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Tsiyu

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1. When chicks, they don't need much room at all
Mon Feb 13, 2012, 11:37 AM
Feb 2012

A small cardboard box or cage will do inside. But be careful as they can escape some cages with wider slats.

You need to keep them warm with a lamp for a while. After a few weeks, they start jumping out of the cage, so you'll want some sort of outdoor brooder then, and they will still need heat for a few months til they completely feather out.

I have a brooder outside that I use to raise the babies. Just a small wood structure that I built and keep a heat lamp in. You could use a small doghouse but it needs to be critter-proof, maybe up on legs as mine is.

Also will add: the deep plastic storage bins they sell work great indoors. That's what I used for my last batch. You will love their little birdy sounds!




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