Question reguarding temporary winter pen

[Glenmar]

Ok. Right now I have 3 peas and a rooster in a 12 x 12 horse stall with a very high celling.
They were hatched in Aug and Sept, so they are very young. The rooster was hatched with one of the
young peahens and they are bonded, so I did not seperate him out yet. My plan is to free range them in the spring
with my other 2 adults.

My question is that I will be getting a pair that is 5-7 yrs old. Can I put them in with these young ones. Will this stall be big enough
for all of them until about March?? There are some large branches that I placed in there for roosts.

How long should I quarenteen the pair?? The only thing I have to put them in is two 3x3 dog crates unless I give them the whole barn.
The only problem with doing that is my adult boy likes to sleep in there at night.

Suggestions would be helpful.


thanks

 

[Arbor]

I'd probably stay away from putting the adults in with the young ones. I keep up to 5 young in a winter pen like that, and that is a little cramped come spring. I usually quarantine for a minimum of 2 weeks and a maximum of 4 weeks and then worm them as soon as I get them. THis gives lots of time to observe their behaviours and be sure they are visually disease free.