How much room?

[Pure Poultry]

I just got some new chooks and we are going to keep the 2 Pekin Bantams seperate from the larger breeds and I was wondering, when they are at full age and size how much room in square metres should they each have?

 

[N F C]

Welcome to BYC and congrats on your new chooks!

The general rule for a backyard flock is 4 square feet p/bird in the coop and 10 p/bird in a run (sorry, don't know how to convert these measurements to meters).

There's a very good article in the Learning Center you may want to check out:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/how-much-room-do-chickens-need

Hope that helps. Glad to have you join us!

 

[Pure Poultry]

Thanks helps a lot

 

[DanEP]

The 4' -10' applies to large fowl, you can down size a bit if needed but if you have the room a little extra never hurts.

 

[Pure Poultry]

I Google it and the minimum recommended is 0.5 metres squared for a Bantam and 0.75 for a large fowl.

 

[vehve]

Keep in mind that if you need to keep them indoors for extended periods of time, a bit of extra space would come in handy. If you can make it a bit bigger, it's better.