Help with some coop / brooder math!

[aart]

The four-square-foot guideline is pretty much tried and true from (sometimes painful) experience.

Many of us have found that it's a minimum.

With a 6x 8 coop, and half acre of free range space I can’t imagine 12 birds not having enough space. That’s seems like more than enough. Am I missing something?

Free ranging can be cut short by bad weather and/or predator pressure.

Do you have any plans for a run?

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[BigBlueHen53]

Many of us have found that it's a minimum

To quote yourself, "True dat!"

 

[rosemarythyme]

Since you already have this coop and run built, another idea would be to simply turn this entire thing into a coop since the basic structure is in place. Depending on your climate you may not even need to board up most/all the walls.

It would mean you don't have a run so would either need to add a new one or free range full time.