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RIDGERUNNER....I really appreciate the extent to which you spent time writing your thoughts. I really had hoped to start out with about 40, but I am leaning to paring it back to 25. Do you think a 200 sq ft coop would work for that many?

Thanks to all of you for the input you have provided. Some good suggestions and lots to think about.

Now some of you have me thinking about reducing the number of hens I start out with...and as for the run, I can maybe build two runs and alternate them. Is there anything I can do to the one resting to help it along when they return to it?

First, I hope I am not making a mistake by starting with 40 hens. I wanted to have a little egg business along the way and everything I read talks about some of the problems of adding new layers to an older flock. So, I thought I should just start out with what I hoped to have all along. The...

I am getting ready to order 40 chicks of various breeds. All will be raised for laying. There will be an outside run for them. We see all four seasons here with winter sometimes being rather harsh. Experts please give me some advice as to size of coop and fenced run. I ask because I am new...