outdoor brooder

  1. A

    Raising Chicks in Outdoor Brooder

    Hey yall! I had an outdoor brooder built and will have chicks going in there right after Christmas. I live in GA so the lows do not get super low but they definitely get low at night. I was wondering how to make sure that the heating element is right for them if anyone else has done this. We...
  2. Jewelschick

    Outdoor brooder

    Hello all! I have a batch of 15 chicks arriving this week and I just started rethinking how to brood them. I live in north Texas and currently our high is 97 and low in the high 60’s. Although (hopefully) it was cool off a bit soon. It won’t be cold for at least a couple of months. So I was...
  3. H

    Soggy bedding in wire-floor coop? Rain?

    We have our 1 month old chicks outside in a huge brooder/coop with a wire floor topped with about 10 inches of pine shavings (and yes, before you ask, it has a roof and a heat lamp). It was a great setup until this past week when we had rain every single day. Their bedding is getting kind of...
  4. MHP in March outdoors

    MHP in March outdoors

    *** 5/17/2022 *** I uploaded the pictures incorrectly. The moderator let me know and I think the images are back. Made a few edits and added a recent picture. *** 5/17/2022 *** MHP (original post 3/14/2022) We just saw that our local feed store will be getting chicks next week. They will...
  5. Run to Outdoor Brooder Conversion

    Run to Outdoor Brooder Conversion

    The only accurate word to describe this build is "Rednecked" -- but that's fine because while I was born a Yankee, rural North Carolina is where I really belong. I was given a group of 4-week-old chicks who came with some equipment, including a coop that was a repurposed temporary run from...
    • 3KillerBs
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    • Category: Incubators & Brooders
  6. K

    Repurposed box spring secondary coop

    Just wanted to share a money saving idea. Lumber prices are nuts right now! I wanted to build a small secondary coop for an outdoor brooder when our new chicks get a little older. This way they can be inside our larger run and near the big hens. We have 4 chicks, so this small size will be just...
  7. Our Tinycoop

    Our Tinycoop

    We have built a small chicken coop for our 4 chicks. The coop is 29" by 46" and the coop and attached run are 6 ft. tall, so we can walk into the run. The run goes under the coop as well, to add a little more space. The coop has about 9 square feet and the run has 15 square feet. I know this is...
    • Grace Brooks
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    • Category: Small Coops
  8. harice4806

    Adjusting to new space?

    I have a 6 week old BR pullet and six 3-wk old (hopefully all) pullets. The 6 wk old is a weasel attack survivor. So she got new siblings and has been a GREAT big sister. Yesterday was day one in the outdoor brooder. Nice big space. Several roosting areas, feed, water, and heat plate. Out of...
    • harice4806
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    • 3 week old chicks 6 week old pullet heat source outdoor brooder warm enough worried mama
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  9. harice4806

    Too young for outdoor brooder?

    I have 8 chicks between 1 and 3 weeks old (had one pass and got a replacement chick). They're spending less time under the heat plate and quickly outgrowing the indoor brooder. If they have the heat plate still (which I have no intention of removing til they're fully feathered) would they be ok...
  10. SlatyGapSis

    First timer with Outdoor brooder

    I built a small raised coop that I plan to brood in with the mama heating pad method. It has plenty of hardware cloth windows for future ventilation - I planned it based on Prince T Woods fresh air poultry houses. I’m going to cover the lower openings until the chicks are feathered out and ready...
  11. PolergirlOH

    6 degrees in uninsulated coop. Premier Heat Plate FTW

    I joined BYC partly so I could post this thread. I have an old coop that’s been resurrected to be home to my new flock, and though it has electric run, that electric can’t handle the likes of heat bulbs or even heat pads (50 watts trips fuses, egads). So I needed something that ran on...
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    • brooding outside heat plate low watt heat source outdoor brooder premier heat plate
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  12. ChickenPalace123

    Plans for Spring Coop Remodels

    I have a case of planning fever! I designed some "Blueprints'' for coop remodels. This won't happen until March at the earliest. The design dosnt show the ventilation I have planned but there will be plenty! predator Protection is: quarter inch hardware cloth EVERYWHERE, under the run, around...
  13. little fish 2

    Too cold outside for 4-week-old chicks?

    We live in upstate New York, and the chicks are getting overcrowded in the indoor brooder. It's time to get them into a larger setup outside. The difficulty is that next week it'll still get below freezing at night...in April :( Plan to partially cover the outdoor brooder with blankets and add...
  14. ChickenGirl555

    Is outdoor brooding good for me?

    I recently read @azygous 's article on raising chicks outside, and now I really want to try it with my polish chicks I'm getting in April. But since I live in Wisconsin and the weather is pretty cold this year, I'm wondering if it would be a good choice for my environment. I raised my first 6...
  15. fireflew

    Fertilized eggs still viable?

    I just lost my best brooder to a Hawk, ( I have now been stepping up security) I have two small bantams sitting on nests and I candled her eggs and split the fertilized up between the two of them. Two chicks were born already but that was days ago. I have many hens and the eggs appear to be from...
  16. nick bulger

    Outdoor brooder .tidewater. Va. Just some pics. Feel free to critique.

    I just had to get these chicks out of the house. I used some vinyl fence boards...first time with chicks. Copper and cukoo marans,easter eggers,salmon favorelles, gold and silver laced wynodottes [sp?] speckled sussex silver laced polish buff laced and white crested polish, buff brama and one...
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