Homemade Brooder

It looks great but we need more pictures especially of the inside. More build details would be useful too for anyone like me with very few carpentry skills to be able to try to build this.

Article needs more pictures and build details

What a great build! The article is short, sweet, clear and easy to follow. The pics are just as good. The exterior arm and chain rig is about the ONLY safe way to use a heat lamp. The suggestion to add some ventilation makes this a top-notch home brooder. Very nicely done!

A quick and easy build for your chicks.

I really like the look of this. I think you could comfortably brood a number of chicks in there for a few weeks. Perhaps 4-6 chicks could be broody all the way to 6-8 weeks even. I have quail and this would comfortably hold 2 dozen quail for the enter brooding time.

I gave 4 stars instead of 5 only because this could hold gases like ammonia and carbon monoxide that natural occur. Some low openings covered in 1/4" hardware cloth would provide ventilation for such gases that tend to sink rather than rise.