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  1. Simple Chick Brooder

    Simple Chick Brooder

    We built this brooder box last summer from scrap lumber we had about and a new roll of hardware cloth. Happy to say that this year we had a broody hen raise 7 chicks to about 3 weeks old (then they were sold) and had zero issues from snakes! That is a huge win for me...
  2. O

    Do I have a drafty brooder? Help!

    Yo, this is my first time hatching quail eggs! Can someone tell me if the chicks placement says I have a drafty brooder? Or is it too hot? The chicks are all on the right, against the side of the box. How do I fix this? Is my lamp placement incorrect?
  3. P

    One day old quail with a week old quail

    I have about 20 one week old Jumbo Coturnix Quail Chicks and about a dozen more will hatch hopefully in the next day or so. I was wondering if its okay to have them in the same brooder box.
    • Persianmad
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    • Forum: Quail
  4. SweeneyFamJamFarm

    Brooder box upgrade for 2 week old chickies

    Well, as first time chick owners we have already learned so much, despite spending months of research and preparation thanks to Covid 19!! we received 10 beautiful baby chicks by mail... they were 3 days old. Unfortunately, we lost one on the second day of having them, despite our best efforts...
  5. SweeneyFamJamFarm

    Brooder box feedback!

    Hello again beautifully BYC community, So we have finished setting up the brooder box as we anxiously await our 10 chicks to arrive by mail tomorrow!! We created a lot puns cardboard insert which will be removed in a week or 2 to create more space for the babies. We have cardboard on the bottom...
  6. S

    Chick brooder - would love some feedback

    Hi Everyone! So my wife and I have had chickens in the past, but we have never raised chicks. We got six gold comet chicks yesterday and we are using a homemade brooder made out of large boxes. We have a heat lamp, a chick feeder for water, and a small bowl for food. I have a picture of it...
  7. amynw

    HELP! Newly hatched gosling behavior.

    Help! I am completely new here, but reading forums on this site throughout my incubation period was the only reason these babies all made it. So I'm reaching out for help. I had 4 goslings hatch on Wednesday. One egg did not hatch until TODAY! I waited and waited and finally it hatched. My...
    • amynw
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    • behavior brooder box chick duckling goose gosling hatch a goose incubate incubation advice
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  8. Katielovell530

    Can I put chicks in the sun?

    Hi there. My chicks are in their first week. Do you think it would be okay to put them in the sun in the brooder? It will be around 80 in the sun..
  9. lizmcd

    Need help asap

    So I'm not new to chickens but I'm new to silkies and hatching chicks. My hen hatched 14 out of 17 eggs 2 weeks ago. I brought her and the chicks in and put them in a Brooder I personally made. Idk if I should have done that. I didn't want the chicks outside so I brought them all in. She flipped...
    • lizmcd
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    • brooder babies brooder box chicks heat lamp heat lamp on all night mama and babies old enough
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  10. Kitomeow

    Heating lamp brooder question.

    Oh man I knew I’d become a concerned parent at some point today. So I just got my first 2 caiyugas today, I’m using a 30gal rubber tub with a book as my only guide. In the book it menchion’s briefly about “chick” body langue in a brooder (nothing about duckling behavior tho...) Well my...
    • Kitomeow
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    • brooder babies brooder box brooder build caiyuga duck ducklings
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Ducks
  11. amtindall

    Making sure my brooder box is okay

    Hi all! I want to start off by saying this is my first time raising chicks in over 10 years, and I’m pretty rusty. The chicks seem to be doing pretty good, sleeping a lot, fluffing bedding, and chirping. No water drinking yet, but they have investigated it and been shown. There’s six bantam...
    • amtindall
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    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  12. Days old 2020 Chick Pics 3.jpg

    Days old 2020 Chick Pics 3.jpg

    A brooder box setup for ISA Brown chicks.
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    • Category: Chicken Breeds
  13. analyticalblonde

    Can I put two Broody Hens together in my brooder breaker?

    Yesterday, after 3 days of my Ameraucana sitting in the nesting box, I knew she had gone broody. Took her off the nest and put her in my brooder breaker downstairs. Man! She was MAD! Meanwhile, yesterday I noticed my barred rock also not moving off one of the other nesting box...Today, she is...
  14. Keeping my wood brooder floor dry.

    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 collection of recycled ideas from other users. I'm relatively new to raising birds (today is 6/25/19), but have been having pretty good luck keeping my...
    • Trimurtisan
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Incubators & Brooders
  15. wdthompson1

    Large Brooder Box

    6ED84B6B-7F5F-40BB-BA2E-3FBCB2F767DF by wdthompson1 posted Jun 22, 2019 at 5:53 PM85D93D64-5CD1-4516-A9A9-1CF1B7BAF36C by wdthompson1 posted Jun 22, 2019 at 5:53 PM550797FB-EE5D-406A-9814-9AC1CFE7DCCF by wdthompson1 posted Jun 22, 2019 at 5:53 PM550797FB-EE5D-406A-9814-9AC1CFE7DCCF by...
  16. Leelu13

    Still need a heat lamp during the day or not?

    I have six chicks,4 silkies and 2 Wyandotte that are a little over 3 weeks old and are currently in my house. I've been using a heat lamp to keep them warm especially in the evenings. It's set to heat one side,so they can get away from it of they want to. However inside temp in my house is...
  17. spiritpots

    Brooder box size for young chickens

    I have three sweet new six-week old chicks that I will be introducing to my existing flock in a couple of months once the little ones are bigger. I have the chicks in a small brooder box for now but need to use something larger to accommodate them for the next couple of months. Any...
  18. Pineconechick

    Hydronics in built in brooders?

    Hey everyone! My husband is a plumber and we are building a new chicken coop. He does hydronic heat for a lot of houses and ends up with small leftover loops that you can’t do much with so he thought he would set up hydronic heat in the chicken coop In the center (human area) of the coop I...
  19. My 1st Brooder

    My 1st Brooder

    So on April 2nd 2019 I got my first ever chicks! 32 of them to be more precise. 10 Isa brown pullets 4 Orpington pullets 6 leghorns pullets 6 Americauna pullets 6 wyandotte straight run To be exact! I started off with them in a big box with fine pine shavings. After 11 days they looked cramped...
  20. Fatherdowling

    My 2 room brood box

    I designed this 2 room brooder box using 2 clear totes. I cut holes in one side of each tote, covered the sharp edges with duct tape, lined up the 2 holes, and duct taped the 2 holes together. My chick's love it, they get to explore and have fun.
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