amount of space chickens need????

[Everett500]

would 10 full sized chickens be able to live in a coop that was 20 square feet with a fenced in area for them to roam which was 125+ square feet.... Trying to figue out demesions for my coop.

 

[teach1rusl]

I would never go with that small of a space per bird in a housing, but some manage to make it work. Your odds of it working (without winter time issues of pecking/bullying) are vastly improved if you're in an area that doesn't get winter weather...where the birds are out from dawn till dusk every day. I can tell you that I have 10 birds in a 6 x 12 shelter, and it feels a bit crowded to me, although 8 or 9 months a year it seems quite roomy.

 

[GardenGal]

Coop: 4 square feet per bird, run, 10 square feet per bird. You'll never wish you had less room!

 

[TDM]

You should be fine. Two square feet per bird is an international standard. Currently, I house 65 birds per 8' x 16' mobile hen house, which is two square feet per bird. They will often exceed that stocking density by choice. I know an organic chicken farm that has 3,000 hens stocked at 1.75 birds per square foot.