Developing an addiction

[Cyrus83]

Hi, I bought my first eight chickens about two months ago now, 4 buckeye, and 4 BSL, I started enjoying them so much I am now up to 23 and considering more. I'm curious how many I can have in one coop? The coop and run are large and I have plenty of acreage for them to play on but wondering if an even 30 would be too many for one big coop.

 

[liz9910]

from California, how big is your coop/run?

 

[redsoxs]

Greetings from Kansas, Cyrus83, and

! Great to have you with us! The recommended coop size is 4 sq. ft. per standard sized bird. The run should be 10 sq. ft. per bird. You can probably get away with less space if they are afforded lots of ranging opportunities. Good luck to you!

 

[Cyrus83]

The coop

from California, how big is your coop/run?

 

[Cyrus83]

The coop I about 15 by 15 and the run about 60 by 20

 

[1muttsfan]

Hi and welcome to BYC from northern Michigan

You have enough coop space for 56 birds (lucky you!) and run space for even more

 

[sumi]

Welcome to BYC

 

[drumstick diva]

if you are addicted to chickens you sure came to the right place. No interventions here, we are all enablers