Doll house coop?

[LissyChick]

About 20 years ago my Uncle (a carpenter) built me a doll house. It's about 4 ft wide, 3 ft deep and 3 ft tall. It's wood, and has a cedar "shingled" roof and is a "two story" doll house. Do you suppose I could convert it? I just wonder how many hens I could have comfortable in it. Any ideas? I may post pictures and exact measurements later.

 

[SunnyAlberta]

Your doll house has approximately the same square footage on the floor as my coop. You will want no more than three birds in there and you'll want a run of 10 square feet per bird. I find my three girls tend to stay close together and so I'm temped to squeeze in "just one more", but I won't.

 

[LissyChick]

...You will want no more than three birds in there and you'll want a run of 10 square feet per bird.

My husband and I had planned on 4, so perhaps it is too small.

 

[Buckhunter76]

I would say it'd be to small, a standard is usually 4'X8' and its best to have it off the ground quite a bit, my opinion

 

[ECBW]

4x3x3 is the dimension of my small coop. Except for feeder and waterer, the floor is otherwise unoccupied. Nests and roosts are all elevated. 4 birds lived happily. They had a 36sf run.

 

[Buckhunter76]

Iv'e always dealt with 30 or more chickens. Iv'e got 52 now

 

[SunnyAlberta]

My husband and I had planned on 4, so perhaps it is too small.

What breed are you wanting? Bantams would be fine.

 

[hunter109]

i have a 8x8 right now but i am going tomake a bigger one for 40 or so chickens

 

[LissyChick]

What breed are you wanting? Bantams would be fine.

Any sort of cold hardy breed, I'm in NE Ohio.

 

[Nsampsel]

I'm in Ohio too. If you are mainly going for eggs I have 4 started pullets I can sell you if interested. They are 9-11 week old Tetra Tints. They don't get overly large & would do fine with your little set-up most likely. My coop isn't a whole lot bigger (4x5 with 6 nest boxes) and I currently have about 20 chickens in that coop...which is about twice what I built it for, but half are under 8 weeks old and are still pretty small, so I can get away with it for MAYBE another week or 2. Thus, the reason I'm thinning my flock...lol