One chicken

[Biz]

I only have one chicken, a hen. I am building a coop now (only have the roof, doors, and run to do yet), she is currently staying in our bird room, in a nice sized caged and let out for supervised free range during the day.
Now when I started the coop I was planning on having 5 hens, the city limit. But should I put that on hold and just build her a small coop, with two nesting boxes and a roost with a run? (I live in Nc.)

 

[BarbHicken17]

It would be nice if your hen had at least one chicken friend. Everyone likes to have a friend.

 

[cavemanrich]

Absolutely DO NOT BUILD SMALLER COOP..
Have you heard of chicken MATH... Google it, and read about it.
I like having fun.
Remember that having as big as you are able to have means that you do it only once and not have to redo it later. By Spring when chicken fever usually kicks in you will have your 5 limit in my opinion.
WISHING YOU BEST.....

 

[sourland]

Two or more 'friends' are better than one. That way when one dies birds remain as company for one another. Chickens are flock creatures.

 

[HfgChicken]

I was just about to say that! 3 is better than 2

 

[ChickNanny13]

Glad you joined us

Build the BIGGEST you can She needs company and since you are "limited" Chicken Math can't get too bad Not sure how much space you have but the calculation's 4sq ft per bird for in the coop & 10 sq ft per bird in the run, the more room they have, the happier they'll be & so much less problems.
Read up on the POOP BOARD sure is a must have in the coop