Such a thing as a coop being TOO big?

| Hello! I FINALLY have chickens!!!! Babies! And they graduate out of the house at the end of the month. Right now I’m deep in the coop planning stages and have a question with some context. My question: is a 6x8’ coop too big for six chickens? Context: I live in a COLD climate (MN), they will NOT be free range but will have a large run and all the toys they could wish for out there, I live in an urban environment (Minneapolis) so they are definitely backyard chickens. My ultimate concern: bullying, boredom, pecking order, cabin fever, not enough space to spread out when they dont want to go outside, etc. But am I going overboard? I see other people’s coops for EIGHT chickens and they seem to be much smaller than what I’m thinking of going with. I want my ladies to be happy campers. (This is the coop I’m looking to have built and delivered next week with a big long walk-in L shaped run) Also the name of my flock? The Lesbihens. [link] [comments] |
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