Hi,
We have just bought a plot of land, three acres, and are going to build our own house over the next 2-3 years, living on site in a caravan in the mean time.
We would love to keep chickens, and will have plenty of room. My plan is to have 3 hens and buy a chicken coup and build a large enclosed run for them. So was thinking of going for just a house, not a combined house and run. Have had a look around and found this one Coup and was wondering if anyone had any experience of it or any observations from an experienced keepers point of view? I like it as it seems to be easy to access for cleaning and be big enough for three birds, also there is no felt in the roof which I understand can be a problem if you get red mite. I realise that a timber house is more work than a plastic one but I can't realistically afford an Eglu or the like. I will make sure the house is treated/creosoted properly before I build it and treat it with a good dose of mite powder.
So anything I should be wary of, or recommendations on something better? Max budget would be £150 as will be building big run on top of that which will need money too (not to mention building our own house!).