New coop How big

[SeanBlack]

Hello

I recently bought 2 Rhode island hens I have a coop that can fit four but by this time next year i'm hoping that i'll have a dozen hens so I'm just interested in how big my Coop should be my run is 20 ft by 20 ft is the run big enough to hold a dozen ?
-Thanks Sean

 

[jetdog]

I would say the run is big enough. Sounds like you will be busy building a new coop.

 

[SeanBlack]

I would say the run is big enough. Sounds like you will be busy building a new coop.

Yup but hopefully it'll be worth it

 

[SeanBlack]

Anyone ?

 

[Buffrington]

I beleive the coop should be big enough for the hens to sleep in comfortably. To give an Idea...I am building a coop and I am planning on housing 10 hens and one roo "buff Orpingtons aff course.

This is roughly 2 x 2 meters by 1.8 high. If I am correct I will be able to put in 18 nests.

 

[Weasleymum]

Using the standard advice of 4sq ft per hen, for a dozen birds you'd want 48 sq ft of floorspace; 6 feet x 8 feet. Sounds like you're going to have an awesome flock!

Just my two cents, if I had that much run space for that number of birds, I'd subdivide it into a few smaller runs and rotate them... Just a thought. I wish I had that kind of space!

 

[SeanBlack]

Haha yeah its big and my two Rhode Islands love it. Hopefully they'll get on well with my new hens when i get them

 

[Bullitt]

Just my two cents, if I had that much run space for that number of birds, I'd subdivide it into a few smaller runs and rotate them... Just a thought. I wish I had that kind of space!

Do you mean to separate the older hens from the chicks in the future?