One week old chicks flying..yikes!

[Wateredgarden11]

I have my six chicks (one week old) in two boxes that I attached together. One side is for sleeping with the light, food, and water.
They have an opening to run into the other side where I have perches, stuffed animals, play room type. This morning I came down stairs to find them flying around in my sunroom! Talk about heart failure!

I am quickly trying to cobble up some larger area with a dog kennel that is four feet high and bird netting..LOL
Has anyone else had this problem with their birds flying at one week old? How in heavens name do these birds live in tupperware tubs or boxes for five weeks? What do others do with their chicks once they seem to want to fly?

 

[artsyrobin]

Gotta love it!! Actuall i got some poultry netting and rigged a barrier- my banty roo is great at figuring out how to get out, have named him houdini

 

[genabeana]

I can't imagine birds that small flying! It must be cute! Mine lived in an aquarium for 2 weeks, then boxes. At about 5 weeks a couple of them started jumping out of the boxes and running around. Now they're outside at 7 weeks.

I'd love to see your flying chicks, can you post a picture?

 

[Gloria]

An oven rack over the top works well too!

 

[aidenbaby]

While they haven't made it over the side of the brooder, mine have been trying very hard to fly. Little buggers particularly like to try when I am putting them back into it.

 

[Wateredgarden11]

Genabena,
Since we have a mini schnauzer who was crated in the same room where my chicks were flying around..you can imagine how horrified I was!..Lucky we crate her at night. I do NOT trust her at all.
We bought these chicks from TS so I am only guessing at their age of one week. Even while I was quickly jury rigging up a bigger box and higher fence..they were jumping up on the sides of the box. I am so new to posting at forums I can't even figure out if I am posting new topics correctly. Forgive me if I am not moderators. Still trying to figure out how to post.
If you click on my BYC page I added pictures of my NEW jury rigged solution to flying chicks. LOL

 

[Chickenmaven]

One of my hatchery chicks flew at two & a half weeks. I had them in a blocked off shower stall. The baracade was 4 ft. tall. She would fly up on the baracade & perch there. She is an Andalusian & one of my favorites, now.

 

[lceh]

I laid a baby gate over the top of my brooder tub to keep my 1-week-olds in. I've also heard of people putting an old window screen across the top.

 

[silversage03]

The sides of their pen either have to be fairly tall, or you've got to put a piece of screen or fence on top! Mine have even escaped WITH the barrier. I was really surprised at how quickly they started flying....especially after my husband said "Oh, chickens can't fly!"

 

[RendonRoo]

I use 2x4 wire over my tupperware type brooder. They have still jumped up thru the wire at 2 weeks old. After about 3 weeks they are to big to get thru. Don't keep them from trying. LOL