Now is the time, to thin your flock. Thing is you can cheat with the long days of summer. Often times, your new birds are chicks, smaller birds, more can fit in an area. But soon we are entering in the Northern hemisphere the long nights of winter.
Smaller flocks fit in coops better, you really should not plan on keeping the maximum amount of birds in the coop. It increases the manure load, increases the humidity in the coop. Often times, birds are confined in the coop from 4:00 pm to 7:00 am in the short days of December. The slightest of overcrowding can lead to ugly behavior. Do know that a little 'free ranging' will not make up for long nights in a too small coop.
This will reduce your feed bill.
Do know, that I am really posting this, because I myself have a pretty full coop, and I NEED to thin it by one rooster, and ...???
This is the other side of chicken math, the hard part!
Mrs K
Smaller flocks fit in coops better, you really should not plan on keeping the maximum amount of birds in the coop. It increases the manure load, increases the humidity in the coop. Often times, birds are confined in the coop from 4:00 pm to 7:00 am in the short days of December. The slightest of overcrowding can lead to ugly behavior. Do know that a little 'free ranging' will not make up for long nights in a too small coop.
This will reduce your feed bill.
Do know, that I am really posting this, because I myself have a pretty full coop, and I NEED to thin it by one rooster, and ...???
This is the other side of chicken math, the hard part!
Mrs K