Need help with some chicken math

[Picky Chicky]

Our new coop is 4x6 and has 5 nest boxes. I've read that for my girls to be comfortable, they'll need to be 1 chicken per every 4 sqft... but I'm getting bantams - how many bantams could I fit in that space?

I think I'm guilty of using "Fuzzy Math" because I'm hoping I can fit more than 6 comfortably.

 

[coffeelady3]

Well, that would be big enough for 6 standards, so you could definitely put in more bantams then that. (Although how many, I could not say.). I don't know how the nest boxes are set up, but you only really need 1 box per 3 to 4 birds, so you could remove a few of them to free up some more room....

 

[Picky Chicky]

I don't have any pictures taken of it yet (the weather here in VA has been pretty crummy all weekend and I haven't had much of a chance to 'play' with setting up the coop), but here are some similar pictures of the coop I found online:

(Mine only has 5 nest boxes)

(My roost only runs half the way)

 

[cmom]

I think you'll be colecting eggs very soon.