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playpen= brooder

Thread starter TeamChaos
Start date Apr 6, 2010

Sep 30, 2024

Ilovechickens2525

Songster

frecon said:
How many chicks would you be able to fit in a play pen? I’m hatching around 35 chicks and trying to figure out a good size for a brooder for the first 3-4 weeks

Did you end up trying this? How many chicks would you say it ended up accomodating?

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