Our girls are 8 Black Stars, 2 Americuanas and 3 Cochins, all now laying, and I'm pretty impressed, the Black Stars were the first to begin laying but now everyone's up to speed even though it's dark and snowy. I have a light in the coop that comes on early in the morning to wake them, warm them...
We have 14 chickens (1's a rooster, a very nice fellow) with a 15' x 40' run that used to be a dog pen. It's got fencing over the top to keep out the racoons, bobcats, owls and hawks, and there's double fencing at the bottom to discourage the coyotes. Their house is a 4' x 8' elevated palace...