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If your chickens are going to free range during the day, you really don't need a huge shed. The recommended space is 4 sq. ft/bird (heavy breed), but if they are going to be outside for most of the day, you can get by on less. The problem will be wintertime - if they are all confined to the coop...

I haven't used one, but I would imagine that rats and other gnawing animals would be inside very quickly unless you covered it in hardware cloth (wire). I think that kind of defeats the purpose really and it would not be cost effective,

Hi there, Look on Craigslist too for a 2nd hand shed. You can sometimes get them cheap and do your own modification. For 4 chickens something relatively small would be ok, but it's always better to have something bigger than you need for when you get more birds. Modification should...