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The living conditions are the same for all the birds, but I thought OP was claiming to do a lot more of the care. I can see that doing the daily feeding/watering/cleaning is more responsible than leaving someone else to do those things. I agree that seems likely. (Although the parents might say...

If you lay a board over the tarp on each edge, and screw or nail through that into a board underneath, the tarp will survive fairly heavy winds because there is no edge to start flapping, pulling loose, and ripping. But that is a lot more bother to set up, and a lot more bother to replace, than...

You could use hardware cloth (keeps out predators) and tarp (keeps out the wind, rain, snow, etc.) Layer the tarp over the hardware cloth, and fasten it securely on all edges so it cannot flap around. Depending on how much wind you get, there's a good chance it'll last through the worst of the...

You could rehome SOME of them, and keep that particular chicken plus one or two others as companions for it. The less chickens you have, the fewer problems they will have with your current setup while they wait for you to make the improvements. You are probably right that rehoming them is...

If the parent is the legal owner, then the parent gets to make the final decision about the playhouse, even if the "child" has since grown up into an adult. And I would recommend measuring the playhouse before making a big deal about it-- if it's not big enough, then it's really not worth...

Definitely choose dimensions that work nicely with the materials you have, whether that is pallets or purchased lumber, or a combination of both. Do make sure it is big enough. For 13 chickens, that would be at least 52 square feet. If you want it 6 feet wide, you could make it 9 feet long and...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/aarts-hoop-coop-chicken-tractor.72211/ This article shows a movable hoop coop. It has a base made of wood, and big wire panels ("cattle panels") bent over to form the sides and top. The panels are pretty sturdy, but they have large holes, so the whole...