How many chickens is to much chickens

[aart]

So I have a chicken run/coop that 12/16 is this enough room for 70 birds to sleep at night?

Please post some pics of your coop,inside and out....and the run too.

I started with 30 and I have 40 more coming, I am worried that I might have over done it.

Yes I believe you have.
Are they all day old chicks? Straight run or pullets?
You can probably sell some.

 

[estrju2]

Please post some pics of your coop,inside and out....and the run too.

Yes I believe you have.
Are they all day old chicks? Straight run or pullets?
You can probably sell some.

I will have 35 pullets when they are re grown.

 

[janiedoe]

How long does it take

what breeds do you have

I have mostly barnyard mixes. Easter eggers, olive eggers, orpingtons, langshans, wyandottes, cuckoo marans, and their offsprings.

 

[Mamatomany123]

I will have 35 pullets when they are re grown.

How do you know how many youll have? If you ordered 70 straight runs then you have a chance of 70 of those being cockerels. (Usually wont happen but can)

 

[estrju2]

How do you know how many youll have? If you ordered 70 straight runs then you have a chance of 70 of those being cockerels. (Usually wont happen but can)

So, I have bought chickens from 4 different places I bought 10 chicks in early March this was a straight run an a mix batch of chickens. Out of these 10 6 are roosters which i plan to process as meat birds, I also bought 12 pullets from a local co-op both of these have integrated well. I have 45 day old chicks coming in the next couple of days 14 of the 45 are pullets.

 

[birdlover2]

So, I have bought chickens from 4 different places I bought 10 chicks in early March this was a straight run an a mix batch of chickens. Out of these 10 6 are roosters which i plan to process as meat birds, I also bought 12 pullets from a local co-op both of these have integrated well. I have 45 day old chicks coming in the next couple of days 14 of the 45 are pullets.

That's 37 roos by my calculations...unless I missed or misunderstood something, but that's even better than you thought then, cause that's 37 or so you won't have to keep long term

 

[Mamatomany123]

So, I have bought chickens from 4 different places I bought 10 chicks in early March this was a straight run an a mix batch of chickens. Out of these 10 6 are roosters which i plan to process as meat birds, I also bought 12 pullets from a local co-op both of these have integrated well. I have 45 day old chicks coming in the next couple of days 14 of the 45 are pullets.

Unless you bought started pullets you still have a chance of getting more cockerels. A lady on here bought 1 cockerel and I think 20? pullets. The hatchery messed up big time because she has a ton of cockerels.

BUT with that said I think that's good. You really dont want to overwhelm yourself.

 

[Three Little Bunnies]

I currently have seventeen chickens in a .35 acre backyard.

 

[birdlover2]

I currently have seventeen chickens in a .35 acre backyard.

Wow! How do you manage it?

 

[Three Little Bunnies]

Wow! How do you manage it?

The big girls are in a twelve by sixteen run. They have an above ground coop. The little ones are in a three by six run with an above ground coop.