Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?

[ronott1]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens!

Chickens are the easiest farm animal to raise. You can handle the things that come up raising them.

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[Evolvinglady]

Nice! Wish I had more land, I'd have more chickens for sure!
When my surprise rooster revealed himself and I told my breeder I decided to keep him rather than trade him back he basically told me the same thing about a rooster keeping hens calm.
Sounds like you are planning a very secure living space for your flock. Those plans sound great. I have hawks and bears, no wolves.
You are smart to want your birds to feel comfortable and safe. To that end you will want to rethink a bit of your dimensions. You said the run is 10 ft long but you didn't mention how wide. Assuming width to be less than length you will be needing to expand that. For the run itself the minimum chickens need is 10 square feet per bird. You have 11 now. So 11x10=110 square feet. That translates to 11ft by 10 feet depending how you lay it out. Example, It could also be 8ft x 13.75ft.
The other thing is coop size where they only need 4 square feet per bird. You are planning 4x8. That gives 32 square feet. 32÷4=8 chickens. For 11 chickens its 4x11=44 square feet needed. That translates to extending the coop to 4x11 so just add 3 more feet to the length, or the width by 5.5.
All that being said keep in mind chicken math! The dimensions you need for your current expected flock do not take into consideration future additions. Yeah, I said I only wanted 4 hens. That was November. By February I had 6 plus a rooster. I'm expanding everything with an eye on 3-6 more birds but making it big enough for 13 more. Chicken math happens to everyone. Plan on it. Never build smaller than you need. It causes nasty interactions leading to beat up birds. Build bigger than you need, build bigger than you imagine.
Oh, and, have fun!

Thank you so much for this. there is so much to learn.

 

[Cryss]

Thank you so much for this. there is so much to learn.

Just keep coming back. So much information. My chickens are doing so well because I've learned so much here since getting my first 4 chooks in November.