welcome!!! from Washington
From one newbie to another, we have found the red light is much better than white for keeping them calm and content. I have also found that the plastic tub brooders are great when they are little but they quickly outgrow. I have already added another tub brooder and connected them together to give them more space (great idea from this forum!) but they are 3 weeks and already outgrowing this! In hindsight, it would have been better to build a much larger brooder so I am not constantly trying to figure out the next option.
I think the plastic tub will work great for the first 2 weeks and then move to a X large wire dog (great ideas on the brooder thread) crate. That way you can keep them in a small room but there is more room for them to grow and perch on roosts. I think our next step is to move them into a round wire kennel we got for our puppy and I will just have to figure out how to cover the top so they don't fly out. Here is a picture of what I will be using. We have a large bathroom where we are keeping them but this is going to be challenging for other reasons and my DH doesn't want us to spend even more money on a dog crate.
