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My Brooder!My hubby the great guy that he is, help me build this wonderful brooder!It was shelving from a clothing store.As for the other materials we had them laying around the house so my cost was nothing.
STEP 1: What you need!- four 4x4 post
- size depending you need about 3-5 1x2
- 2-3 sheets of plywood
- wire mesh
- 1 inch screws
- heavy duty staples
- 4 hinges
- 2 bolt locks
- heat lamp
- a water thingy
- a food thingy
STEP 2:Build you frame
- Take you 4x4 and build your frame.
- Take you 1x2 a build your floors to the size you want and attach your plywood. (our floors are 3 feet by 4 feet)
- Attach your floor to the legs
STEP 3: Side walls!
As you can see here we attached the 1x1 to the inside of the plywood and used it to attach it to the floor. We left a 1 foot opening for the door. (My advice, go bigger!
STEP 4:
ON the OUTSIDE of the brooder attach your wire so that the little babies don't cut themselves on the sharp edges.
- USE gloves! I got a lot of cuts from this part of the project.
- I used heavy duty staples to attach the wire. I made it clean and was easy to do.
STEP 5: The Final TouchesAttach your door with the hinges, make sure you have some type of lock so nothing can get in that you don't want in.
Here is the inside!
****After my first go round with babies the news paper is good to have on the bottom with pine chips on top! Babies POOP a lot!****Close up of the top!
With Babies:
- Brooder from a small animal cage
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