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Cardboard brooder box

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4/8/12 at 1:06pm
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I know some are not big on a cardboard box as a brooder, but ours is working well. We keep a nice layer of pine shavings down and have had no trouble with a wet bottom.

 

I wanted to let others know where we got it.... for free I might add !

 

At a furniture store!  Our local furniture store lets us have boxes for free....recliner boxes - like a Lazy Boy are nice--they are usually square and have very tall sides which work well for a brooder box

 

So, if you can't find a box large enough, ask your furniture store if they have boxes going in the dumpster and you could be in business ... for free!

 

 

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post #2 of 3
4/8/12 at 1:52pm

i have the same kind! don't feel embarrassed. it saves money, that's all that matters

"... the avenging arm of God will strike the wicked, and in his mighty power he will punish their pride and presumption. God will employ the powers of hell for the extermination of these impious and heretical persons who desire to overthrow the Church and destroy it's foundation. .... Innumerable legions of demons shall overrun the earth and shall execute the orders of Divine Justice... Nothing...


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"... the avenging arm of God will strike the wicked, and in his mighty power he will punish their pride and presumption. God will employ the powers of hell for the extermination of these impious and heretical persons who desire to overthrow the Church and destroy it's foundation. .... Innumerable legions of demons shall overrun the earth and shall execute the orders of Divine Justice... Nothing...


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4/8/12 at 3:25pm

I'm using a potato box (very heavy cardboard) I got from a local grocery store.  Works great for brooder.  No problem with this...

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