They'll be in a brooder cage. The paper on the floor will be for dust control...I hope. I may let them out a few at a time. It is inside my house though, so I can't push my luck.
My chicks have been in the house for almost 3 weeks and I asked him last night if he smelled them yet. "Nope..not yet" so far so good. Thank goodness for the wood pellet bedding! IT"S AWSOME!
They'll be moved to a spare (empty) bedroom that I can line the walls with plastic and the floors with...
I dunno...I caught him a couple of times during the summer, looking at them freeranging. I think he secretly likes them. Now...if I can only get him to help me process a couple of turkeys next fall... hhmmmm....
A year ago when I got a rooster (to sit on the fence and crow) my DH was fine with that. The breeder talked me into a hen to keep him company (the rooster). DH was even okay with that. Then spring came and DH started saying we needed a few more hens, just in case those eastern tent caterpillars...