BROODER thread! Post pics of your brooders!

[okefenokeeERIC]

It's 4'x4'x2'. The whole top opens up. Made to last with ripped 2x4s and 3/8 plywood.

Raising only 5 Barred Rock HENS right now. Maybe if I say girl enough they'll all end up ladies this time

 

[tballard]

Here is my set up in a large plastic tub. I have a Brines heater that I adjust as the chicks get older. For feeders, I rigged up 2-inch PVC with a 90 degree elbow and short section of pipe to which I have attached an end cap that I cut at a 90-degree angle to form a little feeding trough. I cut holes in the tub to insert the feeders so I can mount them to the outside with zip ties and save room in the brooder. For water, I have a 4-nipple waterer on a short section of PVC with a hose connection. The hose is connected to an elevated 5-gallon bucket to which I have attached a garden hose fitting. I elevate the bucket enough that there is enough water pressure to supply the nipple waterers. Last year I used a rubber mesh mat cut to fit the bottom of the brooder and put pine shavings on top. This year, I did not even bother and just put the pine shavings in with no problems. I've tried various solutions to make the cleanup of poop on top of the heater easier (because the chicks love to get up there and poop), but I think contact paper is the best bet - just peel it off and throw it away when messy, then replace with a new piece. It sure beats scraping and scrubbing every few days. Lastly, I do have a simple screened top that can go over this because it is amazing how quickly the chicks figure out how to get out. Of course, the first thing they when they get out is to poop on the floor, so the top goes on after about a week or so.

 

[aart]

Very Nice...too bad the will grow out of it so fast.
Do they poop in the feed?

 

[Gentry1350]

tballard, that's awesome!

 

[tballard]

The feed stays remarkably poop free. There is some occasionally, but not often.

 

[zonamiss]

My new Brooder Palace!!
Couple dozen screws and it breaks down into 6 panels for storage.

......and here's chicks eye view of my Pseudo Brooder Heat Plate.

Aart, Did you follow an instruction or all DIY with your head? I need something I can take down as well as reuse at a later time and your's is the nicest I've seed that would fit in the room.

 

[ValedasLascas]

This is the one that I use for quails.



This is what I use for the chicks, turkeys, geese and ducklings.

There is a bit of a mixture in this bowl but they all get on well together.

Vale das Lascas

 

[aart]

Quote: Pretty much all with my head, tho I saw examples of something close...but I'm a machine designer by trade.

 

[ValedasLascas]

Its a really cool brooder. You should market them!

 

[nursesusanb]

After they outgrew the rubbermaid pretty quickly I had to upgrade fast!
I got two wardrobe boxes and taped them together. The roost is a curtain rod. The top is some shelving cube pieces held together with zip ties that I had in the basement. Less than $20 altogether.