Coop height for silkies?

[Birdpants]

I’m about to get four chicks—two silked Seramas, and two regular Silkies. My impression is that because silked birds can’t fly, the roost can be pretty low. Is 2’10” too short a coop for these birds? (I’m giving them 15 square feet floor space.) If I later wanted to put a regular sized hen or two in this coop, would it be too short for them?
THANKS FRIENDS for any input!

 

[aart]

Roosts could be low but coop should be easy for you to get into and higher ventilation is better than lower.
And if you're going to get large fowl birds build to suit them,
although adding LF to tinies might not be a good idea..

 

[Birdpants]

Thank you so much for your response! Because they are so small, my plan is to house them indoors (near back door and many windows for full air circulation) and then let them out into an enclosed run during the day. (Avoiding attracting nighttime predators.) I’m designing a coop that is indeed short, but has a lot of ventilation near the top, and that can open fully from multiple sides to make it really, really easy to just sweep out. Because silkies are often broody i wondered if they might later raise full-size chicks (purchased and picked up from the same reliable local farm), who would be safe to have with the bantams because they’d be second-generation to them.

 

[aart]

my plan is to house them indoors (near back door and many windows for full air circulation)

In your house?
That could get old fast.

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[Birdpants]

I’m in a moderate climate area. Two 1lb Seramas plus two 3-lb silkies = 8 total lbs of pets, indoors from sundown to sunrise ONLY, in an easily-cleaned coop in a well-ventilated room far from bedrooms? Not trying to be contentious! Maybe in a few months I’ll understand why this idea is nuts but for now, I don’t understand why it’s no big deal to have multiple large, noisy, smelly, shedding dogs, cats, parrots, bunnies etc in a home, all the time....but somehow keeping chickens indoors for 8-10 hours at night is crazy? Am I missing something? How is it different from having other birds indoors (besides the fact that mostly they’ll actually be outside)?

 

[Birdpants]

(And thanks for screenshots to profile updating!) I’m really not trying to be cranky about indoor vs outdoor, I do know it’s unconventional, but for a few teeny birds I can’t figure out why it would be any different from having, say, pet conures or pigeons. I used to work at a bookstore that had pet bantams running around and they were lovely and sweet company, not stinky, and not hard to care for.

 

[aart]

but for a few teeny birds I can’t figure out why it would be any different from having, say, pet conures or pigeons.

Have had caged birds(years ago) and chicks in the house...
...don't like it anymore, personal preference.
Am over house cats too......best and last dog was a std poodle, no shedding and not stinky.

 

[Folly's place]

It's a personal choice, certainly, BUT as a person with asthma, the amount of dust produced by a few cute little chickens will be amazing!
Try it and see how it all works out for you.
For an outdoor coop, a walk-in structure is the best!
Mary

 

[Birdpants]

Thank you both I totally get the thing of messy housepets. If I were to get a dog it would without question be a standard poodle for that reason! And that’s part of why I’m not interested in getting cats, even though I love them. It’s nice to know that if I end up hating chickens sleeping in the house I can always move them outside. Thanks a ton for roost info, super helpful.