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[lynnehd]

No, I don't, the wall is open, always. The wall is facing south-southeast. I have had 30 MPH+ winds blow directly at the open wall. But it is as calm and still in the coop as it is in your living room watching TV. Reason being, is that there is no pathway through the coop, for the wind to go. When the coop is in winter mode, the side windows, and the upper transom windows are shut. I get max fresh air exchange, and the birds are never chilled by any drafts. I'll tell you one thing though, if the wind is blowing strongly at the open front, I better have a good grip on the door handle when I go into the coop, because the wind is going to use that pathway.

That makes sense about the wind not having air exchange.

 

[JackE]

Would this be to small for my 6 chicks once they grow up?Im thinking it might be If so.how many could i keep in this one?

Sorry, but for the $$$ spent on that, you could have bought a pile of wood, and built a real coop. Those things are famous for being constructed with crappy materials, and can't hold half the chickens they claim they can. Two standard hens, three would be pushing it, could maybe be kept in that crate.

 

[JackE]

That makes sense about the wind not having air exchange.

The coop gets plenty of air-exchange/ventilation. There is just no path, for the wind to blow through the coop. Basically, it's just the best coop your chickens can have, IMO.

 

[lynnehd]

The coop gets plenty of air-exchange/ventilation. There is just no path, for the wind to blow through the coop. Basically, it's just the best coop your chickens can have, IMO.

That's what I meant to convey, lol.

I think I was multi tasking, but not very well.
It does seem like a good set up.

 

[Beekissed]

Would this be to small for my 6 chicks once they grow up?Im thinking it might be If so.how many could i keep in this one?

I wouldn't even keep one bantam breed in that space. Imagine if you had to live in a very small...say 10x12 efficiency apartment for your entire life without being able to get beyond it. How content or healthy would you be? Now, share that space with 6 adult people. How would the quality of your life be then?

Think BIG when thinking of space for birds, for they walk almost continually throughout the day, pausing now and again to dust, preen or rest...but mostly they are walking and looking for food as is their instinct. These are not parakeets, these are mostly ground dwelling fowl and need ground on which to dwell...and lots of it.

 

[Deleon98]

I wouldn't even keep one bantam breed in that space.  Imagine if you had to live in a very small...say  10x12 efficiency apartment for your entire life without being able to get beyond it.  How content or healthy would you be?  Now, share that space with 6 adult people.  How would the quality of your life be then? 

Think BIG when thinking of space for birds, for they walk almost continually throughout the day, pausing now and again to dust, preen or rest...but mostly they are walking and looking for food as is their instinct.  These are not parakeets, these are mostly ground dwelling fowl and need ground on which to dwell...and lots of it. 

So its not even good for at least two chickens? Even if i make a tractor or give them an enclosed are to run around in?

 

[Guvnah]

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Would this be to small for my 6 chicks once they grow up?Im thinking it might be If so.how many could i keep in this one?

A minimum rule of thumb is 4 sq ft area per bird inside the coop. To me, that just satisfies HOUSING space -- such as sleeping quarters at night.

There is a Chinese proverb: "Long legged colts must run." (It's about letting kids play.) To me, claw-legged chickens must run. Each day. They need a good area. In my yard, my coop (which I built myself, for $800, including windows, insulation, electricity, and other niceties) is 6ft by 6ft in area, and the main chicken run is 10ft x 24ft. But it didn't take long for me to let then free-range in my whole yard.

If your chickens essentially will be using the coop just for sleeping and for shelter on nasty-weather days, it doesn't need to be very large. In fact, for all the room I have in the coop, all the chickens would consistently sleep on just one perch, shoulder-to-shoulder. And the rest of the time they were out and about from sunup to sundown.

 

[lynnehd]

So its not even good for at least two chickens? Even if i make a tractor or give them an enclosed are to run around in?

Maybe for two bantam hens. Maybe. The run that comes with it is just too tiny, so not of much use.

In your climate, a nice large run in a shady area would be the main thing they need. The coop would be to sleep in securely (and that coop isn't as well built as it should be), and for egg laying.

 

[Deleon98]

*sigh* ok...thanks for your advice. I appreciate it!

 

[junebuggena]

*sigh* ok...thanks for your advice. I appreciate it!

While those small, premade coops are too small for a flock to live in, they are great for when you need to separate a bird due to illness or injury. They are a good way to house young birds before they are ready for integration into the large flock as well. There are plenty of uses for them, but they should not be used as full time housing for multiple adult birds.