the fluffy butt hut
Hatching
I currently have four nine month old large breed pullets (a blue splash maran, an easter egger, a naked neck, and an olive egger), and I'm adding four more chicks (a buff brahma, a blue laced red wyandotte, a buff orpington, and a speckled sussex) this April. We currently have our girls living in a 5 by 3.5 foot coop with two nesting boxes and a 50 sq. foot attached run. They have at least an hour in our side yard, that is about 1000 sq. feet, every day. By the time the new girls move outside we will have predator proofed the yard by getting a 6 foot tall fence and covering the yard with bird netting. I will also add an additional 35 sq. feet to the run for a total run size of 85 sq. feet, which they will stay in on rainy days. I live in a warm region of California with average temperatures in the seventies during the summer, and in the fifties to sixties during the winter, so the girls never have to be locked in the coop to stay warm. Is my coop large enough for eight hens with constant access to the run and access to the yard during most days? Also, are two nesting boxes enough for eight hens?
Thank you!
Thank you!