Where should I put my brooder?

[gritsar]

Basically baby chicks can be kept in any enclosure that is predator proof and draft proof and that can be kept at the correct temperature for their age.
When my chicks arrived in early April they started out in the motorcycle shed. It isn't insulated, but between their draft guard, the heat lamps and an oil-filled electric heater they were fine. Problem was within two weeks it was too hot for them in there during the daytime. We moved the brooder, the draft guard and the lights to the screened porch and they continued to do fine, even with lows at night in the 40s. We took their nighttime light away from them at five weeks (nighttime lows in the 50s) and all was well.
I can't imagine having baby chicks and all their dust in the house.

 

[MissJames]

Mine are in my husbands office .I am in here most of the time. We have family coming for Thanksgiving or would use my dining room or guest bedroom just have more space.

 

[mrsengeseth]

mine are in the master bathroom, in a huge dog crate with their heat lamp...set inside my garden tub. draft free, safe from kids and critters.

 

[columbiacritter]

In my daylight basement with a concrete floor, Easy clean up and away from the part of the house we live in so I don't have to fuss with the dust and peeping.

 

[debilorrah]

We have ours in the corner of the dining room. We love the sounds they make......