very thin. The nesting boxes are smaller then most. It will not be warm in the winter. Not on its own at least. It is a little cramped for my 4 girls. Though they free range durring the day anyhow. This was bought to temporarily house them while I build a new large coop. Then ill use it for chicks later after a tad more upgrades to it.