Brooder addition! Help me brainstorm.

[aart]

Nice drawing work how ever you did it.
Do please post pics of when it's built and chicks are in there.

Glad to hear you have other coops, but this one is still kind of small for an integration.
Looking forward to hearing how it works out!

 

[SpinningJenny]

Nice drawing work how ever you did it.
Do please post pics of when it's built and chicks are in there.

Glad to hear you have other coops, but this one is still kind of small for an integration.
Looking forward to hearing how it works out!

I just used Preview on my Mac to draw some lines, nothing fancy! But thanks!

The door to this coop is rarely closed during the day and we do have a nicely fenced in area surrounding it now. This pic was taken the first day we had it up, so it there have been some improvements since. I think for brooding and socializing these chicks, this should be a fine set up considering all the outside space they will have around the coop.

 

[WVduckchick]

Where will the new ones roost/sleep? You could make the addition the full height of the existing, with a box built up for them, maybe half the depth of the addition

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Hello! I have decided to brood my chicks with the big girls this season, and want to build a brooder "safe room" addition off my small coop. I've attached a few images of how I'd do it, and could use any suggestions for features, materials to avoid, handy hardware to add... I want to be able to brooder these chicks outdoors and have them well socialized with my older hens right away.

Images are attached. This is my coop now, and the yellow is how I imagine the brooder attaching. I'd build it so it flat-packs into neat tidy stack. The green outline is where I would add an "escape hatch" door, big enough for the chicks but not for my other hens. (When the chicks are older, they can have free range of the coop and run, but still be able to duck and cover if they're getting picked on.)

I have an old wood framed pane window I was thinking of using for the lid, because it would be a good roof. keep out debris and rain. I'm thinking I should incorporate a low shelf for food and water, to keep them out of the dirt, and a roost some where in here, too.

I'd love other thoughts and ideas from others to make this really functional and good for the chicks.


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Your coop drawings just popped up on the "random pics" and I wanted to comment on your awesome drawing skills!