Hello. I'm Steve and you are?

[BlueBaby]

Hello, and welcome! Good luck with starting up your flock!

 

[SteveRiser]

Welcome to BYC!
Have you built a coop yet?

No still thinking about the design and location. They will be newborn so they will be in a big plastic tub with a heat light for a couple months. How many brooding boxes do I need for 15 chick's? Do the males need one or only the hens?

 

[BlueBaby]

No still thinking about the design and location. They will be newborn so they will be in a big plastic tub with a heat light for a couple months. How many brooding boxes do I need for 15 chick's? Do the males need one or only the hens?

Chick's grow pretty fast, so it will get crowded for them in the plastic tub's.

 

[SteveRiser]

Hello, and welcome! Good luck with starting up your flock!

Thank you.

 

[Kiki]

No still thinking about the design and location. They will be newborn so they will be in a big plastic tub with a heat light for a couple months. How many brooding boxes do I need for 15 chick's? Do the males need one or only the hens?

Oh no I think you are in for a shock...
You mean a couple of weeks correct?
Build you a large walk-in coop now and you can brood your freshly hatched chicks in it.

Those plastic tubs you're thinking about will work for a couple of days.
Chicks grow extremely fast.
15 chicks in one tub is not going to work you'll need at least two for the first few days and then you will need four by the end of the week.

 

[theoldchick]

 

[DobieLover]

Hello, Steve, and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Plastic tub plus heat lamp equal bad combination for a brooder. And it will be too small for that many chicks.
You will want the chicks outside at 6 weeks. They will be fully feathered and ready.
Only pullets/hens need a nest box. One box per 4-5 girls.
You really need to get cracking on building a coop. Chicks grow super fast. And you will not want to keep more than one cockerel with only 15 birds. Did you order sexed female chicks or straight run?

 

[416bigbore]

Hello Steve and welcome to BYC, You found an Awesome poultry Forum to be a part of with many great knowledgeable members who are more then willing to jump in and help you with any questions you may have.

 

[SteveRiser]

Oh no I think you are in for a shock...
You mean a couple of weeks correct?
Build you a large walk-in coop now and you can brood your freshly hatched chicks in it.

Those plastic tubs you're thinking about will work for a couple of days.
Chicks grow extremely fast.
15 chicks in one tub is not going to work you'll need at least two for the first few days and then you will need four by the end of the week.

Thx. Will do.

 

[SteveRiser]

I think I'll go ahead and get that done.