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Modified Little Giant Incubator for Hatching Success!Looks like my 1st incubator that I was planning on switching back to cuz I had 0 hatch with my new little one that I was very carful with. I’m...- ToniLynn
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Homemade Styrofoam cooler incubatorI upgraded to an old igloo cooler on wheels with a handle after making one out of foam because my inside pets wouldn't leave it alone! 2 weeks ago...- McChooky
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Turning a bunk bed into a brooder!Always nice to see materials being re-purposed. Is this still being used as a brooder?- N F C
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Littles Safe ZoneIt's nice you were able to come up with something to keep aerial predators away. But I wonder about other threats like dogs or raccoons...I don't...
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The Moonshiner's Pepsi Cooler IncubatorFigured I'd add an update..... In 2021 I put this thing to the test. I was really happy with it and it ran without issues that season and by fall...- The Moonshiner
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BahamabrooderLooks great but need a few more pictures and some instructions for how to build it.- Debbie292d
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-Barbie BrooderVery nice job! This will work great for chicks for a couple of weeks, which are the two most important ones!
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New Super BrooderVery nice. Bonus that you're not bending over to take care of the chicks. Very functionable too. Needs a bit more information on how to build...
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$30 Dollar Budget BrooderGreat brooder and thank you for putting in all of the measurements and materials needed so someone could build this. I love the secure PVC pipe...
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Incubators & Brooders
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Short on Time? Recycle-a-Prefab Brooder
- rosemarythyme
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or: How I learned to stop worrying and love brooding outdoors! Contents: Building the Brooder Making a Mama Heating Pad Early Integration... -
The Moonshiner's Pepsi Cooler Incubator
- The Moonshiner
- 5 min read
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My Pepsi cooler incubator build It all started one day when I drove past a garage sale and saw this Pepsi cooler. I instantly thought... -
Amferro103s Homemade Chicken Brooder
- amferro103
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HomeMade Brooder After deciding we were hooked on hatching we decided to build a durable brooder that we could us over and over. We... -
Setting up a Chick Brooder 🐥
- CHlCKEN
- 9 min read
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Setting Up A Chick Brooder 🐤🐤🐤 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• When setting up a chick brooder, you might be surprised to... -
Pseudo Brooder Heater 'Plate'
- aart
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There were several discussions around March 2014 in multiple threads in multiple sub forums about using a people heating pad to simulate the... -
My coop brooder and Integration
- blackdog043
- 3 min read
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I use a coop brooder with the Mama heat pad. At four weeks, I use a panic door panel for the brooder, to let the chicks interact with the big... -
How I made a Mama Heating Pad Plate
- feathermaid
- 3 min read
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I love this method of raising chicks. It has worked so well for my last two small broods, and those babies have grown up happy, healthy and... -
Yorkshire coops guinea cage brooder
- Yorkshire Coop
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This is my guinea cage brooder with Brinsea Eco glow heat plate. Ideal for indoor use for the first couple of weeks after hatching. No risk of... -
Run to Outdoor Brooder Conversion
- 3KillerBs
- 4 min read
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The only accurate word to describe this build is "Rednecked" -- but that's fine because while I was born a Yankee, rural North Carolina is where I... -
Franken-bator -- Converting a cheap yellow topped model with the Incukit Mini
- Redhead Rae
- 8 min read
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Note: after 2 years of use, I've come to the conclusion that these two incubators are only really good for lock down incubators. I thought it... -
Building the BinBator
- BantyChooks
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After becoming dissatisfied with my Little Giant's propensity to temperature swings, I went on the market for a new incubator. I wanted something... -
Harris Farms Nurture Right 360 Incubator (Updated)
- CluckNDoodle
- 6 min read
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I originally posted this in the "Incubating & Hatching Eggs" forum and it was recommended to me that I should make it an article. I have updated... -
Indoor Chick Brooder and Grow Out Pen
- fraufaulkner
- 3 min read
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I thought I would share how our indoor brooder set up looks and what we did when they needed more space but still didn't have a finished coop yet... -
DIY Chicken TV Brooder
- K0k0shka
- 5 min read
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One of the reasons I got chickens was so that my kids could have the opportunity to grow up with animals, the way I did. So it made sense to start... -
DIY Chicken TV Brooder, v2.0
- K0k0shka
- 9 min read
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If you're having deja vu, that's because I have done this before. I created a DIY Chicken TV Brooder article last year that looks very similar to... -
Large Brooder converts to chicken crate
- dalgal
- 6 min read
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This turned out to be a great brooder design with multiple uses. It can hold up to 40 small chicks, used as a small grow out, or 1 or 2 section... -
Emergency Chick Brooder for Power Outages
- Redhead Rae
- 4 min read
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Imagine this, you wake up in the middle of the night and the power is out. You get up, set up the emergency lights in the house, call the power... -
Modified Little Giant Incubator for Hatching Success!
- BirdsBeesTrees
- 2 min read
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- Reaction score: 4
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If you have a Little Giant Incubator and you are as disappointed with your hatches as I was, I can lead you through some modifications to make it...