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Hi and welcome to BYC. Y/Coop has given you some great links, but my nugget of advice would be to make it bigger than you think is necessary, as chicken maths will undoubtedly catch up with you at some point or other!

All the best
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Thanks for the advice,I guess if I need more room I can always add on I hopping with them being outside most of the day and in at night to sleep I made it big enough
 
Hi, I am new here. We just had a bantam chicken die this morning. She did not appear to act like her usual self yesterday, lethargic and vommited and today she was just trying to sleep this morning. She died shortly after that. We now have a speckled sussex just start acting lethargic today and almost seizing when she vomits. Her breast is soft and warm to the touch. What could be causing this!?
 
lasellchick said:
Hi, I am new here. We just had a bantam chicken die this morning. She did not appear to act like her usual self yesterday, lethargic and vommited and today she was just trying to sleep this morning. She died shortly after that. We now have a speckled sussex just start acting lethargic today and almost seizing when she vomits. Her breast is soft and warm to the touch. What could be causing this!?
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Hi :welcome

Glad you could join the flock! I'm sorry it's not under better circumstances :hugs

Please do post in the emergency section, here is the link ~ https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/10/emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures
Give as much detail as you can and a pic really helps too. I'm sure members there will be able to help you.
Good luck :fl
 
You want sufficient room in the coop - it may seem like they only spend nights there sleeping but, that is a time they have the opportunity to peck and bully others birds inside with them.
Rule of them is 4-5 sq. feet per bird in the coop (excluding roosts and nest boxes) and 10 sq.feet per bird in the outdoor run. You also have to take into account, andybad weather days which would keep birds inside and grumpy.

When chickens are crowded they tend to feather pluck, bully and worse.
 
Thanks for all the help busy time of year again and not alot of free time on my hands. Things are going well with the new coop and I am all most ready for the chicken to arrive
 

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