Quote:
the box th coop came in said just that coop holds ten, so i think the run and that shold be big enough for 9, i can walk around in it and theres lots of room, hard to c from pics
Well, I've never seen a coop marketer yet who has ever given a realistic number of chickens a coop will comfortably hold. They either go by factory farm standards (about 1 sq. ft of space per bird) or they're figuring on a breed like sebrights or oegb - tiny breeds that that are about 1.5 lbs fully grown. Unless that coop is MUCH bigger that it looks in the photo, the housing part of it nowhere large enough for 9 birds, much less 10. I'm surprised that 9 or 10 feet of roost even fits in there.
HOWEVER - I would think your area really gets no winter at all??? So as long as you can work out enough secure roost space for them, they should be fine, since they'd rarely be inside, even in "winter." In the future, I'd go by measurements rather than how many birds they proclaim the coop will hold. Most here on BYC suggest at least 4 sq. ft of housing, and 10 sq. ft of run space per bird. Areas that don't really get winters can get by with less housing, and often drop down to 2 sq. ft (that doesn't count nest boxes, which aren't living space) each. Remember - coop manufacturers and marketers are in it to make money, so they're going to say anything to sell their product.
