Jensownzoo
Songster
Hi. My ten chicks are 10 and 12 days old, and I've had them for just under a week. One of them is already trying to hop out of the brooder box. I am wondering if I created a "pen" of sorts and moved them to our garage, and kept the brooder box, but cut down one side of it so that they can get out and wonder but then go back into the box for food and water and warmth, if that's okay. Or if I should just keep them in the brooder box? Or maybe I could put the pen around the box in case they get out of the box? Is there such a thing as too much space for these little suckers??
More space is good for exercise and the psyche, but you're going to want to put a top on whatever you end up putting them in...a rough estimate is that they can fly as high in feet as they are weeks old.