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I'm1chickencuddler : My girls are happy. I don't have any bare butts. I have taken a few with me to visit at the chicken swap where I was told by some professional breeders my chickens were happy, they had great legs(apparently there are mites and other icky things that can happen to their legs...

Quote: if your bird free range during the day that plenty of room But only if they free range every waking hour of every day of the year. If the poster has bad weather that chickens wouldn't want to be in, then they would stay indoors and that is not enough room for them to hang out in. JMO...

I'm1chickencuddler : I never considered I would need a minimum coop space or square footage per bird. I just figured they were sleeping and laying in the coop and the rest of the time they are out and about. I have 18 hens. My coop has 2 levels of nest box space that measure 5'x2' and the rest...

Quote: But didn't you say you were having problems with bare butts? That's a classic symptom of overcrowding. Also I think the minority here says 2 sq feet. When I did my coop research before building our new one, the vast majority said 4. Also...your fiance's husband?

Quote: That is cubic feet (although if your coop is 8' tall all over, that is 96 cubic feet, not 72). The square feet recommendation is for floor space so your 3 x 4 coop has 12 square feet.