Sooo much pooping

[chuckmum6]

I have a 5 meter cube train, with perching tables, a log, trug dust baths and a full width perch. This is home to 5 bantams and a Legbar, do you think I could add two more bantams? They do free range part time.

[tom123]

Most people will disagree with me now but this is how I work out how many birds.

 

2m x 1m = 2/3 Big Hens 3/5 Bantams

 

 

So 5m x 1m (roughly) could hold 9/10 bantams? You have 5 Bantams and 1 LF, lets call it 7 Bantams. So yes, I think you could add 2/3 medium/small bantams quite easily if you follow a slow introduction process

 

[chuckmum6]

Thanks, I have just bought a Forsham ark 2nd hand for introduction, so two little bantie wyandottes will be my Mothers Day present, better than a bunch of flowers!

[tom123]

Good Good

 

What colours?

 

[Falkor]

I have 14 in a 7m cube choo choo train with free ranging and have no problems (apart from more broodies than I can break )

 

My train, like yours has perches, tables and also one of the extension has a sqaure rabbit run in it so they have an upstairs/downstairs section.

 

My lot also tend to "hang out" together so only seem to use 2m at a time but never then same 2m

 

I would recommend additional nestboxes if increasing chook numbers as i had ques and extreme silkie screeching as a result I use plastic cat boxes

 

As Tom has said and I agree....it is all about the introductions!!

 

I was lucky enough to get my hands on spare door panels so I put a door in the last metre of extension and pop the newbies in there with a little wooden house and let introductions take as long as need be

 

OOOHHHH Bantie dottes! What colours!!!!!

[chuckmum6]

I have one spare side run, which I thought I could use to split the train with the newbies and ark in one side. Initially they can sit in the ark next to the cube. I'm planning a two week intro and then I have a 3 week holiday so I can supervise them!

Dotties possibly: a partridge and buff laced, I have a silver laced and a blue laced.