1st time with bantams.
I have, I believe, 4 six week + cockerels, 5 six week pullets, and one 18 months hen.
At the moment I have two standards, 4 weeks and 6 weeks, housed with them.
I will be rehoming two to three of the cockerels soon. The standards will move out in a couple of weeks.
Climate: hot and humid summers and mild winters with a few days freezing or below
(It's in the high 90s at the moment.)
Question:
1. Will they need more winter coverage than standards?
2. Is this adequate room for the winter for 7 to 8 bantams?
(20 square foot roost area, 63 sq foot run, including a nest box and feeder/water area.)
These are temporary quarters. They'll get a new coop and run in the spring. They will have yard time, in a small, fenced (about 16 x 40 area) uncovered yard with supervision, and may also be allowed to run in the big yard with the standards, depending on how things progress.
Here is a (not to scale) diagram of their temporary coop& run
There is a summer/fair weather coop to the left of their run. A large run behind and to the left of their coop, to the right there is an 8 x 10 enclosed coop. All are secured by hardware cloth.
Side view from the standard coop
View of ladder roost from the bantam run (the window on the right is to the standard coop, not the outside)
The roost area is 4' x 5' the run is 7 x 9 and has a solid roof. Height of the run is 6.5' height of coop is 5' (storage area above)
I have, I believe, 4 six week + cockerels, 5 six week pullets, and one 18 months hen.
At the moment I have two standards, 4 weeks and 6 weeks, housed with them.
I will be rehoming two to three of the cockerels soon. The standards will move out in a couple of weeks.
Climate: hot and humid summers and mild winters with a few days freezing or below
(It's in the high 90s at the moment.)
Question:
1. Will they need more winter coverage than standards?
2. Is this adequate room for the winter for 7 to 8 bantams?
(20 square foot roost area, 63 sq foot run, including a nest box and feeder/water area.)
These are temporary quarters. They'll get a new coop and run in the spring. They will have yard time, in a small, fenced (about 16 x 40 area) uncovered yard with supervision, and may also be allowed to run in the big yard with the standards, depending on how things progress.
Here is a (not to scale) diagram of their temporary coop& run
There is a summer/fair weather coop to the left of their run. A large run behind and to the left of their coop, to the right there is an 8 x 10 enclosed coop. All are secured by hardware cloth.
Side view from the standard coop
View of ladder roost from the bantam run (the window on the right is to the standard coop, not the outside)
The roost area is 4' x 5' the run is 7 x 9 and has a solid roof. Height of the run is 6.5' height of coop is 5' (storage area above)