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I just had a cup of coffee and looked at your post again -- for some reason I read the pen as being 20 X 25 inches -- that's why I thought it was a tractor. At 20 x 25 feet, I think you will be fine on poop. You might have to rake it up every now and then where they sleep, but I think you will...

Would you be moving it at all? If it's moved around, like a tractor, I think it would be fine. If it is stationary and they are in it 24/7, it might get pretty yucky. I can't say for sure as I've never done it that way. It might help to put some type of absorbent litter down -- wood chips...

If you don't have roosts, they will sleep on the ground. I think a lot of people do tractor rangers without them. I just like the fact it is a little cleaner to deal with.

My experience with rangers is that their poop is larger and slightly more loose than layers, but not as bad as CX. I've had 10 rangers at at time sharing a coop with a few layers and utilizing the same yard. Although the yard is 80 x 80 feet, the reality is that the chickens tend to...