BROODER thread! Post pics of your brooders!

[admhotel]

I have built acouple brooders recently,
First one is 3' X 4' about 2' tall.

it has a hinged lid on half of it, and the wired top comes off for easy cleaning. Had to add a window so my girls would be able to see the chicks without me having to pick them up.

I built two more with the same design, only 3'X2'. It was nice because I was able to build two of them out of (1) 4X8 sheet of plywood.

I have 2 smaller doors for the top, just the chicks are small enough not to have to put them on yet.


and of course the cutest chicks in the world

checking it out while I was working on it.

 

[CrackyMcZap]

This is why I went with plywood and hardware cloth with a lid this time around.

My old open-top cardboard box would look like an all-you-can-eat buffet.

 

[shellshocked]

 

[ILoveChickens11]

cool!

 

[ILoveChickens11]

cool!

 

[GhostRider65]

Heres mine
It may look ok but it weighs like 400 lbs hehehe
Its built on aheavy pallet our pellets came on, that darn pallet is most of the weight, like 90 lbs

 

[*DuckLuvR*]

Here is mine. This is the first brooder I have ever built. I got alot of great ideas from this site. The middle piece comes out to expand. Took me two days to build.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

*DuckLuvR* :

Here is mine. This is the first brooder I have ever built. I got alot of great ideas from this site. The middle piece comes out to expand. Took me two days to build.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/80862_p1000201.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/80862_p1000216.jpg

I love it!!

You did an awesome job!!

Can't wait to see it fill up w/ fluffies!!!

 

[fairytales]

thank you! I got a lot of really great ideas from here!

 

[Munkeesmama]

Here's my new brooder my hubby built for me. It's 6'x2'. We used 2 mortar mixing pans to slip inside to help contain the mess and the dust and retain warmth, and for ease of use. So far so good. It is fully enclosed with chicken wire, so if we decide to change to just wire for ducks it would work ok. We also have a removeable divider between the pans so if we have different aged chicks we can divide them, or like now, ducks on one side and chicks on the other.