How big? Someone please answer.....

[LaBaze]

Im looking to breed and possibly show silkies and have some questions on them and their coop and run.

Im looking to get 1 or 2 different colored roosters who will need seperate pens and about 2 hens per roo to breed. My questions are,

How big of a run do I need for 1 rooster and 2 hens?

How big of a coop do I need for them?

I also have a smaller partridge cochin that I'm keeping because she is a runt and she needs special care so I don't want to give her to just anybody so will I have to worry about a silkie rooster

mounting a tiny cochin? She's small enough without being squashed by a full grown silkie rooster....

I have two hens, one splash and one black that are absolutley beautiful but are still pet quality, if I breed them with a show quality rooster could I keep them to breed with show quality or would I get a bunch of pet quality silkies?
I'm new to breeding for certain traits, I want to learn a little more on genetics and breeding so I figured my main source of information would be here.

 

[HatchingFever]

I have a trio of partridge silkies in a 3 by 5 cage in breeding season and its fine.

 

[LaBaze]

Thanks HatchingFever! I still need more answers to more of my questions though... anyone?

 

[SierraView]

http://www.henspa.com/Henhut.htm Something like this is an idea for a breeder pen.

Your small cochin hen all you can do is put her in there and watch. She might be fine.