The broodies beat me up, but the six active chicks are in with them. It took a minute for them to stop screaming at me, but I heard (and dared to peek) them clucking, and all seemed okay.
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This is the brooder I built, 3x6, will easily hold 30 chicks until about 3-4 weeks, after which it gets a little bit crowded. I like that I can see all of them, and reach any of them, and they are at eye level. I can also divide it if needed (like here, when I divided it with a screen panel I built until the brand new chicks got oriented before merging with the older ones). I was thinking of building a second one and maybe a third (gotta find a place to park them, though).
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This is the brooder I built, 3x6, will easily hold 30 chicks until about 3-4 weeks, after which it gets a little bit crowded. I like that I can see all of them, and reach any of them, and they are at eye level. I can also divide it if needed (like here, when I divided it with a screen panel I built until the brand new chicks got oriented before merging with the older ones). I was thinking of building a second one and maybe a third (gotta find a place to park them, though).
- Ant Farm
Silver Pencil Rock. Thank you.
This is the brooder I built, 3x6, will easily hold 30 chicks until about 3-4 weeks, after which it gets a little bit crowded. I like that I can see all of them, and reach any of them, and they are at eye level. I can also divide it if needed (like here, when I divided it with a screen panel I built until the brand new chicks got oriented before merging with the older ones). I was thinking of building a second one and maybe a third (gotta find a place to park them, though).
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They aren't really "indoors" here - they're in a mudroom (I don't have a barn, shed, or garage, so this is the best I've got...). I really liked it for brooding - moved them fully outdoors into tractors at 4 weeks. I left it set up (though cleaned it out), and it has turned out to be a wonderful isolation/quarantine/injury pen for adult chickens as well, ready at a moment's notice. Have used it at least three times for that. Here's Puppy in it (she got into a paddock that wasn't hers and started shoving around the hens, ticking off their very protective rooster. So she had a couple wounds that needed to heal indoors away from flies for a few days).
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Exactly the setup everyone needs. An immediate quarantine quarter.
I absolutely love this pic.. It's like saying "who me?"They aren't really "indoors" here - they're in a mudroom (I don't have a barn, shed, or garage, so this is the best I've got...). I really liked it for brooding - moved them fully outdoors into tractors at 4 weeks. I left it set up (though cleaned it out), and it has turned out to be a wonderful isolation/quarantine/injury pen for adult chickens as well, ready at a moment's notice. Have used it at least three times for that. Here's Puppy in it (she got into a paddock that wasn't hers and started shoving around the hens, ticking off their very protective rooster. So she had a couple wounds that needed to heal indoors away from flies for a few days).
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Yeah, little Miss Innocent... NOT!!!!!!
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