General Information
- Brand
- My Pet Chicken
- Manufacturer
- My Pet Chicken
- Model
- My Pet Chicken
- Product Price
- $500 with taxes, supposedly marked down from $700
Total ripoff.
I bought the "Club House Coop" from My Pet Chicken. Their description says it will house 2-6 chickens.
It is cute as a bug and totally useless for a flock. Notice there are no chickens or people here to give this a sense of size/proportion. This doll-house coop is not big enough for a single chicken long-term. It is not even 4 square feet on the interior. he run is less than 2 feet wide and less than 4 feet long. The company has recently added lots of CYA description, including dimensions, which are given in inches instead of feet. They say it has "plenty of roosting and nesting space" (>4 sq ft) and an "extra deep droppings trays" (only one, and it's 1.5 inches deep).
Another example of misinformation: though the description says it takes a half hour to assemble, it took me and my husband half a day plus. Lashing the hardware cloth to the bottom of the coop and run was an additional 3-hour job. I have intermediate carpentry skills and good power tools.
I'm beginning with chickens and was taken in. If this were four or five times this size, it would be acceptable, though the wood is thin and flimsy and the roosting bars are at ground level in the coop (!). It does have a hinged roof and nest box - I give them credit for that - and 2 small double-barreled locks on each opening.
But for $500 including tax, this is disingenuous at best and at worst a rip-off. I think there have been many complaints since I bought this in early January because they have extended and modified the description. Then, the description was so brief that I had to email to request the dimensions (which of course are given in inches, not feet).
The return policy is prohibitive.
This will now be used as an isolation/hospital coop. Lesson learned.
Lisa
I bought the "Club House Coop" from My Pet Chicken. Their description says it will house 2-6 chickens.
It is cute as a bug and totally useless for a flock. Notice there are no chickens or people here to give this a sense of size/proportion. This doll-house coop is not big enough for a single chicken long-term. It is not even 4 square feet on the interior. he run is less than 2 feet wide and less than 4 feet long. The company has recently added lots of CYA description, including dimensions, which are given in inches instead of feet. They say it has "plenty of roosting and nesting space" (>4 sq ft) and an "extra deep droppings trays" (only one, and it's 1.5 inches deep).
Another example of misinformation: though the description says it takes a half hour to assemble, it took me and my husband half a day plus. Lashing the hardware cloth to the bottom of the coop and run was an additional 3-hour job. I have intermediate carpentry skills and good power tools.
I'm beginning with chickens and was taken in. If this were four or five times this size, it would be acceptable, though the wood is thin and flimsy and the roosting bars are at ground level in the coop (!). It does have a hinged roof and nest box - I give them credit for that - and 2 small double-barreled locks on each opening.
But for $500 including tax, this is disingenuous at best and at worst a rip-off. I think there have been many complaints since I bought this in early January because they have extended and modified the description. Then, the description was so brief that I had to email to request the dimensions (which of course are given in inches, not feet).
The return policy is prohibitive.
This will now be used as an isolation/hospital coop. Lesson learned.
Lisa
