How many chickens can fit in an Omelet cube, large?

ChikadeeLite

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Currently bought the Omelet, I have the coop itself set up, I didn't like the run when I saw it in person but I have technically a 13 feet run. I didn't think it looked stable.

So instead I bought a relatively big dog run (10x10 I think?) And in the process of just securing the bottom with hardcloth to prevent animals from digging and a few accessories like a fan and a pool to keep them cool. I don't have the run up from the eglu, just the coop

How many chickens can I reasonably fit into that cube without it being bad for them? I originally wanted 5 birds,but I'm not sure if that's a big enough soace
 
If you had 5 birds that would be 20sqf of run space per bird, I think that would be fine especially if you let them out sometimes.
 
Found this on a random reviewers website:
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And (from eyeballing it), the run can be tripled in size depend in which version you get.

So, MATHS TIME!
5.08 x 7.25 feet = 36.8 sq feet run *roughly tripled for the big version, so estimated 100sq feet
3.25 x 3.08 feet = 10 sq feet coop

Gold standard for measurements that you will see on this site is..
4 sq feet of coop per full sized chicken (2.5 chickens)
10 sq feet of run per full sized chicken (3.6 chickens)
10 inches of roostbar per full sized chicken (unclear on roost bar location, thinking likely 3 foot, so round 3-4 chickens here)
1 nestbox per 3-4 chickens, but would strongly suggest at least 3 boxes available (unclear on how many this has... maybe one?)

So, with this information. I would probably not put full sized chickens into this at all. I would likely go with bantoms and aim for 3-4.
 
Forgot to put this in my first post, but I think it deserves a separate post... what is going on with the ventilation on this thing? If this picture is accurate to the product, that's going to be either suffocation or cooking. Keep this thing 100% in the shade! Maybe install a fan to add better airflow even.
 
Forgot to put this in my first post, but I think it deserves a separate post... what is going on with the ventilation on this thing? If this picture is accurate to the product, that's going to be either suffocation or cooking. Keep this thing 100% in the shade! Maybe install a fan to add better airflow even.
Since when has a prefab ever been any good?
 

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