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...
My dear husband built me this glass front brooder for my baby chicks. I love it and so do the chicks. There's going to be 3 separations but right now I just have 2. The larger side has 2 week olds to 4 week olds and the small baby side has a 2 day old and my little 1 week bantam so they're...
Our first ever ducklings are arriving tomorrow! Eek! :wee3 Pekin females since Pekins are all we can have without a crazy permitting process in Florida. (We’re not eating these guys. They will be for eggs and pets). We’ve raised several batches of chicks which were hatched here by our hens...
Hello! I have decided to brood my chicks with the big girls this season, and want to build a brooder "safe room" addition off my small coop. I've attached a few images of how I'd do it, and could use any suggestions for features, materials to avoid, handy hardware to add... I want to be able to...
I posted this in the coop design forum, but realized it may be more useful here.
My husband and I are designers and fabricators, so we decided to take our brooder to the next level this year. It came out really well so I thought I'd share with you guys!
We keep the chicks in a spare bedroom...
My husband and I are designers and fabricators, so we decided to take our brooder to the next level this year. It came out really well so I thought I'd share with you guys!
We keep the chicks in a spare bedroom that I use as a dressing room/big closet. Last year I realized that the chicks...