[CRussel]

One postage stamp backyard can easily support a half dozen hens. My 8x12 Taj MaHen can handle that many even if I can't let them loose on the street. (We always did, and they'd come running down the street when I called them to tuck in for the night, but now we've got a coyote that thinks they're yummy, so they have to stay in the coop.)