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Aryn was quick to get to work outlining the fence and shelter with a stick, and asked if it was big enough. Corbie eyed it, considering. She didn't know how many chicks Aryn had, or how many she wanted in the future, so she wasn't sure if that was the right size or not. "You need about this much space per bird to have enough room for them as adults," she said as she marked out about a two foot by two foot space on the ground, letting Aryn do her own math for that since she knew how many she needed to house. "They'll need a little less room than if they only had the space in the shelter and couldn't go out in the fenced area, but you want to give them enough room that they don't fight over space." Leaving Aryn to adjust her box as needed, she started digging a hole for the first posts. It would be hard work to get through them, but they shortly had the holes they needed, and the poles set upright in them with the dirt packed in tight, and she started to show Aryn how to weave the saplings through the poles and shove them down tight. "Make sure that when you finish a sapling with a skinny end, you start the next one a little bit overlapped using the thicker end, and when we get to the corner let them stick out a bit so each side overlaps the other one."