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Short on Time? Recycle-a-Prefab BrooderThis is very helpful. I had envisioned doing you plan A. I will learn from you and go with plan B. Thanks -
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Chicken NurseryLove this! Nice work! A lot of people here say that having chicks closer to eye level make them friendlier. Best of luck raising your babies! -
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Our repurposed aquarium brooderLove the aquarium breeders. What a great way to repurpose something that would otherwise head...
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Our repurposed aquarium brooderThis is a great idea for a brooder. The clear sides don't just let people see in, they let the...- MROO
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Our repurposed aquarium brooderLooks like a long-lasting brooder...like the dirt bath area you set up for the chicks!
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Incubators & Brooders
Over 100 chicken brooders and incubators. Pictures, designs, and plans.
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Short on Time? Recycle-a-Prefab Brooder
Like many first time chicken owners, I started my foray into chickens with a prefab coop. After two years passed we decided to expand the flock... -
Pseudo Brooder Heater 'Plate'
There were several discussions around March 2014 in multiple threads in multiple sub forums about using a people heating pad to simulate the... -
Yorkshire coops guinea cage brooder
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... -
Amferro103s Homemade Chicken Brooder
HomeMade Brooder After deciding we were hooked on hatching we decided to build a durable brooder that we could us over and over. We... -
Franken-bator -- Converting a cheap yellow topped model with the Incukit Mini
Back in November (2017), I bought two of these 56 egg, brandless, yellow topped Chinese incubators on eBay. After a refund for some shipping... -
The Evolution of the BinBator
After becoming dissatisfied with my Little Giant's propensity to temperature swings, I went on the market for a new incubator. I wanted something... -
How to Make a Cooler Incubator
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How to Make a Basic Cooler Incubator Easy Instructions for Making you own High Quality Incubator As of 2017, a cooler incubator will cost you... -
How I made a Mama Heating Pad Plate
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... -
Indoor Chick Brooder and Grow Out Pen
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... -
Keeping my wood brooder floor dry.
Greeting from the The Quack Shack! I'd like to give all credit to the great people here at BYC for this. What is working for me is just a... -
Building a Custom Glass Door Incubator
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Several years ago we were "gifted" a mature Welsummer rooster. We generally do not bring mature birds into our flock due to the risk of... -
My coop brooder and Integration
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... -
Harris Farms Nurture Right 360 Incubator (Updated)
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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... -
IncuView Incubator Modified
I did not like the lack of access to add water or to add additional temp and humidity monitoring instruments. So if you don't like something there... -
Gigantic Cabinet UPRIGHT COOLER INCUBATOR w/semi auto turning!
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Gigantic Cabinet COOLER INCUBATOR w/semi auto turning (with added SIDE NOTES from the thread at the end. Link to the thread HERE: CABINET... -
Rollout Nests
Many of you have gotten my plans for a 2 unit rollout nest box and I have talked with several others about how to modify the plan to make it even... -
Brooding Our Little Flock
Brooding Our Little Flock My family and I are backyard chicken keepers that can only have a few hens at time because we live in a big city with... -
Homemade Chicken Incubator
My Homemade Chicken Incubator I decided to make a homemade incubator after reading about different problems that other BYC members had faced...