would you raise chicks in these conditions?

[sparkles2307]

Picture a 2'x6' pen made of 2' welded wire on 3 sides and resing agains chain link on the 4th side. The "coop" is a piece of tin siding (a small piece) propped up against a small piece of plywood on the ground which basically creates a leaky tent. One 1/2 gal waterer and one small chick feeder. 12 6 week old chicks and a month old duck. Really?

 

[debilorrah]

That is big enough for 2 chickens.

 

[Teach97]

I probably do worse on a regular basis

 

[sparkles2307]

I guess my birds are spoiled?

 

[debilorrah]

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Let me gt this right... you have 12 birds and 1 duck in a 2 foot by 6 foot area?

 

[MissJenny]

So whose birds are these? Are they in need of "rescue"... sounds like something you've stumbled into and don't quite know how to "fix". Is that right?

Jenny

 

[SkyWarrior]

Seems a tad small, but maybe I'm not doing the math right.

I thought about 1 square foot per chick and about 2 to 4 square foot per adult.

I have two 6 x 6 pens (72 square feet total) for 25 chicks (3 to 10 weeks), 2 goslings, and 2 turkey chicks. 2 one gallon waterers and several feeders. They are housed in a barn with a roof. I separated them out this weekend when it became obvious the goslings were getting BIG.

The cornish x and goslings are together and I'll be moving the turkey chicks over soon.

 

[redhen]

Nope.. it sounds pretty crummy actually.
I hate when people dont give their animals proper shelter... makes me sick for the animals...

 

[GermanChick]

Doesn't sound good to me, but I like to give my animals the best possible care ......
Are you thinking of rescuing them ?

 

[BrownEggFan]

Ok, I don't know the square footage requirements for chicks, but 2-3 square feet inside the coop and 3-4 sq ft in the run area is what I use as a rule of thumb for adults. I feel bad that the recycled tin I used for the roof of my coop has 3 old nail holes in it...but the litter never seems to get wet when it rains. I need to put some caulking on them to seal them up. I'm new at this, but I'd say the area described is not only too small, it doesn't provide proper shelter from the elements either.