loumabel Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 I have an empty classic at the moment and I am helping out at a Battery Hen rescue later in the month so I may just sneak a few waifs and strays in the boot of the car How many chickens can I happily fit in a classic. I had two girlys in it previously, is this the maximum? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken shack Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 I put 3 ex batts in a and they were fine. Remember they will still have more space than they are used to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakjon-98 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 It depends on the size of the run. Omlet says it can sleep 4 - I have four in my and they take up about a third of the room when they huddle together and some people on here with walk in runs have 6 in a classic. A standard run can hold 2 comfortably but maybe 3 with free range time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loumabel Posted October 15, 2012 Author Share Posted October 15, 2012 Sorry I should have said I have a 6ft x 9ft WIR attached to the classic. Do you think 4 would be ok or would 3 be more comfy? Thanks for all your replies X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakjon-98 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 I think 4 would be more than happy in that size run since the recommended space is 1m squared per hen. Good luck getting some Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Four, definitely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I had 3 ex batts in my and they seemed quite happy. Before that and before we had the we had 4 hybrids in the with an extended run, there was plenty of room in the with 4 chooks in it at night. I would go for 4 ex batts, of my 3 one only had a short time with us. Just have Agnes now she has had over 18 months of freedom and lays most days. Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hl050 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I have 2 eglus and 6 chooks in WIR but they all cram in one eglu at night and seem quite happy - they still use both to lay though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR666 Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 We have 5 in a with extra WIR and they seem quite happy at night all cuddled up together. We did find in the middle of the summer that 2 of the preferred to sleep in the WIR rather than the eglu but as soon as the temperature started to fall they all started cramming in together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loumabel Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 Thanks all!!! four it is then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
