is burnt wood bad for chicks?

[Pidgey104]

I live in town. I do have chickens up in Fountain which is 45 mins from where I live. I make sure the bird up at the Farm hhave enogh food to last them all week I visit them once a week to check on everything. I looking to buy a place closer to town to have them at. Where I live I can check on all the birds I have her everyday. I do have a shed on property but its my BF place. Its one of those metel shed so its get really hot. He does have a two car garage but he has his Chevielle parked in there. So I'm thinking of a place to keep them....... We mocved the brooder out to a concrete slab after the fire he says he don't want it close to the house.... I did have really good luck raiseing chicks in it before the fire. During the fire I had 20+ buff opringtons in it. That were a good 4 weeks old.

 

[zatsdeb]

I wonder if you can just replace the top..but you still have the burned wood on the sides also... I guess I am spoiled, my DH builds me all kinds of things, and also I built a little building myself, size of a doghouse. pretty cool feeling to build it yourself. Your pen looks like a rabbit pen, if you have a farm store nearby maybe you can just buy one? you would have to enclose it partically though, I bet it is hot in florida, a metal building probably would work if you left the door open.. but then predators.... sounds like quite a dilema.

 

[redrocketrooster]

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Cant you paint over the burnt wood? The top looks too toasty to paint though, you can jimmy one from metal mesh.

 

[Pidgey104]

Okay last night I told him the bad news.... He helped me put a temp pen in the shed it is an old ferret cage. We just Zip Ties the lamp from the top. everyone looks good. I have a few chicks left. Havent lost one yet "Knock on wood" We will build a new brooder after the 22nd since both our weekends are booked with his car show this saturday and my poultry show next saturday. LOL I have tried painting the coop at one time but where ever it is burnt it sucks all the paint in no matter how many time I paint over it. He did surggest on just replacing the top but heck it I'm going to have to rebuild it Might as well have it a little wider and longer. It can be a pain to seperate the little chciks from the bigger or the ducklings from the little chicks.

 

[IcarusSomnio]

I'll post pics of my 'brooder' today. It would likely work for an outside setup, just needs a little modification to cut out drafts. No fire hazard with mine, and you keep a good amount of chicks AND ducklings in it. Right now I have 8 ducklings and 7 chicks in it, just with a divider in between (which I need a new one of, since this one doesn't fit at all).

It used to house my 5 1/2ft Red Tail Boa

he got temporary housing since I needed something more fire-safe for my chicks.

 

[Pidgey104]

okay Thanks That might be helpful....