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[Loriemarler]

How many bantams will be comfortable in a 16x6.5 ft hoop coop?

 

[mmoss0722]

I'm going to jump in and say hello! I'm in Noble and just starting to get into raising chickens. So I don't have any yet. I'm still in the research phase on breeds and coops and the laws in my town (of which I can't find anything). I'm hoping to start my flock next spring. The house I just bought needs a lot of work in the backyard before I can have any. Any advice would be great!

 

[Kassaundra]

A few pics from today in Muskogee, not many azalea's but still lots of pretty things to take pics of

 

[Kassaundra]

And now for a few tulips

 

[Kyzmette]

It's been one of those days that make you wonder why you have chickens. I came home to find Lord Dingwald had gotten out of his pen and got attacked by a dog. He's alive, but not well. Poor, sweet boy. He's beak-down in his bedding, and that's really bad.

I got him inside and settled, and went to take care of the big pen. While I was watering, I found Flower, my Buttercup with the vision problems and possible past stroke, laying next to the water dish. Her breathing was shallow, and when I examined her she was limp and had a bloody vent. I was carrying her inside and telling her what a beautiful and wonderful chickie she is, when she chirped once to me, seized, and died in my arms. Poor, poor girl.

And then I came inside to take care of the chicks and my Isbar hatchling with mushy chick syndrome was dead. Sigh.

 

[Kassaundra]

It's been one of those days that make you wonder why you have chickens. I came home to find Lord Dingwald had gotten out of his pen and got attacked by a dog. He's alive, but not well. Poor, sweet boy. He's beak-down in his bedding, and that's really bad.

I got him inside and settled, and went to take care of the big pen. While I was watering, I found Flower, my Buttercup with the vision problems and possible past stroke, laying next to the water dish. Her breathing was shallow, and when I examined her she was limp and had a bloody vent. I was carrying her inside and telling her what a beautiful and wonderful chickie she is, when she chirped once to me, seized, and died in my arms. Poor, poor girl.

And then I came inside to take care of the chicks and my Isbar hatchling with mushy chick syndrome was dead. Sigh.

So sorry those are hard days for sure.

 

[greenbeetle]

A few pics from today in Muskogee, not many azalea's but still lots of pretty things to take pics of

Wow awesome photos, you are such a great photographer...

 

[Sagetown]

I'm going to jump in and say hello! I'm in Noble and just starting to get into raising chickens. So I don't have any yet. I'm still in the research phase on breeds and coops and the laws in my town (of which I can't find anything). I'm hoping to start my flock next spring. The house I just bought needs a lot of work in the backyard before I can have any. Any advice would be great!

Noble, Oklahoma Ordinances
(3)
Chickens or laying hens may only be kept under the following conditions:
a.
No more than four (4) chickens or laying hens are allowed per R-l-zoned parcel unless additional setback conditions can be achieved as described in subsection (a);
b.
Roosters are not allowed;
c.
The chickens are kept within a designated chicken coop and chicken run, unless supervised as described in [subsection] (b)(3)m. below;
d.
The chicken coop and chicken run shall be located in the rear or backyard of a residential property. No part of the coop or run shall be located in the side or front yard;
e.
The chicken coop and chicken run shall be attached and shall be located no closer than five (5) feet from any side or rear property lines and no closer than twenty-five (25) feet from any dwelling unit other than the owner's. Movable chicken enclosures are permitted as long as they meet the setbacks as indicated in this paragraph;
f.
The minimum size for a chicken coop shall be four (4) square feet per animal and the chicken run shall be eight (8) square feet per animal;
g.
During daylight hours, the chickens shall have access to a chicken run and a chicken coop;
h.
From dusk until dawn, chickens shall be kept within the chicken coop as protection from predators;
i.
Chicken coops shall be predator resistant and any open walls or windows shall be designed to prevent access by predators;
j.
Chicken runs shall be adequately fenced and protected from predators;
k.
The outside openings of any enclosure shall be screened to prevent the spread of disease by flies and vermin;
l.
Water shall be provided onsite and accessible to chickens at all times;
m.
Chickens are permitted to be outside of a run or coop during daylight hours but must be supervised and contained inside a fenced yard at all times; chickens that stray outside the fenced yard may be regarded as nuisance animals under section 3-111 of this chapter;
n.
All chicken enclosures shall be cleaned regularly to prevent an accumulation of food, fecal matter, or nesting material from creating a nuisance or unsanitary condition due to odor, vermin, debris, or decay.
(4)
Outdoor slaughter of chickens is prohibited.

 

[Ksane]

Lorie, more than you'd think. General guidelines say 2 sq ft per bantam inside the coop. That'd be the 'real' bantams like Old English Game Bantams, Sebrights, etc. The same accepted guidelines state 4 sq ft per Standard sized bird-Like a big Brahma or Cochin or Orpington, etc. So for Birds the size of D'Uccles and Bantam Cochins, Silkies, etc I would use 3 sq ft per bird. That's all just in case they have to be locked inside the coop for days on end if it's real cold or raining or something like that. If the hoop coop is their permanent place with no access to a run or pen or yard then I'd use at least the 4 sq ft per bird for Bantam Cochin sized birds. But that still comes to 26 birds for a 6.5 x 16 hoop coop/104 sq ft. and that sounds real crowded for a full time home......So you have to use common sense and eyeball it. I've got mainly 10x10 pens for my penned birds and I don't like to put more than 4 standard sized birds or 8 Silkie or Bantam sized birds in a 10x10 pen if it's their full time home.
So it really depends on if it's their full time home or not. Clear as mud, huh?

 

[Ksane]

Kass, stunning pictures!

Kyz, what can I say. :-( I'm so sorry. Some days it just all goes so wrong. We never seem to lose the birds we can take losing, it always seems to be the special ones. I can't even bear to hatch anymore, so much goes wrong and I get way too attached. I hope your boy makes it. If not he got to have a wonderful home for his time here.