Quarantine coop - looking for pictures

[Lumikko]

I am considering bringing home a couple of adult hens and will be quarantining them before starting the slow integration process. Does anyone have any pictures of their quarantine coop set up that they can share? I'm hoping to set up something that can be broken down/moved when not in use.

Thank you all!

 

[black_cat]

You can simply quarantine them in dog crates indoors. Make sure that while quarantining them, you change your clothes, wash your hands, and change your shoes before going to your birds after dealing with them or their housing.

 

[CluckerFamily]

I use a dog crate. I have big dogs, I think I use the Giant crate size for chickens because the dogs have out grown the giant and are now on the Great Dane sized crate.

 

[Lumikko]

You can simply quarantine them in dog crates indoors. Make sure that while quarantining them, you change your clothes, wash your hands, and change your shoes before going to your birds after dealing with them or their housing.

Thank you for your reply! I was thinking about inside in a dog crate overnight with trips to the chicken tractor during the day. I was hoping to keep the tractor at the complete opposite side of the yard for a month and then move it closer so the girls can all see each other.

 

[Lumikko]

I use a dog crate. I have big dogs, I think I use the Giant crate size for chickens because the dogs have out grown the giant and are now on the Great Dane sized crate.

Just the big wire ones?

 

[CluckerFamily]

Just the big wire ones?

I use the wire ones. You could also purchase a wood rod to cut down and with a little force you can put the rod through the wire holes to make roosts for them. (depending on the size crate you use and how many chickens you will have)

 

[rosemarythyme]

Wow I would not be quarantining hens in my house - I guess if you don't mind, you could do that, but why?

This is where a prefab would actually come in handy. Might not be something that you can easily break down but it'd be a little more secure than a crate, and you can always keep it for any similar future use.

 

[black_cat]

Wow I would not be quarantining hens in my house - I guess if you don't mind, you could do that, but why?

This is where a prefab would actually come in handy. Might not be something that you can easily break down but it'd be a little more secure than a crate, and you can always keep it for any similar future use.

For me it would be easier to have them in the house or garage than have them outside- that requires extra space in the yard to keep the proper distance, extra money spent, extra predator concerns that I can't properly deal with as it is something that I will not be doing often.

 

[rosemarythyme]

For me it would be easier to have them in the house or garage than have them outside- that requires extra space in the yard to keep the proper distance, extra money spent, extra predator concerns that I can't properly deal with as it is something that I will not be doing often.

I'd just worry that if they're in the house (assuming you're not using a detached ADU), that it'd be tougher to prevent any germs from hitching a ride on your clothing, shoes, etc. - even if you swap clothing between sets of birds, the dander from the inside set is potentially getting on "clean" items, which pretty much negates the quarantine. Plus now that I've seen the amount of dander just 3 chicks can put out, I wouldn't want to deal with the clean up, nor do I want to be breathing in the dust a bunch of chickens would generate for a month.

Honestly if I couldn't do a proper quarantine for a backyard flock, I'd probably just skip it and take the risk, if I was set on getting these new birds.

 

[black_cat]

I'd just worry that if they're in the house (assuming you're not using a detached ADU), that it'd be tougher to prevent any germs from hitching a ride on your clothing, shoes, etc. - even if you swap clothing between sets of birds, the dander from the inside set is potentially getting on "clean" items, which pretty much negates the quarantine. Plus now that I've seen the amount of dander just 3 chicks can put out, I wouldn't want to deal with the clean up, nor do I want to be breathing in the dust a bunch of chickens would generate for a month.

Honestly if I couldn't do a proper quarantine for a backyard flock, I'd probably just skip it and take the risk, if I was set on getting these new birds.

I'm not getting more adults for my flock, I'm just saying from my point of view what is easier. It wouldn't be the house house, just the garage or basement, neither of which are near my clothes or chicken supplies,