How to raise Backyard Chickens: Re: [CHICKENS-101] # of chickens in a coop

Well is the 4X6 ft coop their entire space? Part is the run and part the enclosed area? Or is there an attached run? Each chicken should have 4 sq feet in the coop and 8 sq feet in their run. So you could put at the most 2 chickens in the coop if that's all they have to be in.

I have 6 chickens in a 258 sq ft run area, but their coop is only 4 sq ft. So they have plenty of run space but do not have a large shelter space.

Georgia

--- On Fri, 2/26/10, S.F. <ancientscribe@eotworld.com> wrote:

From: S.F. <ancientscribe@eotworld.com>
Subject: [CHICKENS-101] # of chickens in a coop
To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, February 26, 2010, 7:34 PM

Hi everyone,

I am curious to know how much space each chicken needs in a coop.
There is a rule of thumb for the number of fish per gallon of water
is there the same for chickens? How many chickens would fit in a 4x6' coop?

Frances

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