You may be surprised. I used to keep my starter coop in a 12'x24' stall in my barn. The stall was shared by my ducks and my hens. The hens would roost along the top of the stall but would use the coop to lay their eggs. My two Khaki Campbell girls started laying their eggs in with the...
I had a chicken who figured out how to use a pet door and though she slept out in the barn with the rest of the flock, in the mornings when she wanted breakfast she would come into the kitchen to let me know she was ready...would you be able to install one that leads out to a small run attached...