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That is a really good idea... (dog crate in the horse stall--an empty horse stall of course). I did put them in my coop yesterday for a few hours, and my one hen was ready to lay her egg at one point, so I let her into the coop too. Later the rooster wanted to join and eat some pellets...

Unfortunately my coop is not big enough to section off, and also not big enough to put the large dog crate into it. It is also hot here (AZ 100+ temps) so I make sure the chickens are out of the coop all day to get into the horse stalls for better shade. Keeping them in the coop during the day...

My coop is small and not designed well to section off one area of it, so that isn't an option for me. Do I just stick the young ones in there one evening after the adults have roosted? That makes me nervous as to what will happen overnight or in the am before I have let them out to free...

I have three chicks about 10-12 weeks old (I need to look at my receipt when I bought them for the exact date). I'm currently keeping them in a dog crate in the garage, and my other two chickens (one hen and one rooster, I lost 2 hens to the heat this summer) have hung out next to the dog crate...