brooders

  1. Feathereds Brooder In Coop

    Feathereds Brooder In Coop

    Feathered Landings' Brooder in the Coop We originally had 3 nesting boxes but our hens only used 1 so we decided to convert the wasted space into a brooder for our chicks. Materials: 1 sheet of 4x8 plywood - $25 scrap hardware cloth- already had staples for the staple gun - already had screws...
  2. Isabrowneyedsues Chicken Brooder

    Isabrowneyedsues Chicken Brooder

    Hi! I'm Rebecca,my family and I live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Last summer we got our first flock of chickens from an older farmer who had too many. WE LOVE THEM. We love eggs, and even though the chickens are older, they still layed enough eggs for our family of four. this winter...
  3. Greyartists Chicken Brooder

    Greyartists Chicken Brooder

    My Brooder. I kinda figured it out as I went. I used 2 sheets of particle board, a 4x4 post, 2x3s, misc hardware, shingles and tar paper. Just moved 14 chicks out to a larger pen and 5 turkey in.
  4. Kiwibirds Chicken Brooder

    Kiwibirds Chicken Brooder

    Instant Cat-proofing of Basic Box and Light Brooder Who needs a brooder, right? You just use a box and a light. But then we got a cat, so suddenly things had to be different. That's right - suddenly - no time to build stuff. I found some green foam squares designed as clip together matting at my...
  5. Brooding Our Little Flock

    Brooding Our Little Flock

    Brooding Our Little Flock My family and I are backyard chicken keepers that can only have a few hens at time because we live in a big city with lots of restrictions on keeping poultry. We do not plan to be hatching chicks regularly, so we needed something cheap and easy. I looked around for...
  6. Dshappychicks Brooder Tank

    Dshappychicks Brooder Tank

    This is our brooder "Tank". I don't know if it will be accepted, since we didn't actually build it, except for the door and I didn't think to take pics of that process. But I wanted to share it with you because it has worked out great so far, and my chicks seem to be happy campers! Ok. Here is...
  7. Jojufarms Brooder

    Jojufarms Brooder

    Our Brooder We used a part of our Chicken coop. I sectioned off a 24" side of the coop with a plywood wall 29" tall. the 1st 3 weeks there were in an area of 24"x 48" with a metal ring inside so there would be no corners. after the 3rd week i open the rest of the brooder to 24"x96". In the...
  8. Missjennys Chicken Brooder

    Missjennys Chicken Brooder

    The Incredible Chick-quarium View of the Incredible Chick-quarium from my desk. Initially my plan was to "house chicks". I figured a nice big rubbermaid tub would do nicely -- so I took myself to a big box store to buy one. But the biggest tub I found was 50 gallons... fine for 5 wee...
  9. Reniespeepss Chicken Brooder

    Reniespeepss Chicken Brooder

  10. The Hot Chick Room

    The Hot Chick Room

    Here is a picture of my "finished" brooder. I will post pictures of the "building process" when I get home. I got the main structure of the brooder from Alohachickens. Her DH hated it, as it is ugly, and so it became ours. Cost $0 The original structure was just a cage with no top, 4 legs...
  11. The Blue Brooder

    The Blue Brooder

    The Blue Brooder The brooder came about when my 8 new additions looked crowded in their plastic tote at a few days old. I sat down with a plan in mind and sketched what I wanted then went searching for supplies around the house. Having built a duck coop and chicken coop, I had left over...
  12. Our Fold Up Brooder Box

    Our Fold Up Brooder Box

    Our Brooder Box Here it is, our fold up brooder box! I spaced taking pictures while my husband was building it, but I have pictures of it all finished. It has had chicks in it since it was finished so I also can't take pictures of it all folded up. (Squeeeesh!) :gig He used all materials...
  13. Redturtles Chicken Brooder

    Redturtles Chicken Brooder

    well...upon checking out all the pages...this will just be put up for fun... we have a dog that likes to lay in a childs swimming pool during the summer...so we are borrowing that from her then we got some chixn wire to go around so they couldnt hop out...it uncurls perfectly and self-hugs the...
  14. My Homemade Brooder

    My Homemade Brooder

    Once my DH and I decided to build a brooder we did not have an actual drawn plan. What we did have was alot of reclaimed materials, an empty shipping crate (that we got from Craig's List last year) and a pressing need for a brooder, with an order placed with the hatchery for day old chicks. The...
  15. My Home Made Brooder

    My Home Made Brooder

    My Home Made Brooder!! After having my 15 babies in smaller brooder for about 4 weeks I decided they needed more room. I had looked at tons of pictures so I had an idea of what I wanted. Hubby was at work and I got a wild hair to do it myself. Believe it or not the only thing I had help with was...
  16. Jbarichivichs Homemade Brooder

    Jbarichivichs Homemade Brooder

    After looking at many brooders this is what we came up with! We decided a brooder of this style is easy to clean and also easy to make. The container was purchased at Walmart and was on sale for $9.00. My husband then cut a whole in the lid with a jigsaw. Only half of the lid was cut. He...
  17. Stage II Brooder

    Stage II Brooder

    Stage II Brooder Here at Bethany Farms, we hatch a good many chicks. I know that most everyone has a "tote" with a lamp and newspaper in the bottom, and that is a good place to start chicks. That is what we do for two weeks and then we move them outside to the Stage II Brooder. This brooder is...
  18. Mtulliss Chicken Brooder

    Mtulliss Chicken Brooder

    ~Brooder~ For our Brooder, I thought some of the garage shelving would work good, but how? Then we went to the feed store to get stocked with chickie supplies and voila! THERE it was!... i thought i'd use the shelving because the support braces are right angles, so i cut the back and front to...
  19. Thefreundflocks Brooder Every Step Of The Way

    Thefreundflocks Brooder Every Step Of The Way

    My Brooder! My hubby the great guy that he is, help me build this wonderful brooder! It was shelving from a clothing store. As for the other materials we had them laying around the house so my cost was nothing. STEP 1: What you need! four 4x4 post size depending you need about 3-5 1x2 2-3...
  20. Purplegoannas Chicken Brooder

    Purplegoannas Chicken Brooder

    PG's Hatching & First stage Brooder I use a large 100ltr plastic storage box from my local home store I then cut out a square hole. I made a plastic perspex lid with a handle & breathing holes drilled in it and used hinges to attach it to the lid. To one side i drilled a hole to put my...
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