brooder

Just thought I’d share. We’re on our second batch of chicks. The first group was brooded in the house from late March-May, and now we’re on our second group of littles. Since it’s gotten warmer (northeast Ohio), we decided to use a coop that was given to us as a brooder outside. The coop...

I'm a brand-new first-time momma of 4 cream legbar chickie babies that arrived one day old from My Pet Chicken last Tuesday. They are running around, cheeping, eating, sleeping, and we already handled one case of pasty butt successfully that has not reoccurred. They have honestly surprised me...

12 Little Khaki Campbells arrived today (Pic #1). Spent the morning redoing all that I had planned to do in the brooder. Stuff like the height of the bowls, height of the cave, placement of the stuff. They're still a little frazzled from the long ride,, so I'm letting them settle in before I go...

Currently using pine, but it is so messy and smelly and makes me sneeze. I was thinking about pine pellets but worried they would eat it (they are about 3 weeks old). Anyone use alfalfa pellets? To my knowledge, that is safe to ingest.

Hi! Sorry I feel like I've been posting a ton today but I have a lot of questions haha. I have 5 chicks ranging between about 2-4 weeks old. I've been keeping them in a modified dog crate as a brooder but they're getting big and their heater in there takes up a ot of space so I'm worried it's...

I have 5 new chicks, almost all different breeds, and one of them seems to be much more skittish than the others. She's about 2-3 weeks old along with another one and the rest are only about 1-2 weeks old. All of them are a little cautious of people as to be expected but this one girl in...

Decided to become a chick family. Read a bunch and tried to go about this right and am looking for suggestions. I built this brooder because 1) I love to build and 2) I want to do this more and wanted a good spot to raise chicks. Designed this and wanted to access chicks from side to prevent...

we got a heat lamp base for our chicks from our friends, and had to buy a new bulb, but the metal that goes around it is missing. is that a problem? it had been fine so far here is a pic of the exposed heat lamp

I have a bathtub that we don’t use in our bathroom, would it be suitable to use as a chick brooder with pine shavings, a heat lamp, and such? rn we just have them in a plastic bin , but it is a little small.

So our White Leghorn in this pic isn’t the actual momma.. she hatched 11 of her Babies under our trailer (roadside) and has been an amazing mother, teaching them all they need to know! 4 weeks later, this morning she left them and flew over 3 fences to come back and lay more! Side note: her...

I have not been able to find answers I am looking for in the search so I'll try posting. I am currently planning a new coop/run build and getting chicks for the first time. I wanted to build a brooder in the coop with the adults to keep everything in one area. I would have the chicks completely...

I have not been able to find answers I am looking for in the search so I'll try posting. I am currently planning a new coop/run build and getting chicks for the first time. I wanted to build a brooder in the coop with the adults to keep everything in one area. I would have the chicks completely...

Hello all, I'm considering buying the Start and Grow unit sold by Murray McMurray and wondering if anyone has any experience with it. Yes, I understand I can just use a cardboard box and heat lamp but it's looking like soon I'll be bigger than just a backyard chicken operation so looking to...

Hi BYC! My first ever poults are set to ship out on Wednesday and I am anxiously/excitedly awaiting their arrival. In the meantime, I'm reading through as many new BYC threads as I can trying to make sure I have everything ready to go, and its brought up some new questions for me: - Is it too...

Ended up with way more babies than originally intended. Didn’t want to put them in separate pens (or buy another brooder plate), so my fairly simple solution was to zip tie the two pens together at the doors. Heat plate is on one side, food and water on the other. Wasn’t sure if the idea might...

I will be getting chicks in the mail in a few weeks, so I decided to test the brooder recently to make sure everything was working so i wouldn't be scrambling last minute. The ecoglow safety 600 is the kind where one side can be higher than the other, so after some research most people suggested...

Praise the Lord, our baby ducky hatched and is doing well!!! She (he) is in her brooder as of just now, and she is jumping way higher than we thought baby duckies could jump! Do y’all know if this is typical baby ducky behavior? She hatched alone, and we have a stuffed duck in there with her...

We purchased a 12x12 heat plate for our 10 chicks. After doing even more research and reading the manual that comes with the plate, I’m a little worried we made the wrong decision to use one. We will be brooding in our garage come April 1st. We live in Wisconsin, the temp outlook looks to be...

The coop is in progress now! Brooder setup in the corner so we can move the flock from the tote in the house finally 😂 I wanted a standing height inside for easy cleaning, so we made use of an old concrete slab to design on - hopefully that will help keep things cooler in the summer. And then...