How many chicks? How long do you intend to brood them? What will you use for heat source? When I brood chicks, I like to have 2 s.f./chick to get them through the entire "need heat" phase. While this little cabinet is cute, my initial reaction is this: If you are having 2 broods hatch, and if your hatch is successful, you will have way too many chicks to even hold them for a week in that cabinet, even if you add a LONG extension to the back. Do you have your coop built yet? How bout brooding them right in the coop. That solves a lot of potential head aches, not to mention: lack of space, the dander, dust and smell of having chicks in the house. It gives them plenty of room so that they avoid the disaster of getting over heated. It saves the hassle of chicks going into panic mode when they DO get moved to the coop. And, if you use a heating pad to brood your chicks, you will reap the benefit of chicks that are more socially well adjusted, feather faster, and they reap the benefits of natural day/night cycles instead of living under the 24/7 inquisition style heat lamp.
