Henstead Homestead Co.
Handcrafted cedar coops that keep your flock safe, look beautiful in your yard, and ship to your door in days — not weeks.
Free US shipping · 1-year warranty · Free spare parts
The Henstead morning
Coffee in one hand, basket in the other. This is what breakfast looks like when it comes from your own backyard.
The reward
No cartons, no supply chain, no guessing. Just warm eggs collected by small hands before school.
eggs per hen, per year — with a happy flock
Built like we mean it
16-gauge welded mesh, locking latches, solid cedar. Raccoons work the night shift — so do we.
Henstead Homestead Co.
Beautiful coops, honest materials, fast shipping. Everything after this is the fun part.
Shop the collectionWhy now
Eleven million American households now keep backyard chickens — nearly double just a few years ago — and most started exactly where you are: a patch of grass, a Pinterest board, and a nagging feeling that eggs shouldn't come from a styrofoam carton.
Henstead exists to make that first step beautiful, safe, and simple. A coop your kids will run to every morning, built well enough that you'll never think about it again.
The collection
Every Henstead coop is real wood, predator-aware, and flat-packed for an easy afternoon build. Pick your flock size — we've done the rest.
Best first coop
3–4 hens
The easy first coop. Lockable caster wheels, an open-up roof for fast cleaning, a pull-out droppings tray, and a sheltered mesh run — roll it to fresh grass whenever you like.
Room to grow
Up to 6 hens
Two full stories of flock comfort. A raised hen house with nesting box and roosting perches, ramp access down to a secure ground run, and slide-out trays that make cleanup a five-minute job.
How it works
The Cottage for 3–4 hens and small yards, the Homestead for up to 6. Both arrive with every screw, panel, and hinge in the box.
Tracked delivery straight to your door. No mystery containers, no surprise fees — you'll know where your coop is every day of the trip.
Pre-drilled panels, labeled parts, and a step-by-step guide. A screwdriver, a drill, and a free afternoon later, you're a chicken keeper.
Why Henstead
Most online coops are scaled-down copies with thin wood and thinner promises. Here's what we refused to compromise on.
Galvanized welded mesh — never chicken wire — with locking latches on every door. Raccoons, foxes, hawks, and the neighbor's dog: not today, not ever.
Solid timber construction with weatherproof asphalt shingle roofs. No particle board, no flimsy panels, no chemical smells your flock shouldn't live with.
Pull-out droppings trays, open-up roofs, and doors where you actually need them. The 5-minute clean is the difference between a hobby and a chore.
Flat-packed boxes, tracked door-to-door, with real humans on support. If a panel arrives damaged, a replacement ships free — no photo-forensics required.
| What matters | Henstead | Typical online coops |
|---|---|---|
| Wire mesh | Galvanized welded mesh | Flimsy chicken wire |
| Roof | Weatherproof asphalt shingle | Thin felt that peels |
| Cleaning | Pull-out trays + open-up roof | Crawl in and pray |
| Shipping | Flat-packed & tracked | Vague freight windows |
| Support | Real humans, free spare parts | A chatbot that means well |
From the flock
★★★★★"We'd talked about getting chickens for three years. The Cottage Coop took us from zero to fresh eggs in one weekend — the wheels make it stupid easy."
Sarah M.Franklin, Tennessee
★★★★★"Assembly was genuinely one afternoon with my 12-year-old helping. The wood smells incredible and it looks like garden furniture."
Dan R.Bend, Oregon
★★★★★"A raccoon tested the run the very first week. Everything held, hens didn't even wake up. That's when I knew we bought right."
Priya K.Burlington, Vermont
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