Brooding my chicks in a TENT! 🐥

[ChickyCh00k]

Cute babies and great idea!!

Thanks! It's working out really well so far. I'll be keeping this thread updated as they grow to document whether I still like it as much in several weeks, lol.

 

[3KillerBs]

Once they're a bit bigger, I can raise the feeder off the ground a few inches,

I put my chick feeders onto a paver that's up on a tote lid on top of the bedding.

They get up to the feed with a series of short hops away from the bedding.

 

[Chaz_EggLover]

BRO brooding in a tent that can't even be possible, HOW!!!! Teach me how pls

 

[TheOddOneOut]

BRO brooding in a tent that can't even be possible, HOW!!!! Teach me how pls

That's what the whole post was about. They tell you how. Lol

 

[ChickyCh00k]

I put my chick feeders onto a paver that's up on a tote lid on top of the bedding.

They get up to the feed with a series of short hops away from the bedding.

Ah! That's a great idea! Thank you!!

 

[ChickyCh00k]

BRO! It's totally possible - as long as you have the space! My spare bedroom isn't being used, and didn't really have any furniture in it, so setting up the 8x8 tent there was super easy (just make sure the tent has LOTS of ventilation). In my first post here, I describe the steps I took from the first days I had them (keeping them in a smaller area within the tent, on paper towels layered over bed pads, for a couple days while they got used to eating and drinking, and their heat source), and then I put a couple inches hemp bedding on the bottom of the entire tent and let them into the whole thing! It's been great!

If you have specific questions feel free to ask away.

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

Thanks! It's working out really well so far. I'll be keeping this thread updated as they grow to document whether I still like it as much in several weeks, lol.

Definitely! I usually keep my chicks in my bathtub but I like this idea because they get more room to move around!

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Ah, if only I had a spare room to put a tent in! I've always kind of liked this idea!

Last year, I used a soft-sided puppy playpen for my chicks which worked out amazingly... until the chicks were a little older and started to eat the fabric at the seams. So my only word of caution here is to keep a close eye on the seams for any fraying and make sure that your chicks don't have access to threads from it. It's no fun trying to cut off a thread that got tangled on the tongue of a squirmy chick!

 

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

I would definitely try this! I plan on getting 15 chicks next year, a variety of bantams. 15 chicks, especially when they're older, are not going to fit in my tub, so I need to find a bigger brooder. Now, where could I put it...

 

[ChickyCh00k]

Ah, if only I had a spare room to put a tent in! I've always kind of liked this idea!

Last year, I used a soft-sided puppy playpen for my chicks which worked out amazingly... until the chicks were a little older and started to eat the fabric at the seams. So my only word of caution here is to keep a close eye on the seams for any fraying and make sure that your chicks don't have access to threads from it. It's no fun trying to cut off a thread that got tangled on the tongue of a squirmy chick!

Good advice, thank you! I'll be sure to keep an eye out for that! For now, I have a cardboard "wall" around the entire inside of the bottom of the tent, so I'm hoping that will deter them from picking at the walls of it. However, I'm not sure how effective my "walls" will be as they get older!