So the hubby goes to tractor supply the other day.......and now we have bantam chicken babies. Twenty babies to be exact, and we had nowhere to put them. These little guys are adorable, they`re like little mini chickens. They only get about half as big as normal chicken breeds at their biggest. It takes three of their eggs to equal one regular egg. We saw these first at an animal auction, and people were buying them like crazy. So the hubby thinks maybe we could raise them too. Now where to put them.....
We spend about an hour looking around the yard, the garage, and the house for something to use as a brooder. It looks like we`re going back to tractor supply( I swear those folks are getting tired of us) , when hubby has a brilliant idea. We took his old black truck toolbox from the garage, took the lid off, cleaned it up, and voila`. A perfect little chicken brooder. Add some pine shavings, tack a board to the side to hold the heat lamp, add chickens, food and water, and perfection. They now have a lot of room to scuttle back and too, and it can always be turned back into a toolbox later if the need should arise.
We also added a thermometer to make sure they stayed at the right temp. They`re supposed to be between 90 and 100 degrees at first. I only had the thermometer from the porch on hand, but it has been endlessly entertaining to watch these little guys attack it. Since they cant even make it move it should work for now.
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