I've got 27 chicks and 11 keets in the garage brooder. They are about 3.5 weeks old.
In the house I've got the "replacement keets" for the ones that died in shipping. I've got 21 that are 2 weeks old in a TV box (wish I'd bought a bigger TV now!) and 17 one week old ones (the extra extras for the ones who died in the second batch) in another set of boxes taped together.
The 2 weekers are now throwing themselves against the side of the box. I've given them some weeds to play with which helped but I simply cannot think of anywhere else to put them! Not unless I can make the garage brooder BIGGER and put 'em all in there together. They are simply too small to put with my 6 birds in the coop. Those guys are 3 months old. The little guys would get squishsed.
Dang, dang, dang, how did I get into this mess!??!
I'm mostly venting, I know I just need bigger brooders. Maybe my husband can think of something.. oh yeah, that's right, he'll probably suggest eating the 6 big birds and then stick 'em all in the coop! :|
In the house I've got the "replacement keets" for the ones that died in shipping. I've got 21 that are 2 weeks old in a TV box (wish I'd bought a bigger TV now!) and 17 one week old ones (the extra extras for the ones who died in the second batch) in another set of boxes taped together.
The 2 weekers are now throwing themselves against the side of the box. I've given them some weeds to play with which helped but I simply cannot think of anywhere else to put them! Not unless I can make the garage brooder BIGGER and put 'em all in there together. They are simply too small to put with my 6 birds in the coop. Those guys are 3 months old. The little guys would get squishsed.
Dang, dang, dang, how did I get into this mess!??!
