My coup design. 4 or 5 hens?

[polock]

Here is a very rough sketch of my coop I'm going to build. It will have a 10'x5' foot print with the coup being 4x5. The grid squares I figured to be 6" on this. What do you think? Suggestions

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[Woodsdweller]

You should be ok with 4-5 cluckers. You may want to rethink the nest box overhang if you want to be able to open it enough to see in without having to bend over. Oh... and add a gutter over the nest box area just in case you have to collect eggs in the rain and you won't have to have the longer overhang. If you use a metal roof, you could easily use the runoff to supply an automatic warm weather waterer.

 

[Woodsdweller]