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Some good points @beb444 To be honest I have never seen a chick starter with grit in it. I would not be too happy about having that added, first of all if starter is the ONLY food you provide for them grit is not needed, second grit is heavy and it would decrease the amount of food I was...

You are correct on all counts. Sounds like you have done a lot of planning.

I'm sure they will use the coop to lay eggs and most likely roost as well. I see that your nest boxes are on the side so that gives more floor space and you could even put roosts with poop boards on both sides. Just put some golf balls, plastic or ceramic eggs in the nests when they get older...

Both brooder would equal about 37sqft. For 24 chicks you would have about 1 1/2sqft per chick using both brooders. I you only use the largest one that is 24 1/2sqft or about 1sqft per chick. This will be awfully tight quarters if you only use one. Chicks will pile and you could possibly have...

I found the grit at Tractor Supply or Valley Ag, so your local feed store should have it, I know you can find it online as well. I had a spare little chick feeder so I just put the grit in it, but any small dish would be fine. They instinctively know when they need grit. Its usually white...

You are very welcome. There are all sorts of things you can do for your little chicks. If you have room in the brooder give them a small pan of dirt to dust bath. Nothing more fun than a rolling chick. You can also start finding out some of the things they like. I gave mine a clump of clover...

You have the "awwwwwww" factor going on there. Great little roost/perch design.

They are so adorable when they do this.

I placed a "baby roost" in the brooder when they first arrived. Now mine was homemade and not pretty, but...I took two large coffee cans, drilled a hole in the side of each one (about 1/2way up) and stuck a sturdy stick in them. Think like the cans make a tower and the stick makes a bridge...