Empty adjacent coop & run - ideas?

[WannabeHomsteader]

Hi all,
I am looking for some creative ideas for my now-empty small coop and run. Here's the deal: I have 2 small coops and runs right next to each other in my back yard. I had bantam and standard hens, but the standards bullied my bantams, so they got separated by size. 2 standard hens in one coop/run, 3 bantams in the other coop/run. Each coop and run can house 4 standard hens each. My 2 standard hens died last week (one had reproductive issues, another was culled). So now one coop/run sits empty.
Some ideas I'm kicking around:
- have one for broody hens and hatch out some fertilized eggs, basically keeping one coop as a "nursery"
- buy some more standard breeds in the spring and have them separated in their own coop/run, like I did before

I feel like there are other possibilities I am missing. If you have any ideas, let me know!! I'll post pictures of runs and coops if it will help.
***Note: I can't have roosters.

 

[kattabelly]

Pictures would help.

 

[Shadrach]

- have one for broody hens and hatch out some fertilized eggs, basically keeping one coop as a "nursery"

Maternity unit/isolation unit would be my choice. It's good idea to have one coop more than one needs currently.
If one has say a barn or large walk in coop and run then a separated space can offer the same advantages.

 

[WannabeHomsteader]

Pictures would help.

The bantams stay in the brown coop, and the red one is empty. The runs are separated by a sheet of hardware cloth, in the middle where they share a side. I don't know exact square footage of either run, but the run with the red coop is larger than the bantam run.

 

[Pebbles25]

I would go with just bantams. Those are small coops and small and low to the ground runs.

Full size birds like to fly, and if they can get that type of exercise, flying up and down to roosts in the run, I have the theory that you don't get egg laying problems.

If you want more birds now, I would just open both coops and let them choose. But really an extra coop, is handy.

Mrs K

Aren’t bantams more flighty at least more than heavy breeds as they are small?

 

[Pebbles25]

It’s definitely handy to have a spare coop!

 

[Mrs. K]

Aren’t bantams more flighty at least more than heavy breeds as they are small?

hmmm, that could be, truthfully, I should delete the post, I don't have bantams, I have always had full size birds, but I would not like full size birds in the low run. Mine have always flown up, even my BO's.