I have four brooders, 55 gallon rubber made containers. Three 10 week old chicks in each (i got behind on the coop) and 8 red sex links in the other one. They all free range during the daytime together. But every night i chase em down and put them to bed in the garage.... (thats a family funny home video in itself!!!) But i put all four brooders in the garage and but wood and chicken wire on top. I forgot to and i thought of it five minutes after i left and i went down in and one brooder had four chicks the opther had three and one had two, the brooder full of the red sex links had two out of 8 chicks in it..... So i went on a chicken hunt in my garage. For future reference. Chickens like to hold in all their poo until they relize you don't want them pooping on something.... They also found our front door steps today,
Then one chick flew from the top of the stairs to about 3 inches away from my moms face!!! I herd her scream and I thought it was a dog bark!!!!
My mom went manly for a second!! bahahahahaha om my he joy of keeping chickens = ]