questions on making a brooder inside the coop

[junior67]

My built in brooders door is only an inch up and that's exactly what I do push the shavings to the side with my foot, lol

Thank you!

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Thank you!

You're welcome can't wait to see what you do

 

[junior67]

You're welcome can't wait to see what you do

I am just hoping the 18" one comes back in stock soon. Don't get the chicks for 4.5 weeks but think they are going right out in the coop brooder so need time to get it set up.

 

[junior67]

Also thinking of keeping them inside for 3-5 days after I get them just to be sure they are ok. I am getting them Fri or Sat and work a long day Mon so don't want ot move them out there then so will move them out on Sun or Tue.

just going to do a storage bin brooder for those few days. I have 8 ordered, I am hoping to get over to another feed store that does a first come first serve and get 6 more there (only want 3 but they have a min of 6 so if I can find someone that wants the other 3 they will be gone fast), then setting 10 eggs which I don't expect all to hatch. What size tote should I get that will last 5 days tops?

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Also thinking of keeping them inside for 3-5 days after I get them just to be sure they are ok. I am getting them Fri or Sat and work a long day Mon so don't want ot move them out there then so will move them out on Sun or Tue.

just going to do a storage bin brooder for those few days. I have 8 ordered, I am hoping to get over to another feed store that does a first come first serve and get 6 more there (only want 3 but they have a min of 6 so if I can find someone that wants the other 3 they will be gone fast), then setting 10 eggs which I don't expect all to hatch. What size tote should I get that will last 5 days tops?

Idk anything about brooder totes, hopefully someone else has some insight

 

[aart]

so I got out to measure under my poop board and it is only 19" under it (guessing it should have been 18" and I didn't put it up exactly right. LOL) there is a lip on the side so up to the top it is 21".

Were you going to take pics of it?

 

[junior67]

Were you going to take pics of it?

of under it? Yes I need to. It was mainly to show how light/dark it was but I haven't been home during the day for the most part and the day I was it was cloudy and rainy. I should be home at a decent hour tomorrow so I can get a picture of it.

 

[Huntmaster]

What size tote should I get that will last 5 days tops?

I would just get a large box for those few days. They are free.

 

[junior67]

I would just get a large box for those few days. They are free.

I have 4 cats and no rooms to block them off from. They would be in my daughter's room and our old little dog, 5 lbs, sleeps in there so we can't close the cats out or the dog is closed out or in.

 

[junior67]

Were you going to take pics of it?

Here are a couple screenshots from my coop cam. The first is about 6pm Fri. 2nd is about noon on Sat