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  1. patandchickens

    How flexible is the coop sq. footage per bird?

    Quote: 1) If you are going to grow something on the roof, you will need so much damp soil that you must MUST make sure to engineer the coop structure appropriately, it will have to be A LOT more stronger (bigger lumber, closer spacing) than for a normal roof. Also be aware you will need to...
  2. patandchickens

    How flexible is the coop sq. footage per bird?

    Quote: Hi, welcome to BYC -- you would have more luck getting your question answered if you post this as a new topic, can I suggest you try that? I am assuming those measurements are in inches? That's only something around 16 sq ft indoors and 16 sq ft outdoors, 32 sq ft total. If you put 8...
  3. patandchickens

    How flexible is the coop sq. footage per bird?

    Since you are in a climate where they can go outdoors most of the time (no Canadian winter ) then as long as they have good sized patches of SHADE in the run, I doubt you are running any much more risk of problems at 3 sq ft per hen than you would at 4. The only thing is that, as another poster...
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