Coop Idea's for 25-35 Chickens. Need Help!

[Amalthea]

So I am ordering some yokohama's to breed and I am building another coop and fence apart from my "mutt" chickens. I want to build one big chicken coop, but with a limited budget I was wondering if I could just build several smaller coops that would house about 5 chickens. Would this be ok? Would they prefer to interact in the same large house or would they like the smaller groups? Ideas would be appreciated!

 

[Life is Good!]

If you're planning on running a breeding program, you will need several smaller coops attached together. If you have more than 1 rooster, you'll also need separate runs, as the roosters will protect their girls.
I've seen breeder coop ideas on this section of the forum, and under the 'coop' tab above. Good luck!

 

[LBKS]

Wish I had pictures for you, but I'm in progress of a build towards a similar end: it's a 8'x16' breeder coop divided into 4'x8' sections with runs for each section that will be a minimum of 4'x20' (so each section can hold a maximum of 8 birds). Right now it's still being framed up though, so I can't say how well it'll work overall. The biggest pain will be all the doors for coop access, I think. I'm going to take what I learn from this and try and build out a revised version next year for a divided grow-out coop to correspond to each breeder pen.

IMO, building the sections attached should save some money overall -- you can share walls so you'll need less materials and you can take advantage of standard lengths to maximize your cost per square foot. Plus your interior dividing walls need only be strong enough to keep the chickens separate, instead of predator proof.

 

[Amalthea]

I was thinking of building one large building and sectioning it off for the different colors of yoko's. Would this work too?