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The advantage of deep bedding in the coop and deep litter in the run is that it does not require daily tending. I never scooped, ever. The deep bedding keeps everything dry and decent until you reach the point that you cannot practically add more bedding (a once a week thing mostly for me), and...

Good luck with it. Chickens are wonderful and I badly missed having them when I was working too long hours to take care of them the past several years.

Unfortunately, commercially-made coops almost always say that they hold more chickens than they really should. They take advantage of beginners who don't know what they should look for. 😢 You've already started to expand your run. In time you should work on expanding your coop too. If your run...

I don't think you will be able to use a deep litter system with 5 chickens in a coop that small. The usual recommendation is 4 square feet per chicken in the coop and 10 square feet per chicken in the run. Five chickens would be healthier and happer long term with 20 square feet in their coop...