Coop design too big????

[chickendude9]

I have four chicks now and I'm getting three more bantams soon for a total of seven. I'm building the coop and I'm halfway through with the frame done and six nesting boxes. I then realized one can turn out to be a roo or one could pass away. Do you thing there is such thing as too big of coop?

Edit: i know i dont need that many boxes but it fits better than only using two or three. And if a get a roo i have to give him away

 

[Y N dottes]

too big? nah, I don't think so.....but u don't need 6 nesting boxes for 7 hens. I have 2 nesting boxes for 5 hens, and they all use the same one anyway.

 

[SD Bird Lady]

You can never have too much room. Chicken math will take affect and soon you will have 11 or 15 or 20 hens lol

 

[Mtn Laurel]

One could be a roo. And then you could have chicks! So, no, not too big. There's no such thing as a too-big coop.

BTW, for 7 chickens - even if all hens - you won't need 6 nesting boxes. Three max. And, at that, they'll probably only use two.

 

[Kjordanov]

Haha speaking of too many nest boxes, I use an old rabbit hutch so It's has 6 nests and I only have 4 hens :'D

 

[SD Bird Lady]

I have too many too but they fit nicely and I figure that way if I get more or if someone goes broody (they can all be moved / unattached) then I still have room for the other ladies.

 

[Roxannemc]

So true no coop or runs can never be too bigNest box i have 6 hens who will wait in line for this one box or 2 squeeze in at once2- 3 would be good

 

[JackE]

Can't be too big, But you can DEFINITELY build one too small.
Jack

 

[4Hgirl]

I've had 11 hens all use the same one despite having several boxes! Why do they do that?

 

[Y N dottes]

I've had 11 hens all use the same one despite having several boxes! Why do they do that?

Im not sure, but it could be because chickens learn by example, or in other words they are copycats and do what there fellow chickens do