brooder

Hello! My name is Rachel, and I run the social media accounts for Brinsea Products Inc. for the US. If you aren't familiar with us, we manufacture and sell incubators, brooders, and accessories. We primarily deal with poultry, but duck, goose, and quail eggs all work well with our incubators...

I'm after some comments on brooder flooring. I'm using puppy pads with paper towels on top but in a few days i need to upgrade. I have tried straw/hay not a big fan of this but i have seen hay cut up into tiny pieces, that maybe an option. I have also tried fine and chunky sawdust, not a big...

I've got some chicks that will be hatching out of my Little Giant 9200 incubator in a few more days and the hen I was planning on using stopped being broody! What provisions should I buy to prepare myself to be "mama" to 14 orphaned chicks. I've thought about buying a brooding plate and I've...

Hi All. I also have a few questions, similar in nature regarding roosting in the run and/or in the coop. But I have other questions as well. Specifically, integrating the girls to their permanent home. The questions are at the bottom, but i have to provide the back story and current...

Hello, My name is Kassie. I am new to raising chickens. We received our 7 new chicks via USPS on Monday the 9th. They are so small and needy. Right now we have them in a Rubbermaid we converted into a brooder and are having issues with the heat lamp. Its giving off too much heat. I've raised...

I have read several times on here that adding a bit of dirt from the chicken run into the brooder would be good for the chicks and help them build immunities. I have a 2 week old and 3 at 3 weeks old in the brooder and one of the older ones is trying to dust bathe in the pine shavings. I put a...

Electric went out due to hurricane and expected to be out for some time. On day 17 of lockdown. So, with no warm bator and only one store bought egg with a chick inside to hatch, had to keep egg in my shirt....you know where as boobage cleavage is warm and when made delibrately humid, viola...

We have ordered a 10x20 shed for our new chicken coop. We currently have 20 jersey giant chickens that will live in the new coop. We want to incorporate a brooder area for a broody hen to sit on eggs and raise chicks. I can't seem to find out what a good size area for mama and chicks would be...

Not my first time brooding, but first time to have this happen. A couple times today, I found one little 10 day old chick laying under the heater with her wings out a bit, yawning and even panting a little. Looks like she is hot to me, but then why is she right under the heat? I do have to...

I have heard several BYCers say they use sand in their brooder. It sounds like such a good idea that I bought some and set up a brooder with it. I haven't moved my chicks from the tiny brooder they are in yet, and I'm having second thoughts. I bought regular ordinary sand. What happens if...