New Age Pet® Fontana Chicken Barn

So far so good. Arranged ALL parts in numerical order and had it assembled in 45 min. My silkies love it. I had to block the lower cleaning holes on the floor to make sure pests stay out. Also put a small piece of tin roof on top to make a little more shelter at the door. I love it

Okay, actual review here because I was cleaning out the coop this morning, and every single time, I congratulate myself for buying this coop! I was worried because it is on the small side (though there is a jumbo version available). I have 6 chickens in here, but they are mostly bantams, so they fit just fine. If I were to get more, I would either get the jumbo version or another one of these sized ones. But on to the cleaning aspect... I have a number of boot trays that I would use under starter plants, so I put a couple of these in the bottom. They pull right out of the nesting box area and I scrape them off with a large drywall tool. You could either rinse the boot trays out, or if you have extra like I do, switch them out every few days with another set and and leave those out to get rained on/rinsed out. If anything got dropped around the boot trays, I just use the scraper either from the nest box or the front door and scoop it all out. Everything can be completely scraped up, even the messy ones, and their coop is 100% poop-free! Absolutely no smell. It takes less than 5 minutes to do this (and would probably be a little easier if it were raised up--we have ours sitting on about 6 cinder blocks). They like to sit on the top of it as well, and since it's also a tough plastic-type material, that scrapes clean off as well so the run doesn't smell at all either! Also, I use no litter inside the coop (I have wood chips outside), but the roosts are low enough that the chickens don't need any padding to come down off the roosts. This saves me time and money, and for folks who want to use the poop to make compost tea is very helpful as well. As for pests, I did find some mites once, but because the roosts are also plastic (and rather rectangular which is better for their feet in winter), I just wiped them down with soap and water, and wiped in the roost holders and they were taken care of. I included some pictures of the inside of the coop so you can see the boot trays (they don't go all the way across so I have two with one resting on the other where they overlap), and the front with the Omlet automatic door in grey. I also put a pic of the boot trays so you can see what I use, but any ones would work. The only problem I had was trying to find an automatic coop door that fit this rather tall opening, but after searching we got an Omlet automatic coop door (which is very reliable) and it fits perfectly. We bought this from Petco when it was on sale plus another 20% off, so it was very worth it. I would recommend this to anyone who just wants a flock on the smaller size.

Warped piece of garbage. Don’t waste your money. Petco does not stand behind what they sell. No chance for a refund despite this not living up to the description. Buyer beware.

Bought this 3 weeks ago. Easy to put together. Sturdy enough to move around. Not very secure, there is 1 latch holding the front door shut and a screw to secure the laying box. Plenty of room for my 7 large hens. The roosting pole do keep flipping out of their places, so I am finding the girls end up standing in their poo at night. Would love to hear if anyone has found a quick /easy cleaning method for this. 2 small points of entry and neither is super great for cleaning the space out for a grown adult.

It was easy to put together except a few of the parts did not line up to well. The nesting box broke on the sides a little bit.