Collection: Large chicken coops
Built for six hens and up. From an 85-inch footprint to a 286 sq ft walk-in enclosure.
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Not sure which one?
Three questions: flock size, yard space, how often you plan to move it.
A large chicken coop, here, means a footprint of 85 inches or more — measured, not adjectival. Ours run from an 85.6-inch steel-framed coop with a run at $269 to a 137-inch XL rated for 10–15 hens at $899, plus a 286 sq ft walk-in enclosure PawHut rates for 30–40 birds.
Every coop on this page has a dimension published by its manufacturer; that is the entry requirement. A coop only appears here if its measurements put it over that line, whatever its title claims.
Buying for the flock you'll have
The usual mistake is buying for today's four hens and adding three in spring. Coop capacity is set by floor area, not enthusiasm. The rule of thumb most keepers work to:
- 4 sq ft of coop per standard hen.
- 8–10 sq ft of run per standard hen.
Six hens therefore want about 24 sq ft under cover, and that is more coop than most starter listings imply.
Why the hen count on a big coop is the least reliable number
A big outside dimension hides a small inside one.
So on every product page we print the manufacturer's figure and, where they publish enough dimensions, our own arithmetic beside it. Sometimes those agree. On the PawHut 96.5-inch coop they don't, and we say so.
Large, and moving
Several of these still roll. The 153-inch coop with a run on four heavy-duty wheels is the longest thing we stock that can be repositioned at all.
Length is what makes that hard: 12 feet of frame needs level ground and, realistically, two people. None of the manufacturers publishes an assembled weight, so the Mobility Spec on those pages reads blank rather than optimistic.
Where to go next
- Room to stand up in? See walk-in chicken coops.
- Want the run included? See chicken coops with runs.
- Want it to move? See mobile chicken coops.