arhhhhhhhhhh didn't order and can't find

[kipepeo]

Cardboard brooder guard I thought I could just get it at a store I have called tsc,orshcelns, and town and country nobody has it argh.

I saw some boxes at the cafe I used to work at guess I will go raid them and order some for later

myself chicks will be here sunday or monday

 

[HEChicken]

What is a brooder guard?

 

[Pet Duck Boy]

I think it's to keep drafts out?

 

[Hennyhandler]

It is this flexible roll of cardboard like stuff that you unroll and it makes a large round circle. You place it on a surface and then you can put your chickies in there and it keeps drafts away from your babies. It pretty much acts as a brooder. I thought about getting one but as I am getting ducks this time not chicks I thought something else would be better. I have heard they can be quite messy.

I have only seen them in poultry mags no where else.

 

[JoAnn_WI_4-H_Mom]

The boxes will work fine, cheaper too. Another good place is TV or appliance stores for large [ieces of cardboard for this purpose.

 

[LaSombra]

I just use a large tupperware storage bin and it works quite well. washable, too.

 

[meriruka]

I use one of those 40 gallon plastic totes, also easy to clean & can be used over & over.

 

[ranchhand]

My last batch of chicks was 21, and after 2 weeks in the house I was done with that! I set up a large circle of 4' chicken wire in the garage, braced with whatever was at hand. I was worried about drafts though.

Luckily, I was at the grocery store shopping and the Budweiser rep was there- they had changed a display and there was a 18" tall roll of corrugated cardboard headed for the dumpster! I asked, they gave it to me!

So my chicks grew up reading about Budweiser!

That might explain why they are such a feisty bunch.........................