Roost Spacing of chickens

[Mom of six hens]

It works for my girlies.

 

[Mom of six hens]

They climb the steps jump on the roost and jump back and forth on the roosts until they get "their" spot.

 

[Mom of six hens]

And dont ask me how, but Petunia roosts on the top of the window about 18 inches above the roost. It is only about 8 inches wide, 2 inches deep and ten inches tall, but she sqeezes up there and enjoys her sleep.

 

[chickens really]

How big is this Coop ? How many adult chickens will it have to hold...?

 

[ElaynasChick]

How big is this Coop ? How many adult chickens will it have to hold...?

My coop is 4ftx6ft 4feet high at the highest hight and and slants down to 3 and a half feet i will have 8 adult chickens and with the three roosts i have it would be 18 total feet of roost space. so i guess i could have 18 chickens

 

[ValerieJ]

can they fly up through a 1ft gap?

I don't think so. @aart would know.

 

[aart]

My coop is 4ftx6ft 4feet high at the highest hight and and slants down to 3 and a half feet i will have 8 adult chickens and with the three roosts i have it would be 18 total feet of roost space. so i guess i could have 18 chickens

Take out one of the three roosts for more navigation space.
Make roosts as low as possible with them still being above nests.
4x6 is tight for 8 birds.
You're kidding about 18, right?

 

[Mom of six hens]

My coop was the same size. Last winter, it was really tight for six pullets. I added a second and a half floors.The ground floor is the dining and family room. The second story houses the egg boxes and the living room. The half floor on top houses the roosts. They seem a lot happier now. We do get snow and ice here, so the girls are cooped up quite a bit.

 

[ValerieJ]

My coop was the same size. Last winter, it was really tight for six pullets. I added a second and a half floors.The ground floor is the dining and family room. The second story houses the egg boxes and the living room. The half floor on top houses the roosts. They seem a lot happier now. We do get snow and ice here, so the girls are cooped up quite a bit.

That's clever.

 

[ElaynasChick]

Take out one of the three roosts for more navigation space.
Make roosts as low as possible with them still being above nests.
4x6 is tight for 8 birds.
You're kidding about 18, right?

Okay i will take out the third one out, is 2ft too high? yes i was totally kidding that would probably basically be animal abuse. sorry if i scared you with my joke