Chicks, coop, and pen **pics**

[Lori351121]

Here are some pics of our chics in their new home. Please feel free to offer advice, comments, etc.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/content/type/61/id/5695856/width/200/
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https://www.backyardchickens.com/content/type/61/id/5695858/width/200/
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[balbrt1]

Looks good

 

[Lori351121]

The coop and pen

 

[clarks cluckers]

Looks great. How many chickens can live in your coop once they are grown?

 

[Lori351121]

The coop is 4x4 with 8 nesting boxes. We have 15 chickens that will hopefully live in it when they're hrown

 

[jimmywalt]

The coop is 4x4 with 8 nesting boxes. We have 15 chickens that will hopefully live in it when they're hrown

4x4 is tight. I just built one that size after loads of research on this website. Max in that coop is 4 adult chickens. Everyone says allow 4 feet per chicken. I have 4 medium size and 1 bantam.

 

[pappy1264]

I agree, that is pretty tight for 15 chickens. I have 10 (8 normal size, 2 bantam) and we are doing and 8x5 coop plus an 8x16 run as well.

 

[Lori351121]

The coop is 4x4 but the pen is 24x14 and the meeting boxes add another foot to the outside of coop. Nesting box size is not included in coop size

 

[Lori351121]

The coop is 4x4 but the pen is 24x14 and the meeting boxes add another foot to the outside of coop. Nesting box size is not included in coop size

 

[DelcoChix]

Nice set-up!
As far as the coop size goes, the recommended, ideal size is to allow 4 square feet of coop floor space per bird...so if you have 15 birds (large fowl) you want about 60 square feet of coop for them (like a 6'x10' shed,etc.). If you ever have to close them up for weather or nightly for security reasons they will be pretty crowded in a 4x4' coop and they will end up picking on each other.
I have a 4'x5' coop (and the nest boxes were jutting off of it--don't include the nest boxes because that is not floor space they would be living on) that I kept 12 hens in for a while until I had a larger coop for them--it was really tight. They were pretty mean to each other, no one had enough room --it was for a short time but I would definitely recommend you add on if possible. If your set-up is secure fencing/predator proof maybe you won't need to close them in since you are down south. In Ohio I've got to have a place to keep them in--rain, snow, ice, heat, foxes, raccoons, hawks...etc!
Best of luck and enjoy your feathered critturs!