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Sound good.. Most straight run should be 50/50 or close. Unless someone cheats you and slips in extra less desirable cockerels. Eat the roos when they are pot ready and keep the hens. Your other choice is to incubate some fertile eggs yourself. No one to cheat you then.

You figure out how many will be comfortable in there. Small breeds you can squeeze more. It is not a law, but a suggestion to provide 4 square feet per chicken. 10 square feet per chicken in run. You are all good there. During foul weather your chickens may be confined to coop for...

Quail need to be caged all the time. They free range and you never see them again. (main reason I don't have any quail) If you want to keep a large number of chickens like you said, possibly up to 20, then coop would be too small. If they will have open access to the horse shed, it would be...

That all sounds good. Now the big Question... Do you know how to make all this predator proof.??? You will have plenty of live meat that all kind of hungry beasts would like to dine on. You do have until spring so make it all safe before you introduce your cuties. What are the most...

Remodel the horse shed with roosts and nest boxes and secure door in the open area. Provide adequate ventilation. The larger the number of chickens, the more venting needed. Your coop is quite small and suitable for maybe 6 to 8 chickens. Use coop for quail and horse shed for chickens...