Great idea!!when I used swimming pools like that for a brooder I got a second one and cut the bottom out maybe leaving six inches of the bottom in a ring... Then C-Clamped the two to gether... like a Clam... Now you can put window screen on the top and it will contain the little guys... Oh heck like this: instead of C clamps you could also use WIdE duct tape.... but the clamps allow you to clean out deb
Not sure in anyone said this already but you can give chicks some warm, hard boiled egg yolk. Some of them go nuts over it and it gives them a nutritional boost.A third woke up and apparently the paper towel is easier than the feeder lol
6 was perfect for mine. I stuck a thermometer under to see what the temp was and it was 95. Also you can put a towel or blanket down underneath to make the bottom a little higher to the top, which would make them closer to the heat.What temp setting do you use for just hatched silkies, 6 didn't seem warm enough? I did a trial run last night before the chicks begin hatching tomorrow.