How many chickens can sleep and lay in this unit?
192707
I'm using the hut for my ducks. I took the two roosting rods out. Six Pekin ducks sleep inside it; however, they are spread out throughout the floor.
192708
Depends on the size of your run, figure 3-4 square foot per bird, as for the hutch, with adequate size free range or run, up to a dozen.
1995164
Realistically? If I were a hen, I would not want to share it with 7 other hens. Four hens are enough.
1035507
I am not sure. It is a fairly sturdy hutch, but my 2 chicks got too large for it very quickly. The covered area wasn't large enough for both to sleep in. If you do buy it, consider replacing the plastic knob that "latches" the door from the outside. An animal ripped it off and killed one of our chickens!
1995161
Personally I think this one would house only 3 or 4 chickens. I'll be using it soon for 3 new additions to my flock before integrating them into the bigger group. The side opens (opposite the nesting boxes) and the floor slides out for cleaning.
1402399
you can fit many it has 4 feeding/water holders and two large doors, my bird is lonely in such a large cage by himself so we will buy more, I would say 6 would be comfortable
1088110
Yes but maybe only 1. Chickens need room to move and this doesnt have that much room for that. I have chickens and it is too small for my pets. We have the rabbit in the cage.
1306616
I wouldn't use this for chickens. The "house" would barely be large enough for one bird.
783104
I had an injured hen and her healthy friend (for companionship) placed in this coop/pen and they crawled under the house and laid there in the shade. They can fit and they will lay down there, but they can't stand fully upright. My two were an Easter Egger/Ameraucana and a Cochin if that helps.
603975
I have six chickens and two boxes. When I first installed the nesting boxes, I had them staggered with one higher than the other. I found the higher box was not used. When I lowered the boxes to be at the same height and nearly touching, I found an egg in both boxes the next afternoon. My girls love them!
1115482
I think it would hold up just fine. You could put a heating pad inside just to make sure your chickens where nice and warm. I have four chickens in mine so they sleep pretty close together I've never had any problems.
1203424
We have two bantams in it. We set it on a foundation of cement blocks to raise it about 10 inches. Without the blocks, the area under the shelter was so short the chickens didn't want to go under it. I wouldn't try to put standard size chickens in it, the door hole and interior of the shelter are just too small, in my opinion.
1069406
It might be possible but the average sized chickens would be crowded a bit. There also would be not enough clearance of you install a heat bulb for cold winters. If you have plans to use it for Cornish hens or other smaller birds, installing perches could be done easily.I only have two birds residing in this coop, and they are comfortable. I could probably get away with a total of four( I have Rhode Island Red birds)but, then they would be more than cozy and might squabble for space. I found this a good starter coop, but I'm already looking to expand into a larger one.
414238
I'm not sure how big those are, but I think 4 regular chickens could fit (two perches, our two share one usually), but no more.
2059901
In my opinion, 3 standard or 4 bantam. Although they go in to sleep and lay eggs, there is not a lot of room to roam.
1716355
Just one. But it's still very roomy for the bigger birds (Buff Orp, Barred Rock, etc.). My hens went through a phase when they all preferred one box over the others. So I found three all crammed into one (but one of them was literally hanging out the opening). The product photo is very accurate regarding space. It's comfortably snug-- enough space for one hen to arrange her nest, but not roomy enough for more than one to be in there happily. I have ten hens (all of the medium-large variety) and three boxes. Works perfectly.
1925294
We have had up to 60 chickens at one time and 60 meat birds at another time. They fit comfortably until about 3 weeks and began getting cramped. But you can put any bird in it and the best thing about this brooder is you can adjust the windows to the feeders depending on the size of bird and it keeps their water clean and food clean!!! Hope this helped!
604019
I have a large rhode island red and two silkies in mine. They don't like to roost, so they all sit in the tray at night and there is plenty of room for sleeping. I don't think there would be enough room for four full-sized chickens to stay 24-hours in the coop so a pen they could walk around in during the day would be good. We haven't really closed the sliding door at night b/c we let the hens free range in the garden sometimes, then scoot them in at night and lock the coop door.