just got wind of permies.com.new to computers,didn't go to shcool that long,type with one finger.yes i am from wisconsin,yes i do own coolers but not THAT many! just enough. anyhow,this next season will be my 3rd year gardening,must be up to 6 to 7000 sq',learning what i don't know. want to grow chickens for meat,eggs a plus. considering 25 to 50.live about a mile from the mississippi.preditors,cayotes,fox,racoons,occasional moutain lyon,swedes,bear. want to put the chickens under a canopy of young 6 to 12 inch basswood ,elm, hackberry,afew red and white oak.how many sq' are needed per chicken?like the rotating paddock plan found here. i do have a racoon killing machine,yellow lab and a dumped found american staffordshire terrior(pit bull).both protective,no time for varmints