Where should I put my brooder?

I have one in my laundry room.
And one in the barn.
I'm very new to all this so I'm trying different places.

Good luck where ever you put your's

And welcome

Dottie

 

First of all . Do you happen to have an old shed? We used our shed & it worked great bc it was next to the house so that I could check on the peeps at my leisure & they were out of the weather. You could also put it in a corner of your garage or work shop...just a thought .

 

We put our brooder in the garage. My husband is usually working around out there and the poor little things quickly get used to all the noise and commotion going on!

 

I suppose as long as your car wasn't running for too long in the garage & had adequate ventilation of the gas fumes, then it wld be okay. Some people even put it in their laundry rms if it's large enough. You cld even put it in a spare bedrm if you have a spare one.

 

I put newly hatched peeps in rubbermaid totes in my spare bedroom until they are 2 weeks old and then move them to the big wooden brooder out in the barn.

 

We have ours in the laundry room. The first load of laundry I did freaked them out but they're fine now. It's nice because the sink is right there to clean things up.

 

You can keep it just about anywhere, barn, shed, garage, basement, laundry room and some have used a spare bathroom. I personally kept them in my barn. I used a 1/2"x 1" wire brooder that snakes, rats and other critters can't get into. I use a brooder lamp until they get their feathers to keep them warm. I start out at keeping the brooder at 95 degrees and reduce it 5 degrees evey week. When my little girls were about a month old I moved the brooder into a shed which has been made into a nursery coop. It has everything but nest boxes. At about 4 months the little girls get introduced to the big girls and are allowed to free range together and then they get moved into the big coop which has nest boxes. I keep a red light on 24/7 in both of my coops.

 

I have two brooders right next to me when I sit at my puter. They're not in MY way, but I can't say the same for the rest of my family!