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Part of the answer to this is how old will they be when you take them out. They grow really fast and a brooder can get crowded in a hurry. A brooder that is great for 4 week olds may be really crowded a week later. I don't like square feet per chick numbers because to me they don't work. Too...

Think a bit on what is in the dust. They shed bits of skin and bits of down, called dander. If the brooder is dry their scratching shreds bits of the bedding to dust. When their poop dries out their scratching turns it to dust. A wet brooder is unhealthy, you really want to to be dry. So...

Are you brooding in your house, in an outbuilding, or somewhere else. My brooder is set up in the coop, it's a little different out there than if I were brooding in the house. My biggest challenge brooding outside is the temperature swings. In my opinion a brooder needs to provide a warm spot...