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  1. PrettyCoolChicks

    Advice on brooder size/options vs. chick age

    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...
  2. PrettyCoolChicks

    Advice on brooder size/options vs. chick age

    Awesome, thanks for the details! Lots of good ideas to inspire me in what you've shared.
  3. PrettyCoolChicks

    Advice on brooder size/options vs. chick age

    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?
  4. PrettyCoolChicks

    Advice on brooder size/options vs. chick age

    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...
  5. PrettyCoolChicks

    Advice on brooder size/options vs. chick age

    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...
  6. PrettyCoolChicks

    Advice on brooder size/options vs. chick age

    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...
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