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- How many square feet per chicken? - BackYard Chickens
The greater the number of chickens, the more personal space they can have if the square foot per chicken stays constant Let me explain Assume each chicken occupies 1 square foot of space If you have two chickens and 4 square feet per chicken, the two chickens occupy 2 square feet, which leaves 6 square feet for them to explore
- How many will fit? | BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise Chickens
4 square feet per chicken in the coop (4 square feet = 371 meters) Always check my math 10 square feet per chicken in the run (10 square feet = 93 meters) When we started to plan for chickens we started by picking a coop * Back then the selection process included what looked nice for the backyard, ease of maintenance, and how many will fit
- Square Footage Per Chicken? - BackYard Chickens
4 square feet per chicken is a general guideline for small flocks The more chickens you have the less area each one needs For 30-40 layers that will have access to the outdoors every day you'll problaby be ok with less than 4ft bird, maybe 8'x12'? Put a rack of roosting bars on one side, and 8-10 nesting boxes on the other side
- How many square feet do I need per hen in my coop
I have three hens with approx 10 square feet of coop space, not including the external nesting area, and 32 sq ft of run including the space under the raised coop One of the hens is often in a "foul" mood and bullies the others but she was like that before I got her, when she was free range Other than that they seem to be doing fine
- 50 sq ft. coop + 300 sq. ft run = how many chickens?
I have seen several different numbers as to how much space is needed per chicken for coops and runs, but I'm still not sure exactly how many chickens we can comfortably support with 50 sq ft of coop space and 300 sq ft of run Right now we have 6 adult chickens (5 large breed, 1 bantam) and 3 chicks It seems like they have more than enough room
- How many square feet per chicken? - BackYard Chickens
Like everything else, it depends on your chickens If they start showing signs of overcrowding, like pecking each other, then you need more In order to have the ground stay green that is, in order for them not to eat everything in sight and turn your run into a desert, the answer is 87
- How much room do bantams need? - BackYard Chickens
I have bantams, and I follow the same rule of thumb as for standards (4 square feet per bird indoors, plus 10 square feet per bird, outdoors) Even though bantams are physically smaller than the standard breeds, they're very lively and active mine are, anyway
- How many square feet per chicken in the coop? - BackYard Chickens
The international rule of thumb is about two square feet per bird Good to see you want to free range rather than employ the feed lot style of raising chickens used here a lot on BYC: small coop and a bare dirt run When I hear the 4:10 rule mentioned I cringe and think about the cattle feed lots out west
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