Here's the brooder without chicks *yet* hopefully it will have babies in it by the end of the day!! I still need to do some setup for the chicks: hang the lamp, fill feeder with starter and a bit of grit, and fill the waterer with water mixed with probiotics and electrolytes!
I'll have to show you my setup when I get chicks. Last year I bought a nice brooder box with an arm to hang a heat lamp off of. It is on legs and has a poop tray. I put newspapers down for young chicks, and also will sometimes have paper down for them to sleep on at night. The downside is, I...