We have a total of 20 chickens. Fourteen in the large tub and 6 in the small tub along with 2 turkey chicks in the small tub. Obviously, things are bit crowded.
And with the speed of which chicks grow so fast, I knew that 14 chickens in a rubbermaid tub just wouldn't do...let alone 8 baby chicks in an even smaller tub! These 20 chickens and two turkeys all reside in my kitchen. You can imagine the smell. Hence moving them out of my home became paramount. So while we were making plans for the henhouse, I included a designated area in the coop for a brooder. And since I was in need of that brooder now, I started with that first. I looked around the barn and was lucky enough to find all the material I needed there and was able to put a brooder together the same day. I'm pretty pleased with the end result, if I do say so myself.
I measured it to fit nicely into one side of the henhouse when it's time to move from the barn to the coop. Sophie, our beautiful Brahma, is the first to check out the new digs.
The girls have a bit more room and appear happier and more content in here.
And the younger chicks and two turkeys are much happier in their bigger and roomy rubbermaid as well, until the day they can graduate up to the new brooder.