I am going to need another coop

[6chix]

Well the chicken bug has bitten me and I needed to add to my flock. I ordered 6 B.O.'s 6 RIR's and 6 SLW's from the local feed store. They are not getting here until the first week of May so it should be warmer and the 3 ft of snow we have on the ground SHOULD be gone by then.

They will eventually be joining my other 7 chickens wandering the yard and laying out some eggs. Ray the rooster is going to be one happy boy

I am thinking I will need to have around a 4x12 coop for the new chickens my current coop is 4x8 and it has 8 birds in it.

 

[speckledhen]

So, you're going to have 31 birds then, right? At 4 sq ft per bird, 4 x 12 will be very tight. 4 sf x 31 = 124 sq ft.
4 x 12 = 48 sq ft. So, I think you really need more like 10x12 rather than 4 x 12. Even 8x12 is tight for that many birds if they have to be locked in for any amt of time, like when you have lots of snow.

 

[Scrambled Egg]

Lucky you chix, new babies and a new coop!!!

You need to change you name to manychix or lotsachix or loadsachix or plentychix or....well you get the idea, loL!!

 

[speckledhen]

And just because you're getting more, don't fool yourself into thinking that's the end of it, LOL. BUILD BIG! You're already showing symptoms of Chickenitis.

 

[scgamecock]

I just started last April and it's real contagious.If I could give a word of warning to the wise.Try to think out what you really want to do before you do it.I can think of many things that I wish I had done and now it's hard to change it.

 

[dozen chickens]

I was thinking the same thing, OVERBUILD!

I am going to have to do the same thing, we have 2 roosters and 8 hens from last spring, and on Saturday my daughter "twisted my arm" into getting 6 chicks, and then I decided today to go see what else they got in, and picked up another 4- because they are leap year chicks!!!! AND, there are some more I want to get later in the week with the next shipment! I definately have the bug too!!!! They are irresistable!!!!