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Welcome Brent! BYC is a great resource for all you questions.
I'll try to answer your questions.
Electricity is nice but oh so dangerous. I had a heat lamp in the coop and I cleaned it before using it but there was a lot of dust on the bulb which I never thought to clean. Thankfully I was around after turning it on so I smelled the burning and shut it down.
Space- 4 sq ft in coop w 12 inches roost sp per bird. 10 sq ft of run space. 1 nest box for every 3 chickens about. Are they going to free range at all? That might help you squeeze a few more in. But bigger is always better for two reasons. One it stays cleaner and two you'll want more chickens! Spoken from a girl who had to buy a second coop!
For 8 eggs a day I'd prob get 11 or 12 chickens unless you got a really heavy laying breed as they do tend to take a day off every few days!
Any question you ask prob has an answer here somewhere!
I'll try to answer your questions.
Electricity is nice but oh so dangerous. I had a heat lamp in the coop and I cleaned it before using it but there was a lot of dust on the bulb which I never thought to clean. Thankfully I was around after turning it on so I smelled the burning and shut it down.
Space- 4 sq ft in coop w 12 inches roost sp per bird. 10 sq ft of run space. 1 nest box for every 3 chickens about. Are they going to free range at all? That might help you squeeze a few more in. But bigger is always better for two reasons. One it stays cleaner and two you'll want more chickens! Spoken from a girl who had to buy a second coop!
For 8 eggs a day I'd prob get 11 or 12 chickens unless you got a really heavy laying breed as they do tend to take a day off every few days!
Any question you ask prob has an answer here somewhere!