Possible urban coop idea

[BleuSaphir]

I made a post how I pranked my mom ordering some baby chickens. But it now perhaps making me actually wanting chickens.

There is a spot, 6 Ft x 5 feet pen/coop. I don’t need much work since a lot of the stuff that support the coop are still in place. I just need to reinstall a new wall and roof. I don’t know if 5 large fowl is pushing the boundaries of space or go with 4 max.

 

[black_cat]

I made a post how I pranked my mom ordering some baby chickens. But it now perhaps making me actually wanting chickens.

There is a spot, 6 Ft x 5 feet pen/coop. I don’t need much work since a lot of the stuff that support the coop are still in place. I just need to reinstall a new wall and roof. I don’t know if 5 large fowl is pushing the boundaries of space or go with 4 max.

If you have 6x5 square feet in the run, 3 is the max number of standard birds. For 3 birds you will need 15+ square feet in the coop. Nesting boxes don't count as space. I'd recommend seeing how many birds you want, then building bigger. (chicken math!)

 

[3KillerBs]

The usual recommendation is 4 square feet per bird in the coop and 10 square feet per bird in the run.

6'x5' for a coop would be 30 square feet or 7.5 chickens but they'd need another 75 square feet of run (7.5'x10').

Or you have room for a 3-chicken run and need to add a coop of at least 3'x3'.

 

[3KillerBs]

P.S. -- Very small coops get problematic in a hurry because the feeder, waterer, etc. takes up such a high proportion of the space.

 

[BleuSaphir]

The old coop was perfect for my former pair of bantams. I remember back then adding two more chickens but large fowl. I remember my Rhode Island Red hen was huge.

Personally I want to free range the entire yard. While the coop act as a pen/coop when I am not home work. While I’m present they will define out in the yard to have more space. If space weren’t such issue I would definitely go bigger though.,

 

[BleuSaphir]

I’m always at the back of my mom garden. This spot is the ruin of the old chicken coop. Old foundation are still intact. I’m looking to clean up the back next year to prep room for 3 instead of 4. lol

I sketch out plan for a new modern look. I want the front wall to have a way to plant some hanging planters for herbs. The back is actually a perfect spot to grow mint out of any part of the garden. I use the mint leaves for cooking and making drinks.

the former design used lot of recycled wood from another old coop. Some of the painted white wood were from rear down of the patio years ago. I think this time I’ll have to buy new lumber and buy hardware cloth and new clear PVC roof.
I kind want to spend extra to make it look modern like these two design I like.