Chicken coop size

[Fontainesgirl]

I’m looking at these smaller coops online and was wondering if this would be big enough for 4 hens ?

 

[Folly's place]

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Prefab coops are usually horrible little things, flimsy, rabbit hutch like, and way too small. Not built for chickens at all!!!
Four standard sized hens will need sixteen to twenty sq. ft. of floor space, and it's best to have a coop that you can walk into, rather than scoop from outside, or crouch to enter.
Giving your general location helps to refine recommendation about coop design; Florida isn't Minnesota!
Unless you can only have four birds, plan for more! We start small and expand over time.
For most of us, the best coop design is the Woods coop. Second best is a shed type structure with lots of ventilation and windows.
Mary

 

[X_and_Z]

That is only big enough for 4 hens if they are Seramas.

The rule of thumb is a minimum of 4 square feet in the coop for each hen and 10 square feet in the run for each hen. Your chickens will be happier with more space. You will be happier with a design that is easier to clean, sturdier and predator proof.

 

[Fontainesgirl]

they are all black sex link.. darn looks like ill have to figure something else out.. thanks !

 

[Roscoe2k2]

Welcome! Your pictures aren't appearing, at least not yet.
Prefab coops are usually horrible little things, flimsy, rabbit hutch like, and way too small. Not built for chickens at all!!!
Four standard sized hens will need sixteen to twenty sq. ft. of floor space, and it's best to have a coop that you can walk into, rather than scoop from outside, or crouch to enter.
Giving your general location helps to refine recommendation about coop design; Florida isn't Minnesota!
Unless you can only have four birds, plan for more! We start small and expand over time.
For most of us, the best coop design is the Woods coop. Second best is a shed type structure with lots of ventilation and windows.
Mary

I plan to start small perhaps 8 birds.if you have an existing pen as I do and convert it(add)on more predator proofing..this is the place to ask..these folks are super helpful.I'm appreciative....I'm not in all the time but lurking helps too

 

[Folly's place]

It's awful! I wouldn't expect Seramas to be happy in there, or safe.
Mary

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Welcome! Your pictures aren't appearing, at least not yet.
Prefab coops are usually horrible little things, flimsy, rabbit hutch like, and way too small. Not built for chickens at all!!!
Four standard sized hens will need sixteen to twenty sq. ft. of floor space, and it's best to have a coop that you can walk into, rather than scoop from outside, or crouch to enter.
Giving your general location helps to refine recommendation about coop design; Florida isn't Minnesota!
Unless you can only have four birds, plan for more! We start small and expand over time.
For most of us, the best coop design is the Woods coop. Second best is a shed type structure with lots of ventilation and windows.
Mary

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The images are showing up now and, as suspected, the coop you are considering ticks prettu much every piint Mary addressed. A good indicator as you venture into this is if the dimensions are in inches (as this coop is), it's not suitable. Look for dimensions that are feetxfeet and provide the space allowances above. The prefab units are built using commercial production space per bird allowances ....and we all lnow how those work out for the birds......

 

[Fontainesgirl]

where is the best place to find plans for a coop ? im not wanting 20 chickens so i dont need a huge barn lol i just dont really know where to start

 

[Folly's place]

I'm in Michigan, and we had about two feet of snow on the ground for almost three weeks. That's three weeks of my chickens being in their coop/ run, because they just won't do snow. If you are in the snow belt, and when you have a raptor attack, it's necessary to have extra space for your birds, so they don't go nuts, and start destroying each other.
Mine have a roofed coop/run combo, with about eight sq. ft. per bird, and almost half of them are bantams.
Mary

 

[Fontainesgirl]

I'm in Michigan, and we had about two feet of snow on the ground for almost three weeks. That's three weeks of my chickens being in their coop/ run, because they just won't do snow. If you are in the snow belt, and when you have a raptor attack, it's necessary to have extra space for your birds, so they don't go nuts, and start destroying each other.
Mine have a roofed coop/run combo, with about eight sq. ft. per bird, and almost half of them are bantams.
Mary

i live in alabama very rarely do we get snow lol im from upstate new york so its still strange to me when the whole state shuts down for a little flurry