Coop suggestions

So have been researching away trying to decide on the size of the chicken coop and I've read multiple places that 3'squared is adequate floorspace per chicken. So hypothetically an 8x4 coop would be big enough to hold 10 hens...that seems really really small...is that right? I mean if it is yay for less building material I guess but wow seems tiny.

Thanks!

 


You should up that to a minimum 4 square feet of coop space per chicken. If you have an enclosed run that number is 10 square feet per bird. These are generally accepted minimums for the larger chickens, not bantams. If you ask people who live where they can have as many chickens as they want, they always regret not building a bigger coop to start out with because they always end up with more. :p
 
I've actually heard a lot of sucessfully raising baby poultry (not guineas) together. The mess different bird make and diferent needs is emphasized', as the point of raising them together has been for them to get along with each other. Whether they all coop together is up to the individual bird,
Somthing else very though.

Something I think should be emphasized is coop safety. Predators will us any tiny hole or similarly miniscule problem to their advantage. There may be preators you're naare of. Today I learned urban farming where I live has had trouble with foxes, which I didn't know were asround here.
 
I was planning on just building one...is that a problem?

1 coop for geese & ducks is kind of tricky in that ganders tend to be aggressive/ defensive during breeding season and being larger, may injure ducks (they can even injure other male geese). I only have geese, so I'm going by what I've read over in the goose forum of BYC. What some people have done if they house geese & ducks together is either a) keep them in separate "pens" for the night or b) set it up so that theres a part of the coop that has a barrier that is low enough to where geese can't fit under, yet ducks can easily walk through, should they need an escape from a bully goose. You may want to check the Goose forum for more ideas.
Since you wrote that you're getting a pair of pilgrim and a pair buff geese (I'm assuming Male/Female --- if Female/ Female, you can disregard) I would even suggest different housing or separate pens for each pair to avoid fights between hormonal ganders.
 
1 coop for geese & ducks is kind of tricky in that ganders tend to be aggressive/ defensive during breeding season and being larger, may injure ducks (they can even injure other male geese). I only have geese, so I'm going by what I've read over in the goose forum of BYC. What some people have done if they house geese & ducks together is either a) keep them in separate "pens" for the night or b) set it up so that theres a part of the coop that has a barrier that is low enough to where geese can't fit under, yet ducks can easily walk through, should they need an escape from a bully goose. You may want to check the Goose forum for more ideas.
Since you wrote that you're getting a pair of pilgrim and a pair buff geese (I'm assuming Male/Female --- if Female/ Female, you can disregard) I would even suggest different housing or separate pens for each pair to avoid fights between hormonal ganders
I didnt even think of that! I was going to put a removable barrier wall in the coop was thinking more for breeding/hatching purposes. I definitely need to rethink my setup and check out the forum. Would sharing the same yard part of the time be a problem with the ganders as well?
 

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