Big enough coop?

[qopt]

Barnevelder is a Friendly, active, quiet and lively dual purpose chicken.
Coop is 12 square feet. Pen is 36 square feet.
5 Barnevelders would be cramped. Hopefully the friendly and quiet prevail over the active and lively.

4 square feet per chicken floor space in coop, not including any nests at, near floor level (less than 18").
3 square feet per chicken is doable if pop door is opened at daybreak into a covered run.
10 square feet per chicken of pen size outside of coop for friendly chickens.
My experience with 7 Barred Rocks expanding their pen from 10' x 10' (14.2 square feet per chicken) to 10' x 20' (28.5 square feet) greatly reduced bickering.
Expanding to 10' x 30' 42.8 square feet). I did not notice any improvement after the grass was consumed.
So with my experience 28.5 square feet of pen space per chicken is adequate for all day confinement.

Bantams should be OK with less space. I don't have experience with Bantams.
I do let my chickens free range an hour before sunset daily, weather permitting.View attachment 2051278View attachment 2051276View attachment 2051280View attachment 2051281
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ETA; the Barred Rocks coop is 22.5 square feet of floor space, not including nest boxes.
Waterer takes up about 1.5 square feet so 21' of available floor space.
I had 7 Hens in there, 3 square feet per chicken.
I now have only 5 in the coop 4.2 square feet per chicken.
5 are much happier than 7 when confined to coop during a Blizzard or Noreaster.View attachment 2051313

Those are some beautiful and happy birds! I am planning on building a daytime run for them now after seeing the replies,, however I am still keeping my current plans for my 3x4 foot henhouse and 4x9 foot run. The run is covered and predator proof, and it is also connected to the henhouse. The chickens would have access to the run from the henhouse at anytime.
My daytime run is going to be much bigger, and it's only going to be used if a coyote or eagle/hawk is spotted. Other then that I am planning on free ranging at sunrise to dusk.

 

[RoosterML]

You ask is your coop big enough? Answer : No

 

[aart]

Yes, my plan is to have them free ranging. But on off days when a coyote or eagle is spotted I'd want them locked up.. After seeing some of the replies I am going to build a day time run. Their current 4x9 foot run has a cover and is predator proof, they will have constant access to it from their 3x4 foot henhouse. The day time run I am going to build will be much bigger, it won't be exactly predator proof, say against raccoons or opossums, but it will be secure against the main day time predators in my area (coyotes and eagles/hawks).

So it will have a mesh roof?

 

[qopt]

So it will have a mesh roof?

Yes.