• Last updated 3/16/10 by jbarichivich

After looking at many brooders this is what we came up with! We decided a brooder of this style is easy to clean and also easy to make.The container was purchased at Walmart and was on sale for $9.00.My husband then cut a whole in the lid with a jigsaw. Only half of the lid was cut.He then drilled small holes around the opening in order to zip tie the wire on.Small square wire ($25.00 a role of about 25 feet) was placed over the whole and then zip tied to the lid.He then used some of the same wire and cut in order to make rings to hold up the brooder light ($12.00 from... read more