Heatherhurley
In the Brooder
- Jun 17, 2024
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So I have 3 turkey poults, and hoping(there pipping as I type) 3 turken mix chicks. I just finished up making an INSANELY large brooder in my run. It’s calling for 105-110 in town for the next week. I love west of town and it’s always about 5° hotter so I’m looking at 110-116 all week.
My router is made out of three-quarter inch plywood. It does have a large panel on the front that is open and it also has 2 inch holes that I drilled with a holesaw three on each side to promote airflow through there, covered in wire, of course.
But my question is, will they be OK in that heat or do I need to keep them inside? I don’t have a brooder inside.
So they live in my spare bathroom in my bathtub, which as you can imagine, gets very stinky very quick. It’s a small bathroom. Also, the birds are just noisy and like I said it’s huge.
Almost 7 feet long, 3 feet wide and 2 feet tall because I needed it to be a grow out pen as well ( my turkeys like to eat the baby chicks)
My router is made out of three-quarter inch plywood. It does have a large panel on the front that is open and it also has 2 inch holes that I drilled with a holesaw three on each side to promote airflow through there, covered in wire, of course.
But my question is, will they be OK in that heat or do I need to keep them inside? I don’t have a brooder inside.
So they live in my spare bathroom in my bathtub, which as you can imagine, gets very stinky very quick. It’s a small bathroom. Also, the birds are just noisy and like I said it’s huge.
Almost 7 feet long, 3 feet wide and 2 feet tall because I needed it to be a grow out pen as well ( my turkeys like to eat the baby chicks)