I used a large box for the first 3 weeks. Now I've cut that box and added another box and tapped them together because they outgrew the first box. And unfortunately we have snow on the ground now so they'll be six weeks old before they go outside.
Family of four just got our first chickens. 6 Orpingtons. It's been so exciting just to watch them. A month ago I would have thought it was like watching paint dry. Now, that we have them I can't stop. Their two weeks old and growing so fast. The kids named them: wing, patty, nugget...