Does anyone else do this?????

[Darklingstorm]

Glad you posted this. Was going to put them in a back room but now I'm going to try to build a box for them. I'm worried though because we have a lot of cat's in the neighborhood that visit us regularly and get into the garage a lot.

 

[MissJenny]

I have a 6 week old on my desk this very minute... and two 4-week-olds in the brooder with their mother. I keep them in two to three inches of pine shavings which keeps the smell to a minimum. There is dust... so I dust. It's all good -- everybody's happy.

Jenny

 

[cpegram]

last spring i had 18 chicks come in from a hatchery and had them under the house (cellar) until they were ready.....I have 3 baby silkies and 2 four week old silkies in the house right now...they are in the mud room......i had the babies in a spare bedroom...but DH had a fit....he doesn't know i am getting eggs from his sister tomorrow they are all EE and going to be incubating

guess he will figure it out soon enough...now those will probably go in the cellar there will be more of them

 

[phasian]

I raise over 200 chicks a year in my laundry room inside sheep stock tanks. I change the bedding weekly (wood pellets I find are the least dusty) and use a air filtration system to help remove excess dust. My house does not smell. I also feed organic and feed fresh greens as well as putting grassy divots in my brooders which I find keeps the chicks occupied and helps keep down dropping odours.

 

[BooBear]

was not going to do it again........but got the new babies in a brooder in the craft room

They are just too soft..er..cute to stick out in the bitter cold. Just look at those precious baby faces:

 

[justtoni44]

I have 12 in the spare bedroom right now..................
I keep thier brooder clean so odor is not a big issue..
I think the worst smell is when the feed that gets scattered gets wet....whoa....................
I have such a constant fight with rats in the barn that I do not have trust to put them out when they are real young.
Also, last year lost some older chicks from piling on each other at night.
Fixed the problem right away but was still painful.felt really, really guilty.

If I did not have great danes ( who for sure would think they found chicken nuggets) I have two hens that could live in the house.

 

[Judy]

I did it twice. Never again. Ever. The dust is awful. The smell is manageable, but not the dust.

 

[Kansaseq]

I started hatching two years ago, have hatched out about 9 clutches now, and always raise them in the bathroom. It is a MESS! PIA plus my bathroom isn't that big, and I have to put up a baby gate to keep the dogs out. Dust and shavings everywhere. For my next clutch I think I may try the insulated shed instead, but then I won't get to see the little fuzzybutts every time I use the bathroom......................

 

[arabianequine]

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I do for 4 weeks usually.

 

[arabianequine]

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I use a pellet for bedding and helps on dust soooo much.