Official BYC Poll: How Many Square Feet Per Chicken?

[Secondof9]

3 Hens:
inside: 10 sq ft per bird
run: 120 sq ft per bird
free range: 1/4 acre total

 

[BDutch]

3 Hens:
inside: 10 sq ft per bird
run: 120 sq ft per bird
free range: 1/4 acre total

Lucky chickens! Or are you planning on some more (chicken math?

 

[Secondof9]

Lucky chickens! Or are you planning on some more (chicken math?

Hahaha...of course!! I have some Bielefelder hatching eggs on the way for my one currently broody hen. Hope to get a good hatch but we'll see.

 

[Quaicken108]

Hahaha...of course!! I have some Bielefelder hatching eggs on the way for my one currently broody hen. Hope to get a good hatch but we'll see.

How cute!!!

 

[jeapa]

Coop- 6 sq feet
Run- 26 sq feet
Free Range- 1/2 acre

I usually have around 8-12 LF, but sometimes have up to 16-20 during spring -summer that I am growing out.

 

[Scrumdidlyump]

1.10
2.20
3. 9,000

 

[K0k0shka]

Coop space: 7 per bird
Run space: 40 per bird

I have 5 hens right now. Looking to add 2 more, if I get that many females from my current brood of 5 chicks.

 

[Sunny the Chicken]

Opinions on various aspects of chicken-keeping vary greatly, and how much space to provide is no exception. How many square feet of space do you have per chicken in your coop(s)? Select an answer corresponding with your current situation, not with what you consider to be an ideal.

Feel free to reply below with more detail, such as:

1. Inside space per chicken
2. Run space per chicken
3. Free-range space per chicken

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1. (We have an Omlet so less than 1 sq ft)
2. 4 sq ft
3. 60 sq ft

 

[Paula321]

1. (We have an Omlet so less than 1 sq ft)
2. 4 sq ft
3. 60 sq ft

1. 14 per bird inside their coop. They only stay in the coop to sleep. There is no food or nesting boxes in the coop.
2. 1400 square foot secured run is used only for a broody mama and babies. It is currently unused.
2. 1894 feet per each of 23 hens free range in a bit more than a fenced acre.

 

[The chicken nurd]

12 I think if I’m doing my math right
Run is 14x12 and we have 14 birds (11 chickens & 3 ducks)
(Can’t remember how big the coop is)