Yeah, I agree, DEFINITELY need more chickens lol
12×12 is 144 square feet so at 4 square feet per bird coop space you could fit.... 36 chickens
I probably wouldn't go more that 20 or 30 though but yeah.
Even if you don't get that many, which would be completely understandable cause that is a lot of birds, you definitely have tons of room to expand so I say do it
Also you don't necessarily have to get birds from the same flock, you could get some chicks and raise them next to the others. The coop is plenty big enough you could section off a nice size brooder and raise them alongside the others making for easy integration. Although of course you may not want or be ready for chicks yet, maybe next year though
Another thing to remember though too is that even if they are from the same flock originally, these 5 have now been separated from the flock for a month so they'll likely treat each other as completely new birds until pecking order is reestablished. So I wouldn't just get more and throw them together. I would still add a seperate integration section and let them live alongside each other for a couple weeks and then maybe supervised interactions just to make sure they all remember each other and will play nice. But your coop is massive so there should be minimal issues if any but I'd still take precautions. You can always then take down the divider later and go back to one big coop
And do you have a run? You should maybe consider building one or free ranging if you don't already, your coop is plenty big enough but chickens do like getting outside
Oh and welcome btw
And i dont know if you saw this but figured if not id quote it.
Anyway, glad to see theyre liking the tractor
Have a wonderful day!
