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Show me your brooder! Need ideas for my first

post #1 of 21
1/2/12 at 9:18am
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I have 26 chicks coming in February. A lot of people have been telling me I am quite brave for ordering chicks during the winter in Minnesota but I feel like I can do it- and I want them close to laying when the weather gets warm. My chicks will be inside for 3 weeks then I want to transfer them to our heated garage in a heated brooder until they have a good weight on them and have all of their adult feathers- then they will be moved to the coop. Anyways, I need some ideas for a brooder. Post pictures or links to what you used for a brooder! Any help is much appreciated!! yippiechickie

Proud owner of 1 gold star chicken, 1 rhode island red chicken, 3 Columbian Wyandottes, 2 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Easter Eggers, 3 Speckled Sussex, 3 Welsummers, 3 Blue Andalusians, 3 Black Australorps, a black lab, a red tabby cat, and a ragdoll cat! Follow me at- http://raisingyourown.blogspot.com/ (updated 8/25)

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Proud owner of 1 gold star chicken, 1 rhode island red chicken, 3 Columbian Wyandottes, 2 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Easter Eggers, 3 Speckled Sussex, 3 Welsummers, 3 Blue Andalusians, 3 Black Australorps, a black lab, a red tabby cat, and a ragdoll cat! Follow me at- http://raisingyourown.blogspot.com/ (updated 8/25)

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post #2 of 21
1/2/12 at 9:28am

I took the roof off of a dog house my dogs refused to used. I covered the doorway with 1/4 inch hardware cloth and then made a removable cover on top. I have eight, almost 4 week old chicks in there and they are starting to get cramped. Hopefully next week they will be heading out to the big girl coop. It's still in the process of being converted from a shed.

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Jakk... Homeschooling mom of four kids, two dogs, three cats, 6 Buff Orpingtons hatched on Christmas Day, 16 Hatchery Choice Pullets, 6 TSC Red Pullets all hatched on 2/22, 8 babes hatched 3/21, 9 babies hatched on May 11th. Sixteen Easter Eggers hatched Sept 1, two White Ameraucana hatched Sept 5th...and trying to resist the urge to fill the incubator!

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Jakk... Homeschooling mom of four kids, two dogs, three cats, 6 Buff Orpingtons hatched on Christmas Day, 16 Hatchery Choice Pullets, 6 TSC Red Pullets all hatched on 2/22, 8 babes hatched 3/21, 9 babies hatched on May 11th. Sixteen Easter Eggers hatched Sept 1, two White Ameraucana hatched Sept 5th...and trying to resist the urge to fill the incubator!

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post #3 of 21
1/2/12 at 10:48am

Mine is a large reptile cage I found on Craigslist. It was wired for heat lamp and regular fluorescent light when I got it!

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/34566_silkiesz-2.jpg

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Visit my Blog!        Everyday Miracles & Mayhem at the Buck 'n Run Ranch    Have fun at Stella's Social Club here on BYC!

 

Sheriff of The Buck 'n Run Ranch, breeding Icelandic, Cream Legbar, &  Isbar chickens, fainting goats, emus, & donkeys on five acres in northern California.  Visit my website and check it all out! 

 

 

 

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post #4 of 21
1/2/12 at 11:19am

I did mine after a design on the BYC website.  Modified it with more plexi than wire and painted it since it is going inside until they are a few weeks old.  I have pics on my BYC page.  Good luck!  And most of all have fun with it.

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post #5 of 21
1/2/12 at 2:26pm
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Thanks for the help everyone!

Proud owner of 1 gold star chicken, 1 rhode island red chicken, 3 Columbian Wyandottes, 2 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Easter Eggers, 3 Speckled Sussex, 3 Welsummers, 3 Blue Andalusians, 3 Black Australorps, a black lab, a red tabby cat, and a ragdoll cat! Follow me at- http://raisingyourown.blogspot.com/ (updated 8/25)

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Proud owner of 1 gold star chicken, 1 rhode island red chicken, 3 Columbian Wyandottes, 2 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Easter Eggers, 3 Speckled Sussex, 3 Welsummers, 3 Blue Andalusians, 3 Black Australorps, a black lab, a red tabby cat, and a ragdoll cat! Follow me at- http://raisingyourown.blogspot.com/ (updated 8/25)

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post #6 of 21
1/2/12 at 5:33pm

2 stage brooder outside in hen house. i cover it with plastic when it gets cold.  chicks on top and 3 weeks up down with a sand run.

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/75284_2011-02-15_17-21-01_778.jpg


http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/75284_2011-02-18_16-45-27_248.jpg

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/75284_2011-02-19_09-53-27_507.jpg

i keep several different bulbs 150, 100, 75, 60 and 40 for fluctuating temps and spare brooder lamps.

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post #7 of 21
1/2/12 at 7:40pm

Here are some pictures of a brooder I built last year.  I am building another one similar to this in the near future.
Hope it helps you out some.
John

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/46907_cageswyandottes_011.jpg


http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/46907_cageswyandottes_010.jpg


http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/46907_cageswyandottes_009.jpg

Ignorance is a choice.


Silver Penciled Wyandotte Bantams.
LF Buff Wyandottes

SC and RC Black Minorcas.

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Ignorance is a choice.


Silver Penciled Wyandotte Bantams.
LF Buff Wyandottes

SC and RC Black Minorcas.

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post #8 of 21
1/2/12 at 7:41pm

You people and your fancy awesome brooders. Here's an idea of mine hidelau

http://ftffacoop.com/images/box.jpg

Araucanas, Polish, Shamos

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Araucanas, Polish, Shamos

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post #9 of 21
1/2/12 at 7:45pm
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Originally Posted by Illia 

You people and your fancy awesome brooders. Here's an idea of mine hidelau

http://ftffacoop.com/images/box.jpg


Ya for disposable brooders!
I order a bunch of those free USPS boxes online and I tape them together to make one huge brooder. No cleaning just throw it on the burn pile! smile

Chickens - (Naked Necks, Easter Eggers, Ameraucanas, D'uccles, and others.)
Call Ducks - (Blue Bibbeds, Greys, Chocolates, Whites, Silvers, and Butterscotches.)

Guineas - (Pearl Greys and Royal Purples.)
 

New for 2013: Blue Paint Silkie Project
 

~Steven

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Chickens - (Naked Necks, Easter Eggers, Ameraucanas, D'uccles, and others.)
Call Ducks - (Blue Bibbeds, Greys, Chocolates, Whites, Silvers, and Butterscotches.)

Guineas - (Pearl Greys and Royal Purples.)
 

New for 2013: Blue Paint Silkie Project
 

~Steven

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post #10 of 21
1/2/12 at 8:01pm

Been there done that with the cardboard boxes.....had to move on up so to speak haha...

Ignorance is a choice.


Silver Penciled Wyandotte Bantams.
LF Buff Wyandottes

SC and RC Black Minorcas.

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Ignorance is a choice.


Silver Penciled Wyandotte Bantams.
LF Buff Wyandottes

SC and RC Black Minorcas.

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