My 10-day-old chicks are in a cardboard brooder that sits on top of a counter. Since I have back problems, it helps to be able to clean the brooder and handle the chicks without bending.
The sides of the brooder are about 18"-20", I'd say, and my husband made a screen for the top the other day when they started getting very flappy and leaping around in there.
We've made cuts in the front of the box to create a pull-down "door" for accessibility. They've gotten so brave that I'm worried they might just leap over the edge sometime when the "door" is open. When I'm standing there they come right over to the edge to peck at my sleeve and climb up my arm - do they instinctively know not to launch themselves over the side?
Wish I could issue them little parachutes just in case...
The sides of the brooder are about 18"-20", I'd say, and my husband made a screen for the top the other day when they started getting very flappy and leaping around in there.
We've made cuts in the front of the box to create a pull-down "door" for accessibility. They've gotten so brave that I'm worried they might just leap over the edge sometime when the "door" is open. When I'm standing there they come right over to the edge to peck at my sleeve and climb up my arm - do they instinctively know not to launch themselves over the side?
Wish I could issue them little parachutes just in case...