stag pen plans

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

So I'm getting ready to make a rooster setup in the forest on the other side of my property from where my coop is. It'll be my area to house extra roosters, roosters or hens in selling, quarantine or hospitalize birds from my laying flocks, and separate young cockerels so that they can mature healthier and faster by themselves without the presence of another rooster in their coop. I'm planning on making roughly 8 pens in total. They'd be two separate structures each having 4 individual pens, with an easily accessible roost bar and cups for food and water. Id also have a full water proof roof and back wall with visual dividers between each of the 4 parts. This is the bottom frame I've measured out and setup as an example:

This is the whole thing:

I'm worried these pens may be too small and possible make the birds quite uncomfortable... but I have seen fairly healthy roosters kept in 1mx1m pens but each pen in my setup would be 1mx1\2m with the wall in the back being a little under 1m tall, and 1m tall in the front with a slanted roof. But is that setup okay even as a stag pen? I'd only ever have 1 bird in each of the four places at a time and nothing larger than a leghorn rooster. What do any of you think? Is it too small?

 

[Sic]

My individuals get a minimum of 32 square feet of space. That's all I am going to say.

 

[wrathsfarm]

Following along for interest, but I just have a bachelor coop. I've had pretty good success adding new juveniles to the group with minimal fighting even within ear/eye shot of the females.
The dominant male of the group controls and breaks up the fights that do occur.
I'm down to 3 boys now with 7 at most in there at one time.
Pic shows 3 age groups, White is the dominant.

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

Following along for interest, but I just have a bachelor coop. I've had pretty good success adding new juveniles to the group with minimal fighting even within ear/eye shot of the females.
The dominant male of the group controls and breaks up the fights that do occur.
I'm down to 3 boys now with 7 at most in there at one time.
Pic shows 3 age groups, White is the dominant.
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That's cool! Are those marans? They're so handsome! I thought about doing a big coop and housing my extra roosters all together but tbh I just don't like the risk of fighting between roosters so i feel like having my extra roosters in their own spaces is safer. Plus cockerels also tend to mature far faster by themselves since the presence of another rooster in their coop tends to slow their development to prevent the more mature dominant roosters from kicking them out.

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

My individuals get a minimum of 32 square feet of space. That's all I am going to say.

A minimum of 32 square feet each or as a flock?

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

So I'm getting ready to make a rooster setup in the forest on the other side of my property from where my coop is. It'll be my area to house extra roosters, roosters or hens in selling, quarantine or hospitalize birds from my laying flocks, and separate young cockerels so that they can mature healthier and faster by themselves without the presence of another rooster in their coop. I'm planning on making roughly 8 pens in total. They'd be two separate structures each having 4 individual pens, with an easily accessible roost bar and cups for food and water. Id also have a full water proof roof and back wall with visual dividers between each of the 4 parts. This is the bottom frame I've measured out and setup as an example:View attachment 4099311
This is the whole thing:
View attachment 4099312

I'm worried these pens may be too small and possible make the birds quite uncomfortable... but I have seen fairly healthy roosters kept in 1mx1m pens but each pen in my setup would be 1mx1\2m with the wall in the back being a little under 1m tall, and 1m tall in the front with a slanted roof. But is that setup okay even as a stag pen? I'd only ever have 1 bird in each of the four places at a time and nothing larger than a leghorn rooster. What do any of you think? Is it too small?

each of the four spaces should be roughly 5 square feet which I'd assume is okay for a single rooster...

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

each of the four spaces should be roughly 5 square feet which I'd assume is okay for a single rooster...

I've always heard that the minimum space per bird in a coop is 3 square feet unless if the bird is massive or something like an Orpington

 

[wrathsfarm]

That's cool! Are those marans? They're so handsome! I thought about doing a big coop and housing my extra roosters all together but tbh I just don't like the risk of fighting between roosters so i feel like having my extra roosters in their own spaces is safer. Plus cockerels also tend to mature far faster by themselves since the presence of another rooster in their coop tends to slow their development to prevent the more mature dominant roosters from kicking them out.

Yes, Black Coppers and the Recessive White is a BBS Silver Marans. I haven't got him paired up yet to see what he's hiding... I'm hoping Blue. I only have 1 Black Silver pullet at the moment but have a couple more dozen eggs coming soon to increase that flock from the same breeder.

Real curious to see how your stag pens go.

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

Yes, Black Coppers and the Recessive White is a BBS Silver Marans. I haven't got him paired up yet to see what he's hiding... I'm hoping Blue. I only have 1 Black Silver pullet at the moment but have a couple more dozen eggs coming soon to increase that flock from the same breeder.

That's awesome! I hope your eggs hatch well! That sounds like a really interesting project!

Real curious to see how your stag pens go.

Thanks!

 

[Sic]

A minimum of 32 square feet each or as a flock?

Each, in a 4ft x 8ft, includes coop, roost and run. I have 4 of those. 1 grow out area coop/run at 6x16 and main flock area is 520 square ft, they free range. I don't have infirm birds so no need for small enclosures.