Room

[Chicken Girl 5]

How much room should 5 chickens have to happily live?

 

[Judy]

Briefly, as much as you can give them. More space also means easier care. Here is an excellent article on this:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/how-much-room-do-chickens-need

 

[Michael OShay]

Chickens need a minimum of 4 sq. feet of coop space per bird (20 sq. feet for 5 birds) and, if they are confined to runs, a minimum of 10 sq. feet of run space per bird (50 sq. feet for 5 birds), but more is always better. There is a good article on this subject at http://naturalchickenkeeping.blogspot.com/2013/04/how-much-coop-and-run-space-do-i-need.html