With my brooder,I have a thick layer of paper towel and then straw on top.
The top is a proper fly screen window, frame and all, with a 10kg box of seed to hold it down. Doesn't get humid at all.
It sits on patio, which is weather proof, but not heat proof.
It was 109f here today, so the light...
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My buttons don't smell, but boy my cat does. As soon as I change the cat litter 5 minutes later peeU.
He farts too, which sends everyone evacuating the room.
I have 6 silvers but they are only 2-3 days old.
If your planning to breed them use a incubator untill the hens get...
I have a vivarium set up for my green tree frogs. I would like to do a similar thing for my buttons with a 3 foot by 2 foot aquarium I have, except with a small waterfall, no deeper than a watering dish with marbles in it.
Perhaps you could google vivariums. Vivariums are used for all sorts of...