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Hello! Welcome to BYC! Again, great advice from DobieLover. Our first year brooding chicks we had them in an unfinished spare room. I would not do that again! Way too dusty! Ever since that first year Brooder setup went to my pole barn. I`m not sure I would do that again either! Likely take me a month of Sundays to clean up the dust!😳 I think I will build something specifically for brooding. Good luck with your flock! 😊
 
Welcome! and best wishes with your upcoming chickens! I agree with the other posters and their many excellent recommendations. Brooding that many chicks inside would be way too dusty/smelly. They will outgrow those boxes way faster than what you might think. I ended up getting chicks later last year, I only had 11. I started them in a spare room then moved them to an unused bathroom by the attached garage, which they also outgrew pretty quickly. I spent a long time cleaning up and disinfecting from that. The dust and smell was a constant losing battle. I had a new coop and run that I was finishing but I ran into a construction problem and ended up not getting it finished before winter set in. So they ended up living all winter on a good sized closed in back porch which was ok but, again, clean up took a long time and that dust gets in everything and everywhere! If I could stress one thing - I should have had my coop completed, set up ready for use, tested as predator proof and completely functional before I got the chicks. If you haven't ordered the chicks yet, you seriously may want to reconsider until your coop/run is finished.
 

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