Articles by Dizzydog
I decided on the spur of the moment to buy some baby chicks to replace my old hens that are getting long in the tooth and short on egg production. I needed to keep the babies separated from the old girls until they were big enough to hold their own so I built this little temporary brooder coop...
I have a very small flock of 6 - 8 hens and a very small coop. I looked for water heaters to keep water from freezing in winter and found that they were expensive and too large. I decided to try and build something that would be cheaper and fit better and this is what I came up with.
I...