Boughton Chicken Coop by Forsham Cottage Arks
The Boughton is our best selling traditional chicken house and provides comfortable accommodation for up to six chickens. This wooden chicken coop is the ideal solution for the first time chicken keeper that wants to keep up to six hens. The Boughton chicken ark is designed for all breeds of chickens including bantams and medium sized birds and this hen house makes chicken keeping easy.
Fantastic product - have just assembled our Boughton and were amazed at the quality. 'Flat packed' usually means holes don't line up, pieces vary, cracks, etc, -not in this case! Our hens are now pampered pets! - Mary
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Boughton Chicken Coop
£349.99 £314.99
The Boughton Chicken Coop houses six medium hens.
Timeless Chicken Coop Design
Its elegant design has stood the test of time and has become a chicken house design classic. The Boughton is our best selling wooden chicken house and provides comfortable accommodation for up to six chickens. It is the ideal solution for the first time chicken keeper.
The Boughton hen house is specifically designed for bantams and medium sized birds, who will find the warm interior and private nest box very much to their liking.
Full length doors allow access for easy cleaning
Easy To Clean Chicken Coop
The Boughton chicken house has full length side doors which allow easy access to the inside of the house. The retractable ramp means you can get into all areas of the house when cleaning.
The Boughton is easy to move around the garden with its stout carrying handles. If you're looking to leave your hen house in place, or have limited space, the carry handles can be easily removed.
Handles make moving the coop an easy task
A sleeping area over the run gives hens more space to roam around below.
Space Efficient
The Boughton uses less space than other traditional arks because the sleeping area is located directly over the run. This design also means the chickens are protected from the sun and rain.
Secure Fox-Resistant Chicken Coop
The house has an easy to use, hinged ladder which may be drawn up from outside to secure the birds at night.
Hinged ladder to shut hens upstairs at night.
Very easy for even children to use - so they can have the joy of collecting your eggs
Easy Egg Collection
The nesting box is located at the end of the chicken ark and has an external egg collecting door. It is very easy for children to use – so they can run down in the morning to collect the eggs.
Free Range Run Door
You can access all areas of the run using the handy doors at each end. This makes it very easy to catch a chicken, let them out of the run, or top up the feeders and drinkers.
Let chickens roam with the free range door!
Nest Box
The unique nesting box night shutter stops the chickens sleeping in the nesting box, dramatically reducing the amount of droppings that the chickens leave in the nest box and cutting down on egg cleaning time.
Roosting Bar
The solid, single-piece roosting bar provides a solid place for your chickens to perch while they sleep.
Retractable Ramp
The Ramp that sits between the roosting area and the run can be easily retracted to keep your chickens warm and safe at night. Simply pull the rope on the outside of the house and up it comes!
Forsham Cottage Arks
Forsham Cottage Arks have been making chicken arks since 1979. In 2011 Forsham became a part of Omlet. Over three decades, Forsham have learnt what makes both pets and their owners happy. Designed for ease of use and durability, Forsham products have been tried and tested by tens of thousands of happy customers.
Forsham's History
1979 - An unemployed printer, recently made redundant from the Kentish Messenger, returns to his old paper to place a small advert: 'Good Quality Poultry House For Sale.' It results in fifteen enquiries and seven orders. Forsham Cottage Arks is born.
1983 - As the volume of orders increases, Forsham takes on their first employee - a retired joiner from their village called Lenny
1988 - Forsham begins to sell its products through Harrods. Kew Gardens installs a Forsham Dovecote on its grounds.
1990 - Forsham exhibits its products at the Chelsea Flower Show. The stand proves very popular and they are asked to return the following year.
1993 - Forsham supplies a Boughton Chicken Coop to Channel 4's 'Big Breakfast'.
2000 - The Poultry Club of Great Britain presents a Forsham Lenham Chicken Coop to HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother in celebration of her 100th Birthday.
2002 - Forsham supplies a Lenham Chicken Coop to Channel 4's 'Big Brother'. Many people commented that the chickens were more interesting to watch than the people.
2008 - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall uses a Forsham Lenham Chicken Coop for his hens as part of his Chicken Out campaign.
2011 - Forsham Cottage Arks is bought by Omlet. The purchase brings together two companies that share a common vision of producing the best pet housing in the world.
Close-up of the Spruce
Made from Durable Whitewood Picea Abies
Many wooden chicken coops are made from low-grade Chinese softwood, but not The Boughton. This chicken coop is made from durable Whitewood Picea Abies, a strong and sustainably-farmed Norweigan Spruce. The plastic latches and metal fixings complete this high quality wooden chicken coop.
All the sections we use are planed all round so there are no scruffy faces or splinters, so the wood is ready for you to paint as soon as it arrives.
Boughton Chicken Coop Dimensions
Boughton Specifications
The Forsham Cottage Arks Boughton Chicken Ark is designed for up to six medium sized chickens. As they require additional head height in the nesting area, the Boughton is not recommended for larger breeds such as Buff Orpingtons or Cochins.
Please note, Boughton Chicken Coops are delivered on pallets. If you have restricted access please mention this on your order notesMaterials:
House: Sustainably-sourced Canadian Pine
Run: Zinc Coated Steel Mesh, 12.5 x 12.5mm Wire Pitch
The Boughton will arrive unpainted so you can apply your own finish.
Painting and preserving your Boughton
Choose the colour and appearance of your Boughton to suit your hens and your garden!
Your Boughton will arrive untreated in it's natural form. It is important that you treat your Boughton before placing it outside and before using it with chickens.
Using water based paints could cause the product to warp. Please follow the wood treatment manufacturers guidelines for suitability.
A close up of the untreated Boughton
30 Day Money Back Guarantee
We're so confident that you'll love everything about your Forsham Chicken Coop that we offer a 30 day, no quibble, money back guarantee. If for any reason you are not entirely satisfied with the Boughton or the chickens you can send it back to us for a full refund. This does not affect your statutory rights.
Please note that your Boughton Chicken Coop will need to be treated with a suitable preservative before use, such as Ronseal 5 Year Wood Stain . Please follow the instructions on the can for use.
Mobile chicken coop - Ruth,
Chicken coop bought by Stephen Wearden was for me and I have 5 hens living comfortably in there. We have added extra chicken wire coming out from the bottom to make it extra fox proof.
What a [s]coop! - John,
I bought a Boughton and am delighted with it. It is beautifully designed and easy to assemble with sensible pictures of the assembly stages. May I offer four suggestions? 1 It should be possible within the price for you to tanalise [not sure of spelling] the timber. However, I have put preservative on the outside of mine and it really looks good in green. 2 The instructions miss off one stage at the end. I realised this when I had a loose part and two screws left. The perch support needs the screws from underneath. 3 I cut and fitted a 4' broom handle [£2 from B+Q] for a downstairs perch across the coop.. The bantams love it. 4 The coop is ideal for no more than 2 or 3 bantams if no extra run is attached. Hope these comments are helpful. John Murfitt Cornwall
Good service , shame the wood is not as good as the original - Jill,
Some of the panels were split through and were replaced. It’s a pity this is now made of using a soft wood, even with wood preservative not sure it will last as long as my old original one has. However Polly was extremely helpful in replacing parts that were split through.
Bought chicken coop - Richard,
Purchased coop as liked look of it , when coop arrived it was far better quality then anticipated so easy to assemble took less then an hour , fantastic coop houses my 4 Chickens and would recommend highly
Highly recommended - Carlene,
I have had my enclosure and coop for nearly 10 years and it’s not showing it’s age a great credit to the quality materials used. We have just moved our whole enclosure and it looks close to new.