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Poll Results: How many square feet do you CURRENTLY have per chicken?

 
  • 1% (4)
    1
  • 7% (26)
    2
  • 12% (44)
    3
  • 16% (57)
    4
  • 8% (30)
    5
  • 5% (20)
    6
  • 5% (21)
    7
  • 4% (15)
    8
  • 2% (9)
    9
  • 6% (23)
    10
  • 30% (107)
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356 Total Votes  
post #121 of 158
3/9/12 at 7:44am

Inside (coop) space is about 5 square feet per chicken of floor space, not including the roost.

Run space is 13 sq.ft. per chicken

Free range is 100-150 sq. ft. per chicken.

Alice, Brucie and Lil Peep (Barred Plymough Rocks); Chico, Sandy and Pearlie (R.I. Reds); Esmerelda (Black Minorca) and Buttercup (Buff Orpington).


Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6

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Alice, Brucie and Lil Peep (Barred Plymough Rocks); Chico, Sandy and Pearlie (R.I. Reds); Esmerelda (Black Minorca) and Buttercup (Buff Orpington).


Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6

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post #122 of 158
3/10/12 at 4:15am

I have 24 square feet per chicken.  Love my set up!

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post #123 of 158
3/10/12 at 6:06am

I answered based on inside space, which is 4-6 depending on which coop. But the outside space is at least 25...some get to free range, and some have a fenced 1/4-1/2 acre.

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post #124 of 158
3/10/12 at 7:27am

11 square foot in the coop

 

No outside run

 

3 acres in the day. Hmm I don't know how many square feet that is.

 

Then I have another coop where they have 7.5 a bird

 

and one more where they have 8.8 

 

Well they aren't actually different coops but, I have one large coop that has different rooms in it. :0)

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post #125 of 158
3/10/12 at 7:27am

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post #126 of 158
3/10/12 at 3:28pm

Currently :

in 8x8 coop there are 6 birds and in 4x6 coop there are 4 birds

We have a run for the large coop that is 10x12 (120 sq ft) and for the small coop one that is 6x10 (60 sq ft).

 

I have 8 bittie babies in the brooder so the run must expand.

We are adding on a 5x20 area to the run so 100 more sq ft for the large coop.

Total run space for the large coop will be 220 sq ft. So nearly 16 sq ft in the run.

That means my coop will be full at aprox 4 sq ft in the coop for the birds.

I am also making a pergola over the garden and a chicken tunnel for the birds so they will have limited access to the garden as well.

Also re doing the inside of the 8x8 so the nest boxes are external and adding another long perch.

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post #127 of 158
3/10/12 at 4:31pm

Coop - 6.5 sq ft per chicken

Run - 40 sq ft per chicken

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post #128 of 158
3/10/12 at 7:00pm

I just got started I have 6 hens and 1 rooster 6sq ft per chicken

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post #129 of 158
3/10/12 at 7:21pm

4 sq ft inside

15 sq ft secure run

1600 f range

 

Can I have more?  We have 25, only planned on 12... Spring is getting to me - I want chicks!

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post #130 of 158
3/10/12 at 8:27pm

Ive never cottoned to the 4 sq ft rule. I always went with to old free range practices of the early 20th century.

They went with 500 birds/acre or 87.12 ft2/bird. This is the maximum number of birds you can have on a plot of land, without overwhelming the lands own ability to process their waste.

Peace... David
"Poetry often comes in through the window of irrelevance"

 

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Peace... David
"Poetry often comes in through the window of irrelevance"

 

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