leedg Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Hiya, was wondering if anyone could give me some advice. I currently have a walk in run thats 18foot long x 10foot wide (so 180ft2). I was just wondering how many hybrid size chickens this can comfortably hold without being overcrowded (bearing in mind my chickens only get to free range out of the run for a short time at the weekends) many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Very very general idea is 1 square metre per chook Hybrids can be prone to more behavioural problems than pure breeds though I think that the run would hold as many chooks as would be comfortable in there, not a good answer I know If you already have chooks separate off a bit of run and introduce a few, let things settle down and see if you think a few more would be happy in the area - more complicated dealing with intros but better than packing them in and regretting it later If you are starting from scratch then maybe start with up to ten or so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leedg Posted July 18, 2011 Author Share Posted July 18, 2011 thanks for your reply, I just wanted to check my existing birds werent overcrowded. Only have 6 at the minute, but hopefully more in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
