run size

Hi! I’m slowly putting together plans for a large coop/run combo. It will look something like the pics I’m attaching, with the coop part being enclosed in the run but lifted high enough off the ground to still have the area underneath accessible to the chickens. The overall footprint of the...

This is my first time posting but I’ve been here often. Thank you for all the great answers! I’m a first time chicken keeper. I have 3 silkie bantams and 2 silked Easter Eggers. I tried to attach a picture of the coop that I have. Hopefully it worked. I now know these prefab coops probably...

So we have 8 bantams at the moment and intend to have 15-20 max. I'm trying to get them out of my backyard because it causes too much temptation for my dog. Lol. We have movable fencing that will make a 19X19 square in addition to their coop that has a small 76"X36" run attached. The coop isn't...

The monster run my husband had envisioned being 24'x37' ended up being 24'x24' because the digging here is brutal. He came home Thursday from work and asked how I only got 5 posts in all afternoon. So I handed him the breaker bar & shovel...two holes in, he decided 24x24 was big enough! 🤣...

How many Pekins could I keep with an 8 x 4 run? They would have supervised access to the Garden and I planned to get another pen to allow them on the grass. Thoughts?

Hello Everyone! This is my first post here and I am hoping this is the right area for it. My family and I have finally decided after a few years of tossing the idea around to get some egg laying chickens to have in our back yard. I will be building a coop and run for them as well as let them...