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DobieLover said:
Hello and welcome to BYC! :frow Glad you joined.
Can you post pictures of their coop and tractor? Do you have a plan for what you're going to do with any excess cockerels?
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I’ll take some pictures of the coop and tractors this afternoon, although the coop that we have is definitely too small for 6 full grown hens - it was built to house three. The high school tech classes are currently in the process of designing a larger coop, with a list of dimension and feature requirements from us. The best design will be built by the class (and if they don’t finish it by the end of June, the school has agreed to pay their teacher to finish it during the summer). In the meantime, they are enjoying the tractor during the day and coming in at night since it’s still pretty chilly here overnight.

The ag teacher I work with is a dairy goat farmer and has a small flock of chickens at her home. She doesn’t have a rooster currently, so if we end up with a surprise cockerel or two she is just going to take them home with her and try to make it work with her flock. We aren’t allowed to have roosters at school or where I live in the village, unfortunately. I bought them as pullets, so I’m hoping I’ll be one of the lucky few who actually ends up with 6 girls.
 
Josie414 said:
with a list of dimension and feature requirements from us
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I hope you visited the coop and run forum so that you know what the best features are for a chicken coop such as approximately one square foot of permanently open ventilation per bird, one linear foot of roost per bird, 3.5 - 4 square feet of area per bird and one nest box for every four to five hens.
And everything covered in 1/2" hardware cloth to prevent the entry of predators during the night. Lots of windows to help with ambient light in the evenings so that they're willingly enter their coop.
 
DobieLover said:
I hope you visited the coop and run forum so that you know what the best features are for a chicken coop such as approximately one square foot of permanently open ventilation per bird, one linear foot of roost per bird, 3.5 - 4 square feet of area per bird and one nest box for every four to five hens.
And everything covered in 1/2" hardware cloth to prevent the entry of predators during the night. Lots of windows to help with ambient light in the evenings so that they're willingly enter their coop.
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Yes, I'm a librarian - I research everything to death before diving in ;)
 

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