The girls are all crazy with the Rooster

[TheKindaFarmGal]

How many chickens do you have altogether? Is the second coop the same size as the first?

 

[jlovepj1027]

How many chickens do you have altogether? Is the second coop the same size as the first?

No it's much larger. And the run is quite large and then they free range as well. The other coop could be a play house for my kids

 

[junebuggena]

Dimensions? A chicken's idea of plenty of room can be very different.

 

[jlovepj1027]

Dimensions? A chicken's idea of plenty of room can be very different.

It's 6ft wide by 8ft ft and 4ft high.

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

Sounds fine. How many chickens do you have?

 

[jlovepj1027]

It's 6ft wide by 8ft ft and 4ft high.

It has two nesting boxes and 6 roost bars. It opens from one side of the ceiling.

 

[carlf]

6x8 is a nice size coop.
Mine is 4x4x4, houses 5 hens, the 3 next boxes extend off the back.
My run is 8x15.
Plus the coop is 2.5' off the ground so they can get under it. Lots of shade from bush on one side and a shed on the other, both right next to the run.

 

[junebuggena]

The coop is only the enclosed shelter portion, just to be clear, and does not include the nest boxes. Still 6x8? Should be enough for 9 to 12, depending on the size and temperament of the birds.

 

[jlovepj1027]

They are all pretty much the same size and no that does not include the nesting boxed, and my birds consist of a maran, EE & legbar. The run beyond huge. And even then they free range. If I don't open that fate by 5:30am they have already flown over it lol!

 

[jlovepj1027]

Before I lost two of my hens and one is brooding, seven used to sleep in there comfortably. So it's just odd that these two little ones they don't want in there and now it's only the three of them.