BonnieBlue
Songster
- Apr 20, 2022
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Pardon me if this has been discussed, but a search isn't finding this info.
In the space requirements per chicken, of 4 sq ft coop, 10 sq feet run, that is for birds no matter what the mature size, except for bantams.
Is there any kind of info/study on space requirements per weight of bird? I started wondering, because originally, I was going to get buff opingtons, but ended up getting easter eggers and olive eggers, partially because of the size of the bird. Buffy's are 8 pounds mature hen, but ee's and oe's are 4 to 4.5 pounds per hen. I started wondering why the space requirement of birds, some twice the size of others.
I'll hang up and listen.
In the space requirements per chicken, of 4 sq ft coop, 10 sq feet run, that is for birds no matter what the mature size, except for bantams.
Is there any kind of info/study on space requirements per weight of bird? I started wondering, because originally, I was going to get buff opingtons, but ended up getting easter eggers and olive eggers, partially because of the size of the bird. Buffy's are 8 pounds mature hen, but ee's and oe's are 4 to 4.5 pounds per hen. I started wondering why the space requirement of birds, some twice the size of others.
I'll hang up and listen.