Would a baby chicken die if it lives inside?

Question

if a baby chicken lives inside a house in a big carton box with water and food and if i don't take it outside would it die?

does it have to go outside and have fresh air but i am scared if something comes to eat is:(?

please help/.

ps: are they hard to take care of??

Answer 1

it depends on how old the chick is. if its still under five weeks old its best to keep it inside because it'll get cold. once it gets older you can take it outside for a scratch, but keep an eye on it and don't let it get out of sight. twenty minutes a day should be enough for young chickens. also, try and have more than one chick. they like to have other chickens around them, they get lonely really easily.  

Answer 2

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Answer 3

  No,it will not die.

  I keep my chicks/ducklings in a spare bathroom but when weather permits. . not too cold,I take them outside for the sunshine,fresh air and exercise.

  I have a makeshift pen made of chicken wire and stakes that I allow my ducklings to roam in BUT I always keep my chicks in a wire cage when I am cleaning their cage.

   NEVER EVER do I leave those babies unattended as I am afraid of predators that might come up. . . almost lost ducklings once to a neighbors dog that came along while I had my back turned. . . . a lesson well learned.



   I use one of two cages. . either my chicken transport cage or a guinea pig/rabbit cage.

   You could build an expensive one with some 2x2's and small holed chicken wire or hail screen.   Build a box shape with the 2x2's and nail on the screen/wire and add a door.    Build it big enough and you could use it even after the chick gets bigger. . could be used as a coop later if you build it large enough.

Keep in mind that your chick will need to stay warm until it feathers out and the carton box is ideal for this as it retains your heat better than an open cage would but on warm pretty days I'm sure it would enjoy being outside even for just a little bit. . . .so fun to watch my chicks picking through the cage to eat grass/bugs.

Good Luck

Answer 4

no it wont but you must make sure it has plenty of sunlight maybe when you are going out side to the back yard take it with you it just needs a good bit of fresh air and sun

Answer 5

how bout a cage?

couse until what i now..every living thing needs fresh air.

they're not hard to take care of.

just make sure you know where you walk.

my aunt stepped on her daughter's baby chicken 2 times & wouldn't die.

the 3rd time i think he got like a heart attack or something, so then my dad had to give him mouth to mouth & survived!!

(:

the 4th time...the poor baby chicken died.

R.I.P

but they're cute!

Answer 6

Most of our chicks start their lives indoors in brood pens, so no, being inside won't kill a chick.  What will kill it is a draft or chilling, so until his secondary feathers are coming in, the chick needs a brood lamp and a constant temperature around 98 degrees for the first week, gradually decreasing the temperature by 2 degrees every week until his secondary feathers are in or until the pen temperature is equal to the room temperature.  They also need good starter chick feed and grit and access to fresh water at all times.

A chick by itself will be pretty unhappy, though - they are a social bird and need friends.  If you're raising a chick by itself, is there any way you can get another one or two of the same size and age for a companion?  

Eventually, as your chicken becomes a juvenile, it will benefit by having access to a yard where it can hunt for bugs and eat fresh greens, but I never let young chicks outside.  Too much of a risk for predators (both wild and domestic), and chicks don't have the "street smarts" needed to watch for predators and find their way back in at night.  Once your chick is about 8-10 weeks, he'll probably be old enough to move to a pen in an outbuilding or coop, and by about 12-14 weeks, can be allowed out in a yard.  But you definitely want to get him some friends first!