Ok, so I ended up moving the brooder box into an unfinished bedroom. I put a tarp on the floorboards and covered everything (floor and part of wall) in textured cardboard (leftover wrapping from a sofa!).
Hopefully, I get all the materials for the coop and can finish it within the next 2 weeks...
Thanks for sharing! The spray painting tent is an awesome idea, I'll see if I can find one!
Is the smaller green netting on the pictures part of the spray painting tent? If not what did you use for that?
My bathroom is tiny, I don't think I could have the chicks in there, even though I agree it would be the easiest place to clean :( Laundry is in the garage so that feels unsafe.
We have both black bears and grizzly (and foxes, wolves, mink/marten, cougar, eagles...). We manage attractants as...
Got it! No cardboard box then.
Wow! I didn't realise the dander would spread that far! I planned to put cardboard down around it but I should definitely move the brooder box into another room then. (One that doesn't have carpet on the floor... lol) Thanks for bringing this to my attention, I...
Hi folks,
I have 7 white leghorn (+ unknown roo breed) chicks due next week. This will be the first time I raise chicks myself. I read I shouldn't give them too much space so they can find the heat source easily, but also not too little, so they don't get crowded. I have:
1) an open top...