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Would ya look at that - a pop-up-porta-brooder

post #1 of 12
2/29/12 at 9:46am
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Saw this today and just had to share.  The top and bottom remove for cleaning.  Can be hosed off.  Folds flat when not in use. 

 

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post #2 of 12
2/29/12 at 11:13am

interesting

 

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post #3 of 12
2/29/12 at 11:19am

The biggest problem with these is it is almost impossible to sanitize them....

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post #4 of 12
2/29/12 at 11:40am
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No REAL experience with it... but I would think that removing the top and bottom, hosing it out and spraying down with a disinfectant would do the trick. 

What would you do?  (one can never gather too much knowledge  big_smile.png  )

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Member of the Derperella Club-- We're just all goin' round' the rooster, here

Single Mom to The Cane Sisters: Candy & Benzo (EE), Nova & Sola (S.Sussex), Raisin & Citizen (SLW), Hurra (FBCM), Ameri & Ineeda (JGx), Lido (BLRW) + 1 horse, 3 dogs and 4 dumpcats

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post #5 of 12
2/29/12 at 11:47am

I have used a pop up kennel in the past.  Unlike dogs, chickens kick stuff everywhere.  I used garbage bags to line the bottom. They scratched them up.  Poop was kicked up the sides.  Since it is fabric, it was very hard to disinfect.  I couldn't bleach it, or oxine it, like a plastic tub or other types of materials.  The bedding got into the cracks, so did the yuk, the food, the water....some would not mind, I like the fact that I can scrub out the hard sided materials, better.  I just never felt that it was truly clean.

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post #6 of 12
2/29/12 at 11:49am

What keeps it from flying away in the wind?

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post #7 of 12
2/29/12 at 11:51am

Plus, you have to wait for them to dry.....

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post #8 of 12
2/29/12 at 11:51am


Looks like it has tent stakes...
 

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post #9 of 12
2/29/12 at 11:52am

I've got a batch of ducks in one of those right now. It has its pros and cons, but it works quite well!

 

I do NOT keep it outside, though, it really would blow away in an instant. It doesn't have tent stakes, btw. It is in the concrete floored basement. I keep a plastic dropcloth underneath, for good reason.

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post #10 of 12
2/29/12 at 11:54am

I've seen those, talk about fire hazard. The material is highly flameable then add that to the heat from a heat lamp. Not a good combo.

 

 

 

                                             

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