How many coops are too many?

[Trevorusn]

How many coops do we poultry folk generally have?? I am having a third coop, our second 4x6, built and now may have a sweet deal on a fourth coop at least 4x6 in size. How many coops do you all have?? Lol, is this a recipe for chicken math disaster?? Also, can a 4x6 coop be good for say 4 turkeys by themselves?? Lol, aware of needing a larger door but is that the only needed change?

 

[Ridgerunner]

What breed are your turkey's? I raised a Midget White tom and he was fine with a 1' x 1' pop door.

How many coops do you need? That depends on your goals, how you manage them, all that. Many people find one coop the perfect number. I have a main coop, grow-out coop, and a shelter that I sometimes use. With my goals and the way I manage them that works for me. Some people with multiple species or with breeding programs may need more.

My chicken math includes subtraction. I generally overwinter 1 rooster and 6 to 8 hens. In summer I may have over 50 chickens of various ages, most growing to butcher size. Then the next winter I'm back down to 1 rooster and 6 to 8 hens.

 

[HENS-and-MARES]

I have 1 big main coop, a small duck house, that I used to have my geese live in but it was just too small. Soon it will house 2 ducks, and I have 2 stalls set up in my barn for my geese.

And no, sadly we do not have horses.

 

[Trevorusn]

What breed are your turkey's? I raised a Midget White tom and he was fine with a 1' x 1' pop door.

How many coops do you need? That depends on your goals, how you manage them, all that. Many people find one coop the perfect number. I have a main coop, grow-out coop, and a shelter that I sometimes use. With my goals and the way I manage them that works for me. Some people with multiple species or with breeding programs may need more.

My chicken math includes subtraction. I generally overwinter 1 rooster and 6 to 8 hens. In summer I may have over 50 chickens of various ages, most growing to butcher size. Then the next winter I'm back down to 1 rooster and 6 to 8 hens.

So I plan on breeding four breeds, and also having a bachelor pad and grow out/quarantine coop. As for turkeys, I was thinking either Royal Palm or Spanish Blacks, unless I go with a unique color fron Porter's. I know Royal Palms tend to be smaller but I have no plans for Midget Whites. Hence, with 3 coops already, I was curious if the fourth could be doable for turkeys, as between the 3 I can house a decent number of chickens.

 

[Trevorusn]

I have 1 big main coop, a small duck house, that I used to have my geese live in but it was just too small. Soon it will house 2 ducks, and I have 2 stalls set up in my barn for my geese.

And no, sadly we do not have horses.

I was thinking African Browns down the road, but I'd think a chicken coop would be well under their space needs lol.

 

[MJ22]

Make a bird village!!!! There’s never enough! This is my secret dream!

 

[HENS-and-MARES]

Make a bird village!!!! There’s never enough! This is my secret dream!

That is sooooo cute! Who goes in the jail?

 

[Folly's place]

I have one coop, and a hoop coop for raising meat birds sometimes. Trying VERY HARD to avoid adding another coop, or have an incubator! We overwinter about 35 chickens, and have maybe 75 or so in the summer.
Mary

 

[The Moonshiner]

Too many coops?
What's that mean?
It's like too much money, there's no such thing
It's like a girl too pretty with too much class
Being too lucky, a car too fast

 

[MJ22]

That is sooooo cute! Who goes in the jail?

Bad eggs?!?