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...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
No, we have had up to 35 at a time, started in 1993 but stopped just after our kids got in college. My daughter loved to bicycle with a favorite chicken she named, Petry (pronounced Peetree as in the dinosaur in "The Land Before...
I'm thinking of fostering some wild ducklings this year and was wondering if a puppy playpen would work. It's a little over 3x3 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. Would that be an ok size? Here's a picture of the kind I got:
Hello everyone!
So I'm new to this whole chicken hatching business but I've made the leap and it's happening! I'm getting my eggs April 1. I have my incubator all set up and ready to go. My question is regarding the brooder. Ive been trying to find the most cost effective (and safe) brooder as...