I truly appreciate all of your great concerns with the size of the coop and about of birds. We've always gone with two square foot per bird for coup this is not living space this is only roosting space they will not be spending any great amount of time in there other than laying eggs and roosting, we have twice the size run that is needed plus they free range on a daily basis. We have done it this way for 30 plus years and never had any issues or problems, yes there are some pecking orders that do take place but that's part of it... as with life. And it will require, for the size of our Gardens and Fruit Tree Orchards, at least 15 chickens to do the composting we need them to do. And we would hardly ever hit 20 full grown ladies in the coop, but it could handle it and has in the past with this 2sqft per bird ratio. Thanks again and y'all have a blessed day.
I am sure they will be fine since your run is so big and they free range so much and there is definitely plenty of roost space. I think a big concern for some though is the amount of ventilation. I don’t know what you have for ventilation but the more birds, the more ventilation that’s needed, especially in smaller coops, so I think some are possibly concerned with that rather than strictly the space. But I am sure the birds will be completely fine and if they get sick of each other, they can always just go outside! Not like you are confining them in there permanently. I think the biggest thing is that they have space to get away from each other and enough ventilation. But your coop does look great and I wish you luck with your birds! And wow you must have a big garden to need that many birds! We still have a small vegetable garden and no fruit trees as of yet but hopefully eventually! We have a similar size area to you, 2.46 acres, but our chickens are in the backyard and that’s mostly where they stay when I do let them free range (not all the time). It’s not fenced so they don’t have to but they seem to like it back there. But we’re also surrounded by woods/pine trees so they like to hang out along the edge of the woods and under the baby pines.
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and that's the old trampoline getting rid of that one. And right now in my area true organic eggs sell for $6 plus a dozen my son will be selling them for $5 a dozen proceeds going to his mission trips.
