I have a lovely, spacious coop for my egg-layers, but I am getting 10 cornish cross meat birds and I want to build a simple box coop out of scrap lumber I have on hand. My potential design comes to 7.5 sq ft. They will only sleep in it, and will free range during the day. Will that be enough...
Our coop is raised about 2 ft on legs, and we have a chicken ladder leading up into it. Our other chickens flutter or jump up using the ladder no problem. They also jump 18" to reach the roost bar. Can Cornish Cross handle these two challenges? Thanks!