sue marsh Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Hi I have bought a and am in the process of building a WIR that will be, 30ft x 9ft. The will be on the outside of the run, butted up etc. How many chickens can a house? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 A will hold up to 10 chickens, according to the literature - they would easily sleep in there but I think you might have queues for the nestbox! However the real issue is the size of your run. Allow around 1m squ per chicken, if you have a 30' run then you can certainly get ten hens in there. What a lovely big run - I'm very envious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sue marsh Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 Thank you, want to get 8 but did not want them to be crowded in the Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanTheDiver Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 I had six chickens in a cube which was fine but, as Olly says, there was a queue for the nest in the mornings with the lower rankings having to wait their turn and became quite vocal about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...