Official BYC Poll: How Many Square Feet Per Chicken?

[rosemarythyme]

I thought poll vote was supposed to be coop only,
looks like thread title has changed tho or I just CRS<shrug>

Ooh I think it did change, or maybe I'm crazy? At least for the poll I used coop numbers only, but expanded my answer in a post to show coop, run and free range breakdown.

 

[OlympicChick]

1) 6 sq ft in the coop.

2) 30 sq ft in the run. Sometimes they get out and spend time in an additional 10 sq ft side yard space.

3) 0 free range.

My coop is 4x12 for 8 chickens.

 

[Manhen]

I'm Rusty on my math but in my run each chicken has at least a 4ft cube they could.fit in....but they decide to stick closer together

Kind of like these folks that don't understand social distancing. Mine do that as well, every now and then one of them has to run off and squawk about something.

 

[Tre3hugger]

My votes were 2 & 4. Usually I provide 4, but in high hatching season like now it is closer to two. Half of them are 7 weeks or younger, and they spend about 16 hrs a day outside. So far zero pecking problems. The run has 30-60 sq ft per bird depending on the current population in Cluck Town.

 

[Cadmansd]

Free ranging in western PA, have 20 acres and plan on fencing in 2 acres for our growing flock.

 

[Manhen]

Free ranging in western PA, have 20 acres and plan on fencing in 2 acres for our growing flock.

Ca-ching. I have half an acre fenced with twice that laying on the ground waiting for me. Good luck, it was about $2.50 a foot for a 6 foot tall 2x4 welded wire fence. Those poles were 8 foot long and took the back of an ATV to get tall enough. One bird of 86 was able to fly out. Now she (an EE) is the only one with clipped wings.

 

[Cadmansd]

Ca-ching. I have half an acre fenced with twice that laying on the ground waiting for me. Good luck, it was about $2.50 a foot for a 6 foot tall 2x4 welded wire fence. Those poles were 8 foot long and took the back of an ATV to get tall enough. One bird of 86 was able to fly out. Now she (an EE) is the only one with clipped wings.

So far the cheapest option I've seen is about 50$ per 6'x8' section, putting in the sections I want myself (and family), will be about 3k.we wanted to do this for a long time and the chick's just gave me extra incentive to do it. I will take extra help though!

 

[ForkinAllotment]

We have a 15 sq ft coop and 172 sq ft run for 6 birds

 

[LJ33]

My coop is 6ft x4ft and about 5ft tall. So for 6 chickens, they have a good amount of inside space.

Their outside run is 500 Sq feet, so just over 83 sq feet of outside space.

 

[Newtopoulrty]

How exactly do I figure out sq footage?? Math is not my thing. My cooper is 6×8 not including nesting boxes and if I remember correctly my run, which is getting expanded, is 10×12. We also have tons of roosting space inside and out.