Review of our Large Chicken Coop and Run, 3 years on.
I wanted to give you an update on the Wells Poultry house/run we purchased from you in the Spring of 2011.
Ours is the 9 x 15’ enclosure together with two outside nest boxes. The ground is covered in a mix of soil and woodchips so even in the colder months our hens can enjoy dust baths as the wonderful Onduline roofing keeps everything dry.
Inside one of our large chicken coop and runs
We made a couple of additions, a water butt at the back and guttering around the roof line so we can supply fresh water during the summer months without having to re-fill the drinker daily and installed some perches in the run.
Guttering and a water butt added to provide drinker water
The structure is very solid and has not buckled even during the most severe gales or during heavy snow falls which are not rare in our part of the country. We gave the house a good clean after the second winter last year but all that was required was a quick hose down with a pressure washer and it looked like new again.
- 9×15′ chicken house and run with 6″ base plinth and external nest boxes
The timber has not discoloured or lost its strength over the last 3 years. We are very happy in the knowledge that during the day when we are out our girls are safe.
We are absolutely delighted with it and would be more than happy to buy another house in the future if the need arises for a second setup.
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Brand Name
Wells Poultry Housing
Product Name
Large Chicken Coop and Run 9x21' + 6" base plinth and external nest boxes
Price
GBP from £740
Product Availability
Pre-Order Only
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Once upon a time, not so very long ago Auntie Bev arrived at Louise's 16th birthday clutching a rather tatty box, full of holes and tied up with orange baler twine. Louise opened the box and out sprang two chickens. (And also the birth of Wells Poultry but we didn't realise until later)
Louise thought this was great although Lesley (Louise's mum) was not impressed to say the least.
Now, a cardboard box isn't the best home for a pair of chickens so next morning I was off to that well know DIY shop in search of timber with a vague idea of what a chicken house looked like. And so our first chicken house was created.
Sadly these first two chickens were swiped by a fox within a few weeks so we bought a trio of birds from a local breeder. I'm sure that is a familiar story to a lot of people - 2 chickens become 3 and then 3 become 6 and then you need more housing.....
Suffice to say, six months later I was building chicken houses full time in the back garden of a terrace house in Reading. Another year on and we moved to Wales for more space and the business continued to grow. We're now preparing to open our new workshop which will double our current space and allow us to take on more staff....
We attribute much of our success to the fact that we are very similar to many of our customers, we're content to keep a few chickens in the back garden as much for amusement as the eggs they produce. We don't have acres of land so know the limitations a back garden flock. And we firmly believe that the only time you'll need to buy another chicken house is when you need a bigger one not because it's fallen apart.
