brooder pen

[omartorres]

hello every body,what is good size brooder pen for 6 bantams. If you have pictures please post,thanks

 

[TrystInn]

For bantams: 2 square feet per chicken in the coop, 6 square feet per chicken in the pen.

I'm afraid I don't have great pics, but here's the pen we built on to the side of our shed coop for ours.

 

[chickendales]

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how old are they mine start in a plastic tube
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[omartorres]

they are about 4 weeks old

 

[chickendales]

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at 4 weeks i move my babies out side in a grow out pen with a light

 

[Hawkeye95]

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At 4 weeks, they are starting to get pretty big for a little brooder. I have a clear plastic storage container that I use when they are tiny with a screen and heat lamp over the top. Starting around 4 weeks, I put my chicks out in an empty horse stall out in the barn. When they're big enough, they can be put in with the bigger girls.

Probably around 8 weeks or so.

Oh- but I should say that I still bring them into the garage at night in a kennel with a heat lamp since they are still too little to be out in the freezing cold.

 

[chickendales]

i dont put them with my adult birds till there 6 to 12 months other wise they get picked on