Hey Everyone!
My wife and I acquired 8 free chicks from our friends nearby. 4 Blue Factor Brahmas, 2 Speckled Sussex, and 2 Rhode Island Blues (Our friends pure-breed rare stuff). So far, they have been doing great! Not scared/hand-shy and are very healthy. They are at about 1.5 weeks old now and are starting to outgrow and get too hyper/flighty for their plastic tote. We bought a giant heavy duty plastic tote that was on sale at Lowes for $15.00 - it's about 2'x3'.
I found some wood pieces I had laying around and made a simple box that measures about 4'x5' which would be PERFECT. However, we don't have space in our house for them (which is where they are now), and our shed/barn is wayyy too cold as we're about to get 20-degree weather.
I was curious if anyone had any good ideas for a cheap-er, larger brooder idea? We are getting 16 more chicks come April, so we can re-use it if possible.
My wife and I acquired 8 free chicks from our friends nearby. 4 Blue Factor Brahmas, 2 Speckled Sussex, and 2 Rhode Island Blues (Our friends pure-breed rare stuff). So far, they have been doing great! Not scared/hand-shy and are very healthy. They are at about 1.5 weeks old now and are starting to outgrow and get too hyper/flighty for their plastic tote. We bought a giant heavy duty plastic tote that was on sale at Lowes for $15.00 - it's about 2'x3'.
I found some wood pieces I had laying around and made a simple box that measures about 4'x5' which would be PERFECT. However, we don't have space in our house for them (which is where they are now), and our shed/barn is wayyy too cold as we're about to get 20-degree weather.
I was curious if anyone had any good ideas for a cheap-er, larger brooder idea? We are getting 16 more chicks come April, so we can re-use it if possible.