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Adequate space is also part of taking proper care of an animal. By giving farm animals adequate space and using Deep Bedding and/or Deep Litter techniques they thrive without their caretakers having to clean the coop more than once every 6 weeks to 6 months. :) I last cleaned out my coop on...

A. Because cleaning it out every day is that "intensive management" I mentioned. Should there ever come a day when the chicken keeper is unable to do that because of being ill, traveling, or having some other emergency the sanitation will be compromised. B. Because there will come a day when...

Very cute and a lot of creative adaptation there, but it is awfully small. :( You need 4 square feet per standard size bird inside the coop. Intensive management *can* enable keeping chickens in higher densities -- but it increases the likelihood of health and behavior problems.