Why wont anyone help me? added pics!! :)

[Iheartchicks<3:)]

How would i do that? With a piece of wood? They will be in a stall.. so i would only have to heat one side of the stall

 

[ekemily]

You could just put up a big wall of cardboard, like a large draft guard and keep them in a specific area while they are really small. That way, they won't run off and get chilled in a corner somewhere.

 

[Iheartchicks<3:)]

Ok.. so i just need to like... tape a bunch of of cardboard boxes together? into like a wall?

 

[ekemily]

you could use wood or cardboard. It's used to keep out drafts when they're really small and to contain them until they are ready to go out into a bigger area. here's a pic on this website. Of course, you can use the barn wall as a side and go from there. It doesn't have to be circular. Being circular keeps them from piling up on one another, but you really aren't going to have that many chicks. hope this helps!
http://www.metzerfarms.com/BooksAndEquipment.cfm?CustID=16514&Category=Equipment and, no, i'm not affiliated with this company and have never bought anything from them. I'm not trying to promote them. They just have a pic.

 

[cpegram]

While they are itty bitty you can use a plasic tote.....or a cardboard box.....little kids swimming pool anything with sides that is smaller than the stall......it doesn't have to be perfect just practical...last year i used a watering trough....i had 23 chicks...right now i have 3 little silkies 1 week old in a large tote...i have used a large dog cage too...whatever you have available to you

 

[chickened]

The best thing I have found is to use cinder blocks for walls they hold the heat and redistribute or reflect it. You can also put boards on top to hold in the heat as needed. When placing them you can create exits as needed fairly easy.

 

[gavinandallison]

We use a medium tote box to start, move to a 100 qt after a week then up to a stock tank after that until they are ready to go outside...... And only use one heat lamp...

 

[Cass]

PS the tote can be put in the barn stall to contain them until they are larger, needing larger area. The use of a tote keeps you from having to construct walls that may fail and harm your chicks. And if you wash it out well, the tote can be used for other things until you have more chicks, next year. ( I am using my duck brooder tote to hold the corn I had left over from the ducks, while I wait for my chickens)

 

[Iheartchicks<3:)]

Would a refrigerator box work? Or a water melon box?

 

[Sinfonian]

I seem to recall you're in WA State like me. It's a bit cold outside for brooding chicks right now, don't you think? May be difficut to get to 95 degrees and hold it for a week, let alone walking it down in temperature. We're getting chicks in late March and brooding them inside for two months. Of course, I'm new, so what do I know.