Define Quarantine...new Sussex chicks coming!

[The Sheriff]

I was the lucky winner of the eggbid.com auction for a flock of eight 4-6 week old Light Sussex chicks from greenfirefarms.com! I am so excited. They are shipping tomorrow and will be here Tuesday.

Anyway, here's my dilemma. I have a brooder in my dining room with 7 chicks in it, ranging from 2 to 4 weeks old. I understand I should keep the Sussex chicks quarantined for 30 days. Can I set up a brooder somewhere else in the house for the Sussex or would that not truly be quarantine?

I have a shed or the garage to put them in, but it gets cold so they would need a heat lamp. I could move the brooder babies from the dining room to the coop since I set up a rabbit hutch in there to use for the silkies. I could put their heat lamp in it. The hutch is secure from the rest of the flock . Problem with that is, one of the 2 week old chicks is still having eating and crop impaction issues. So for now he/she has to stay in the house.

Recommendations?

Thanks,

Mary

 

[PunkinPeep]

If i were you, i would put the new ones in the shed with the lamp, provided that is not right next to your coop or anything. Well, even if it is, i think that would be better than inside your house. If both groups are inside your house, i would have a hard time seeing how you could keep from transferring "stuff" between them yourself, on your clothes or whatever.

Separate buildings is better.

Congratulations on your new babies!

 

[alicefelldown]

Shed or garage... quarantine means no contact with your established flock, in the house is just too close.