Turning an old rabbit hutch into a banty coop ??

[EasterEggersRULE]

The hutch is 42inches long and 2ft deep and 2ft high on the inside.The hutch is on 2ft legs. Its a very very nice hutch made of fir has been on our porch but i moved the rabbit inside and i am going to turn it into a banty coop. One side is a wood door and that will be the nesting area/roosting area and the other half is a hardware cloth door. I am going to add on a 5ft run that 2ft wide and 3ft tall. I will have a ramp coming down from the bottom of the hutch after i remove the hardware cloth flooring (half of the flooring is wood and its in the nesting/roosting area) and make some ajustments. How many banties can i hold in a set up like this ??
I will allow them to free range for a few hours a day when i am outside gardening. I do have one standard barred rock hen i will probably be adding to.
Will it work or do i need to build a seperate coop ?




Thanks in advance !!!

 

[SilkieChickenLover336]

i think it could work! post pics of it please

 

[EasterEggersRULE]

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Ok how do i post pics on here ?

 

[EasterEggersRULE]

Let me know if this works. (excuse the oprington and the white fence he has a broken toe i splinted and is leaving tomorrow)

 

[EasterEggersRULE]

Should work now. (again excuse the oprington and the white fence)

 

[SteveBaz]

I have a BO and they are so sweet. You must love your girl too? Am I right ? So cute and lovers

 

[I-Have-Happy-Hens]

3-4 It depends on the weather where you are

 

[EasterEggersRULE]

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Yes i love my BO its a he though. Our neighbors are being very kind and allowing me to keep him until thursday when he goes back to my friends he got steped on by a horse and has a broken toe i had to splint.
I have to be careful cause all of us around here have outlaw chickens

 

[SteveBaz]

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Is this the chicken with the toe bent under his foot broken, poor little thing.

 

[EasterEggersRULE]

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Is this the chicken with the toe bent under his foot broken, poor little thing.

He has a fracture about 1/4th up his middle toe and i splinted it so it would heal proporly. It seems when ever you keep chickens near horses they get steped on all the time.