When Can I Move Into a Larger Brooder?

[MKDuo]

Hey everyone and greetings from Idaho!

My wife and I just started this addiction. We have 5 new babies who are currently living in a small plastic tupperware container. I am in the process of purchasing a kiddie plastic pool from Target and modifying it to make something larger for them instead of this tupperware (got the idea from here!). My question is, at what point can I move them into this pool from the little box they are in? They turned a week old today

Thanks!
Mark

 

[Poultrykeeper12]

You can move them in normally at week 3. However you could do what you like, they look around week 2, If i'm not mistaking.

 

[rosemarythyme]

That box is pretty small so I'd move them as soon as the kiddie pool is set up and ready. Make sure you have a cover as well for the kiddie pool, very easy for chicks to jump out of that.

 

[MKDuo]

That box is pretty small so I'd move them as soon as the kiddie pool is set up and ready. Make sure you have a cover as well for the kiddie pool, very easy for chicks to jump out of that.

I will be adding some 4' hardware cloth around the pool to help make sure they cannot get out for a while.

 

[MKDuo]

Well, I just went back to check on them and one of them was on top of the water container which would allow her to get out. I guess I will be prepping that pool today. My only concern is keeping it at the correct temperature with just the one lamp.

 

[Angileen]

You can move them any time as long as they have a heat source. I use a large live stock tank for mine twice the size you see at Tractor Supply. Received it free from a local farmer, it had a few holes that needed patching. I had 40 chicks in mine and they grow fast. I built a wood frame to fit around the outside and stapled hardwire cloth to it to use as a cover. Even with the high walls they could jump out at a pretty early age.

 

[MKDuo]

You can move them any time as long as they have a heat source. I use a large live stock tank for mine twice the size you see at Tractor Supply. Received it free from a local farmer, it had a few holes that needed patching. I had 40 chicks in mine and they grow fast. I built a wood frame to fit around the outside and stapled hardwire cloth to it to use as a cover. Even with the high walls they could jump out at a pretty early age.

They will have their heat source, it just will not be the same temperature throughout the brooder. Hopefully, the 4' hardware cloth holds them for a while.

 

[Angileen]

They will have their heat source, it just will not be the same temperature throughout the brooder. Hopefully, the 4' hardware cloth holds them for a while.

You don't want the same temperature through out the whole brooder any way. They need to have a cooler spot to go if they get over heated.

 

[rosemarythyme]

They will have their heat source, it just will not be the same temperature throughout the brooder. Hopefully, the 4' hardware cloth holds them for a while.

x2 what Angileen said. The temperature in the brooder should NOT be consistent throughout, ideally only the area under the heat lamp should be warm and the rest should be cooler.

And the 4' height should hold them in for a while, though I'd still put some sort of cover on, such as bird netting, just as a precaution.

 

[MKDuo]

Thank you everyone, you are appreciated!