BROODER thread! Post pics of your brooders!

[mrsTpratt]

brand new to the chicken world, going on day 3. here's some pictures of my brooder....








i have 8 rhode island reds and hopefully on thursday i'll be adding a few more of a different breed.

 

[colburg]

Ours is an old cattle water trough about 8' in diameter. The bottom was rusted out so I cut the bottom two inches off. Welded a couple of galvanized cross bars to support wood scraps for cover. The plastic poultry netting is held in place with some 1/4" bolts placed around the brooder. The 100# tractor weight is to keep the boards on when it gets windy. There's a red heat lamp attached to one of the cross bars.

We've had 50 chicks in it since they arrived. Was 52 but lost one to pasty butt and 1 to pecking. The pecking stopped when we used Blue Lotion and Pick-No-More on the next two they started pecking.

We move it about every 3-4 days and they love it when we do. They eat new stuff and chase the heck outta some poor bugs.

I wouldn't have it any other way. No wood chips/shavings, No dust, No smell, No clean-up. LOVE IT!!

 

[MarineCorpFarmr]

Heres mine after some upgrades. 4'x6'x2'

 

[Fur & Feathers]

have never posted mine before...
it is a chicube house which isnt a brooder but it works awesome as one,all the sides can come off for easy access,the door can drop down for easy access, only negative about it is its a bit small.
its a coop designed for three grown hens but woud personaly not use it as a coop as its to small for grown ones,was given it for free to use.


this was the last flock of mine to go out; all cochins-taken several weeks ago,the brooder is in the far corner of this picture.
http://sadpanda.us/images/1214162-31SB3SQ.jpg
the bed frame they are all sat on is a new bed of mine that was delivered,due to autism have got to get used to new things over a long time,so had thought woud let the chicks free range on it to get them used to roosting,they woud across the drop down bridge and just jump on the bed for a snooze-bliss to them.

this is the inside view of the makeshift brooder,taken when they were a day old.
http://sadpanda.us/images/1214168-E3T10U9.jpg
they now love teddy bears for snuggling into and have several in their coop outside with them.

 

[TNBlacktails]

wonderful idea !

 

[TNBlacktails]

What do you feed little chicks like this ? that cant crunch up cracked corn and pellets.
Shes watcing you !

 

[MarineCorpFarmr]

cute banty. starter crumble & little bits of way scratch mixed in the crumble

 

[ryeguy]

The girls are growing faster than I can keep up with. I threw together their new brooder with some random stuff I had laying in my garage. Turned out pretty well and they have plenty of space.

 

[TNBlacktails]

ok thnx ima be making a brooder and getting some chicks so yea lolz

 

[MarineCorpFarmr]

mine took exactly 2 4x8 sheets of ply. corners all done with 2x2's with 2x4 frame on the top.

Edit: Someone asked i explain this a little better so here is is. Sheet one is one single cut making a 2'x4' (end) and a 4'x6' (bottom) peice. Sheet #2 starts the same way but we split the 4x6 into 2 2'x6' (sides). Hope that better explains it