Big enough coop?

[McChooky]

We have 5 hens and we have the omlet cube which my girls have plenty of room and we absolutely love the omlet love that I can't completely clean it and disinfect the entire thing in 20 min we have 2 coops for them to choose from and since the 1st day the omlet was added they have been sleeping in it ever since

If it was me I've use the Omelet house for the hens to lay in and convert the other one into a coop. You only need one nest box so they'd have plenty of room to lay .You could also make little doors for 4 of the openings on the "nest house" and use the one in the center for a door.The other 4 opening would need hardware cloth over them but you could open and close the little doors.

 

[CKfarm22]

If it was me I've use the Omelet house for the hens to lay in and convert the other one into a coop. You only need one nest box so they'd have plenty of room to lay .You could also make little doors for 4 of the openings on the "nest house" and use the one in the center for a door.The other 4 opening would need hardware cloth over them but you could open and close the little doors.

It’s great for a nesting house but not a coop for all day, winters, bad storms, or anything that would make the chickens stay in for more then maybe 2 hours

 

[McChooky]

It’s great for a nesting house but not a coop for all day, winters, bad storms, or anything that would make the chickens stay in for more then maybe 2 hours

The nest box house looks bigger than the Omelet house. This is a beautiful set up but the netting on the run looks like plastic mesh and isn't predator safe.It'll keep chickens in.

 

[CKfarm22]

The nest box house looks bigger than the Omelet house. This is a beautiful set up but the netting on the run looks like plastic mesh and isn't predator safe.It'll keep chickens in.

I mean the omelet house would be fine for a nesting house but not a coop.

 

[McChooky]

I mean the omelet house would be fine for a nesting house but not a coop.

Exactly! It would also make a great brooder for raising chicks .

 

[K0k0shka]

No.

Rules of Thumb

• If it looks like a dollhouse it's only suitable for toy chickens.
• If it's measured in inches instead of feet it's too small.
• If your walk-in closet is larger than the coop-run combo you're thinking of buying think carefully about whether you have an utterly awesome closet or are looking at a seriously undersized chicken coop.
• If it has more nestboxes than the number of chickens it can legitimately hold the designer knew nothing about chickens' actual needs and it probably has other design flaws too.

For 5 chickens you need a minimum of 20 square feet -- 4 feet by 5 feet. The nestboxes don't count toward that figure.

Additionally, in order to get the 5 square feet of ventilation you'd need in the correct place -- over the birds' heads when they're sitting on their roost -- and to put that roost in the correct place -- above the nestboxes -- you need at least 4 feet of height.

My Little Monitor Coop is designed to meet all the minimums for 4 hens: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-little-monitor-coop.76275/ It's currently housing 5 successfully because I have a vastly-oversized run.

This needs to be pinned somewhere prominent, in big bold letters, and should be required reading for anybody considering getting chickens.