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7x12 Lean-To Walk-In Coop with Run
$8,399
The short answer: plan on roughly 3โ4 sq ft per hen inside the coop and about 10 sq ft per hen in the run. These are common rules of thumb, not hard laws. Breed, climate and how much your birds free-range all change the math.
Once you're cleaning a coop for a dozen or more birds, crouching through a hatch gets old fast. A walk-in coop lets you stand up inside to rake bedding, fill feeders and gather eggs. Many also have room to store feed and tools.
A common rule of thumb is about 3 to 4 square feet per standard-size hen inside the coop, plus about 10 square feet per hen in the run. Builders set their own recommended flock size for each model, and that's the number we list on every coop.
Most chicken keepers end up adding birds. If you plan to grow your flock, pick a coop rated for a few more hens than you have today.
Yes. Bantam breeds need roughly half the space of standard-size hens, so a coop holds more of them.
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