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For home or ‘backyard’ chicken keepers there is no set rule for this but a minimum run around 20 square feet would be enough for 4 hens. That’s just 5 feet by 4 feet. Studies have shown that commercial free range hens don’t tend to wander too far from their shed, despite being allowed 10 square metres per bird in the regulations.
