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How many chickens can fit in a 8'x12' chicken coop with a 12' foot roof peek?
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∙ 13y ago
Each full grown chicken should have app. 3-5 sq. ft. of room. So in a 5x8 ft. coop there is 40 sq. feet. That means you can have 8-14 chickens. Also, bantams are half. They need about 2-3.5 sq ft. per bird. You could have 11-20 bantams (banties).
These figures apply to circumstances in which the chickens also have access to an outdoor scratch yard or are able to free range for part or all of the day. If, however, the hens and roosters are confined to the chicken coop all day and night, they will need more like 10 square feet per full sized bird. Thus a 5 by 8 foot coop would only hold 4 chickens that are cooped up full time.
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∙ 13y ago
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoIf your chickens will have access to the outdoors and mainly use the coop to lay eggs, seek shelter form the rain, and roost at night, four square feet per bird is sufficient. Thus in your case, an 8x12 coop could serve 24 birds comfortably.
If, on the other hand, you plan to keep the chickens in the coop most of the time and not allow free ranging outdoors, they need more like 10 square feet apiece. For your 96 square feet, you could house 9-10 chickens.
To improve their living space, install roosting bars and laying boxes. Keep a clean layer of bedding (straw or wood chips) in the boxes and clean the coop out weekly.
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