Cheryl Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 We got our Cube at Christmas, with 4 Pepperpots, today we got 2 Ginger Rangers..They free range all day, almost everyday...we hope to build a bigger home around them when the weather brightens up... I understand you can fit 10 in a cube, is this realistic it seems a bit cramped to me? We've got the Chicken Madness bug and love them to bits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 I have got seven hens in my cube with the standard run and two extensions. However, four of my girls are large breeds so I imagine that 10 would be fine, especially as they are let out each day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 I plan to have ten in my cube with two extensions. I think that makes 3 metres in all. The actualy cube is huge I currently have 7 bantams in it and they all sleep in the nest box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 aw good because i was kind of worried about the space.... would 10 really be ok?.. what if they were confined to the run somedays?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lailapet Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 I have never even seen a Cube in real life, but I am sure all 10 would be perfectly fine if they had to stay in the run now and then. Compared to the poor battery hens they are very spoilt - and they would be even more pleased to be let out again... Laila, who is just a little jealous and would love lots more hens some day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 We've got 7 standard sized hens and four bantams in the cube and there's still room for more, which is just as well as I've got 4 ex-batts who will gradually be introduced over the next few weeks so that makes 15! That said, they will, by that tine if OH ever gets off his butt, be in a 12ft x 6ft run that's walk in so I plan for them to have perches and straw bales etc plus other nesting areas, if you had ten in the cube with the run and an extn, they'd probably be alright on the odd day they were left in. Good luck, it's hard isn't it, to stop at four, or five, we started with 5, then up to 7 then 11 and now 15, but that really has to be it as we have NO garden left, it's just mud. Although I would really really love two BRahmas, oh dea, OH will kill me! Mrs Bertie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Brahmas really are lovely Mrs. bertie...go on....you know you want some! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 its like a drug this chicken business i cannot believe it we are talking about building all sorts of stuff in our garden we are drunk with chicken love! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
