Is this chicken area big enough?

[FC16]

i have 7 chickens, 1 is a cockerel, 4 are fully grown hens, and 2 are still very small.
Ive attached some photos below. In the space I have for chickens I don’t have room for anything bigger than a prefab coop really,but they seem happy with it

Is this big enough for them? I don’t have measurements or anything just photos.

If so, I was planning on getting some bantams to add to the flock. (I will be getting rid of my rooster soon as he’s being aggressive so that would free some room)

What do you think?

 

[cluckmecoop7]

I don't see any pictures

 

[FC16]

I don't see any pictures

Just realise they didn’t attach, should be there now

 

[cluckmecoop7]

The run looks nice....that coop might be a little too small.

 

[FC16]

The run looks nice....that coop might be a little too small.

Yeah it is a bit small to be fair, but inside I’ve tried to improve it by fixing the perches higher so they sit above the nesting boxes making it nicer for them and making more room below

 

[cluckmecoop7]

Could you post some close up pictures of the coop? Also, is it a prefab or homemade? What are the dimensions?

 

[Shadrach]

i have 7 chickens, 1 is a cockerel, 4 are fully grown hens, and 2 are still very small.
Ive attached some photos below. In the space I have for chickens I don’t have room for anything bigger than a prefab coop really,but they seem happy with it

Is this big enough for them? I don’t have measurements or anything just photos.

If so, I was planning on getting some bantams to add to the flock. (I will be getting rid of my rooster soon as he’s being aggressive so that would free some room)

What do you think?

No it's not big enough for seven and defintely not big enough for any further additions.
As you can see from your photgraphs they've already stripped most of the area so there is much left for interest or forage.
Coop size assuming the chickens get out of the coop for most of the day at least is not an issue.
An appropriate run area is of a size that the chickens cannot strip. Yup I know that makes complete nonsense of the ten square foot per bird rule. What can I tell you. The rule is wrong.
Yup I know lots and lots of people keep a similar number of chickens in a similar sized run.

 

[FC16]

No it's not big enough for seven and defintely not big enough for any further additions.
As you can see from your photgraphs they've already stripped most of the area so there is much left for interest or forage.
Coop size assuming the chickens get out of the coop for most of the day at least is not an issue.
An appropriate run area is of a size that the chickens cannot strip. Yup I know that makes complete nonsense of the ten square foot per bird rule. What can I tell you. The rule is wrong.
Yup I know lots and lots of people keep a similar number of chickens in a similar sized run.

Hi, are you saying the coop isn’t big enough for 7 or the run isnt?
And they haven’t stripped anything, the area was already like that before I put them back there.
The area being mainly dirt and stuff was a concern of mine but I was told chickens would like to forage there.

I was considering maybe getting rid of my chickens and getting some bantams instead.

 

[Shadrach]

Hi, are you saying the coop isn’t big enough for 7 or the run isnt?
And they haven’t stripped anything, the area was already like that before I put them back there.
The area being mainly dirt and stuff was a concern of mine but I was told chickens would like to forage there.

I was considering maybe getting rid of my chickens and getting some bantams instead.

The run.
The coop is of less importance unless the chickens are confined to it.
You have essentially an intractable problem. It takes about an acre of land to support a breeding pair of chickens. That's about the amount of territory they will claim given the opportunity.
After this it's a question of what the keeper thinks is adequate. The keeper and the chickens rarely see eye to eye on this.
However, it does no harm to bear in mind the acre per pair estimate when thinking about how many and in what conditions one is going to keep chickens.

 

[Cattle dog Mom]

The run.
The coop is of less importance unless the chickens are confined to it.
You have essentially an intractable problem. It takes about an acre of land to support a breeding pair of chickens. That's about the amount of territory they will claim given the opportunity.
After this it's a question of what the keeper thinks is adequate. The keeper and the chickens rarely see eye to eye on this.
However, it does no harm to bear in mind the acre per pair estimate when thinking about how many and in what conditions one is going to keep chickens.

The vast majority of "back yard" chicken keepers in the US don't have an acre of ground TOTAL and that includes the part their house and any other outbuildings are built on. So, they have to make do with the space they do have. They aren't trying to support them with free ranging space. they are trying to keep them from being overcrowded so they don't bully or kill each other.