how much square foot per bird

[cray4en]

how much square foot per bird in a pen?

I have seen everything from 3x4x3ft for two birds to 15x25x8ft for a trio. wondering

 

[justplainbatty]

how much square foot per bird in a pen?

I have seen everything from 3x4x3ft for two birds to 15x25x8ft for a trio. wondering

I think you want a minimum of 10 sq ft per bird.

Edited for not noticing pea fowl. Sorry! I would go with the 15x25.

 

[KsKingBee]

how much square foot per bird in a pen?

I have seen everything from 3x4x3ft for two birds to 15x25x8ft for a trio. wondering

The most common answer is 100 sq ft per bird. If you look at Leggs web site and do the math, he uses anywhere from 65 to 80 foot per bird in his breeding pens.

 

[cray4en]

I try not to judge to much but even I was shocked to see those two peas in that tiny pen and that was their home not for travel. I haven't seen a uniform round amount for peafowl. I see people say 4sq ft for chickens but nothing about pea.

 

[justplainbatty]

The most common answer is 100 sq ft per bird. If you look at Leggs web site and do the math, he uses anywhere from 65 to 80 foot per bird in his breeding pens.

Wow! I have seen so many of them in those big round silo looking pens. They aren't anywhere near that! How mean, thinking back on it! I knew others who had no pen for theirs, ok I guess except when the one lady would come asking about a missing one, or I saw one roosted on top of my chicken run!

 

[Kedreeva]

I was originally told a 10x30' pen would (should) hold 3-4 birds for breeding. That means 100 or 75 square feet per bird depending on if you put in 3 or 4 respectively, which seems to fit with what the others are saying.

I'm using 12x40x8 for 3-5 birds since I have the land to do so, and even that seems small sometimes. I don't know how any one was keeping them in such small spaces as you describe, the birds can't have had much space to move or show off...

 

[cray4en]

It was an elderly couple selling off a lot of their stock. They stated they were both sick, unable to care for them being sick, and needing the money. I got the two in the smallest pen from them. They had other birds in bigger pens but not by much. The bigger kennels were around 4x8x4ish high. I would have got them all but just didn't have the money.

 

[Trefoil]

Wow! I have seen so many of them in those big round silo looking pens. They aren't anywhere near that! How mean, thinking back on it! I knew others who had no pen for theirs, ok I guess except when the one lady would come asking about a missing one, or I saw one roosted on top of my chicken run!

The round silo looking pens are probably corn cribs. A 16' corn crib has an area of 200 sq', while a 18' has 254sq', not great, but acceptable for a pair.

 

[MinxFox]

One thing I find strange is when people have a very small amount of square feet but they have a very tall pen maybe 20ft or more in height for peafowl. While peafowl do enjoy high roosts, and I will say height is important, they spend a lot of time on the ground so giving them something with not a lot of walking room but more flying room would be nice for say parrots, but since peafowl are ground birds they need more walking space especially for the peacock. A traditional/old style looking parrot aviary that is small and tall just is not a good peafowl aviary. It might look nice, but it doesn't suit them.

 

[bradleyscott]

I built my pair a 20x25 pen and they seem to be really happy in it. I still need to build them a better shelter, they have a very larger dog house right now.