Five hens would provide plenty of eggs for your family - as long as you get the right breeds. Do you want white eggs, brown eggs, blue/green eggs - or a combination. A Rhode Island Red, some type of leghorn, a couple of Easter Eggers and a sex link should give you a great variety of egg colors (I like a colorful egg basket!), and plenty of eggs, too.
How big the coop is depends on where you live and how much time the chickens will spend outside. I got a very large coop - but the chicken don't go into the coop except to lay eggs and to go to roost at night. The rest of the time they're outside in the run. So I would not worry if the coop is small as long as the run is large.
As others have said, there are coops that are really nice looking. Look through the chicken coop plans here on BYC and find one that would fit 5 chickens - you can show the pics to your parents and talk about how to make it fit your neighborhood.
Good luck!
How big the coop is depends on where you live and how much time the chickens will spend outside. I got a very large coop - but the chicken don't go into the coop except to lay eggs and to go to roost at night. The rest of the time they're outside in the run. So I would not worry if the coop is small as long as the run is large.
As others have said, there are coops that are really nice looking. Look through the chicken coop plans here on BYC and find one that would fit 5 chickens - you can show the pics to your parents and talk about how to make it fit your neighborhood.
Good luck!