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I also use an x-pen I had for my large dogs when I was showing them, way back in the day. Handiest thing! I've used it hung from the side of a building to grow tomatoes on, blocked off an area of the yard to protect it from my kids when we were digging up an old tree root and another time when...

Which is exactly what I was trying to stress.....those clamps on those lights are just not enough.

The clamps can fail....they get a little loose and lose the tightness of the spring. They get bumped. Even a chick flying up into them can knock them to one side or even into the brooder. Personally I detest heat lamps of any kind for any use, but I know that others like them. So secure it...

Don't rely on the "self clamping" thing alone on that heat lamp - they are notorious for failing! good luck with your chicks!

I keep my brooder pen outside in the run with the adults, even during our balmy springtime weather of snow, wind, and temps in the teens and twenties!

Um, looks great! But I got a little concerned when I read that you are planning to put a heating pad "dome" in there. A dome just won't work, I'm sorry. It puts the heat too far up and away from the chicks' backs, where they need the heat. A frame that you can smoosh down in the center when...

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I can't remember if I've posted these here or not. If I have, please forgive the duplication. This is my brooder, an old dog exercise pen we have had for years. It can be set up in any configuration from rectangle to square to octagon. I set it up in my run as a rectangle, chicks on one...

I really don't know since I've never had any, but I thought I read somewhere once where they need to be able to dunk their heads so it might not....you could probably ask on the duck forum...sorry, no help, I know.

Either of these systems are stellar for keeping water clean, not having to change it out 3 or 4 times a day, and for keeping chicks hydrated. The first two shots are my day old chicks using the vertical nipple system. Nipples are available at most TSC stores. The bottom shot is a horizontal...

I start mine out at about 82.5 degrees. I know, I know....I can hear the collective gasps. But they thrive. Teens and twenties out there when I was doing the videos that I took weekly as they grew. We had full integration with the flock when they were 4 weeks old. Never lost a chick, never...

I'm afraid not. The hot water bottle won't maintain a constant, steady heat unless you can empty and refill every couple of hours for the next 4 or 5 weeks - maybe even longer. Lots of people do use Rubbermaid totes as brooders with great success, bearing in mind how quickly chicks will outgrow...

I think I'll take it when you're done with it!

x2 Great but pretty small. Remember that Mama Heating Pad will eat up some of that brooder space....

That looks fantastic! I would so love to have a nice big barn to do things with, doggone it. You're wife is a lucky lady! You know, those heat lamps can be kinda risky, though, and there are a lot of them because it's such a nice big space with those great boxes. Have you ever thought about...

I couldn't do it!

@minihorse927 WOW! Hundreds of chicks??? I can sure see why the heat lamp brooder system is your system of choice - I'd need to use an entire hoop coop with an electric blanket to keep that many warm and healthy at one time. You really know how to do it....it must be fantastic to be able to...

Oh, dear. I missed this question and I am normally much more prompt than this. I do apologize. The granddaughter that we raised came home this week with her new hubby and I've been just a tad distracted - reading and posting as I could. Somehow this post slipped under my radar, although I do...

I just brood mine outside in the run with a heating pad. It's worked so well for us...our chicks are brooded out in an open pen in the run in full sight of all of the adults, and they learn by watching them. Integration into the flock was so smooth. They also feather out quickly and are the...

I'm glad that you weren't offended. It sounded as though you were and I felt bad about that. I am home with my chicks all day as well. I also have a toddler - my 3 year old granddaughter (she was two when we had last year's chicks) who has Spina Bifida, hydrocephalus, and several other...