What should I do? Risk of pecking each other?

[Dalylah]

Hello! So I have 5 chickens and they are free ranging but today it is going to be 118 degrees outside and they are used to 90 degree weather so I brought them in because they struggle with the heat as it is and with this heat I am not willing to take the risk of losing one. So I put 2 dog crates together and put fruit and food and mealworms on the ground for them to snack on but now I am worried that they are miserable and are going to peck each other in such a small space, they will be in there till 7:00 at night and I feel terrible but I don’t want them to get heat stroke because I won’t be home to check on them.what do you think? Should I put 3 in one crate and 2 in the other to lower the risk?

 

[casportpony]

Can you put one or two outside the crate?

 

[Dalylah]

Can you put one or two outside the crate?

I would but there is to many thing in the room that are tiny that they would eat.

 

[Dalylah]

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Can you put one or two outside the crate?

Should I just put 2 in one crate and 3 in the other?

 

[MotherOHens]

I'd put them all together.

Could you back the cages up to each other, where it's door to door, and zip tie it -- or drop a weight behind them so they stay together..?

I hope I am explaining myself correctly

 

[M-H-Fielding]

Love your hens!
I don't think they will peck each other, as long as they have enough space. As far as I've seen, chickens are pritty social.

 

[Dalylah]

Nice birds ! If they start pecking then do something different , If it isn't broke don't fix it!

Thank you! I ended up separating two from the 3 becuase they were pecking my buff Orpington.

 

[aart]

Give them some EL to help with the heat stress.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/aarts-hot-weather-spiel.75893/