BROODER thread! Post pics of your brooders!

[Nat123]

This is one helpful thread, thanks for sharing everyone. Been thinking of raising chickens here in the backyard, we have 2m x 4m of empty space in the backyard that I could turn into a small chicken farm

 

[southerncomfortfarms]

me and my good friend built this i love it, it is 4' x 8' and it has a sliding divider in the middle.....wait lol how do you upload pics on here lol

 

[Rozzie]

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Click uploads up in the blue bar along the top. You can upload pictures there. Or, if you have a flicker or photobucket account, you can put the picture there, then copy & paste the "img" tag

 

[Thunder Bay Chicken]

update

Today my wife and I worked on the 4x4x8 foot grow out pen that connects to the matching 2x2x8 foot brooder box.

I got the vinyl floor down. I think it looks nice, for now with no birds!

clean.

I also put in a 8' perch/roost, for when they are a few weeks older or so. It's 7" off the floor. I hope it's not too HIGH for little ones?

Finally I put the latch and handle on the outside of the pen door.

EDIT/more updates

The next day we cut out the doors/hatches between the brooder box and the grow out pen. I used small hinges to get them to fold in/down and they act as ramps this way. We also installed barrel/bolt lock on top of both doors so I'm able lock them close.

Here are pictures.

Door/Ramp when open

Door/Ramp closed

Here is reverse view from pen to brooder box.

Here is a picture of it now! I just need to decorate and install the heat lamps/lights and we good to go!

I have already got pine shavings... Ordering all other equipment end of DEC begining JAN.

 

[humster]

Just finished an hour ago. It sits on the armoir in the living room and is meant to keep the chicks safe from dogs and kids, but the kids can still look!

 

[country freedom]

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When your little ones get their wing feathers in - they'll be able to fly higher than 7".

 

[Jessiewoodard57]

These are 2 of my brooders. One is 5.5 feet long and the other is 3.5 feet long.

this one is the 5.5 fet long one it has the ablity to be divided by sliding in a plywood divider

This one is the shorter 3.5 foot one. The wired section drops down and the top board is hinged to
allow for easy food and water refills and cleaning.

here the front door is open

These are what is left of my last hatch....1 EE and the rest are cochins.

 

[Chicken0Boy]

I would love to go through all theses but I dont have the time! So does anyone have a brooder on here than can hold 25-30 chicks for 5 weeks?

 

[Jaysonsmith]

Wow man beautiful pics and beautiful chickens.

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[sewchick]

Another tote person here. I use a piece of Plexiglas on the top and a 40 watt bulb to start with now they have a 15 watt bulb they are two weeks old. It stays around 80 in it with the 15 watt bulb. Course our house is either too hot or too cold. We heat with a wood stove only. PITA. I like the tote idea cause it's real easy to clean. I just dump it every day. The bulb does not seem to get hot enough to burn anything. I have a smoke alarm on the ceiling for my own piece of mind. Wow some of you are so creative. I wish I was. There are some real nice brooder on here. Wow.