Atabby..........................Looks like the little darlins are having fun keeping warm.......good idea with the waterbottle...............enjoy.............................k4eqh................zip
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Wait till you really get hooked.......................I am working on a little pen right now that is 24 feet wide 6 feet tall and 58 feet long, covered on all sides, top, with wire guard all the way
around.................my goodness, what did I get myself into !!!!!!!!.......................heh heh heh heh..............enjoy.................it gets better !!!!!!!!!!! k4eqh................zip
Her is the brooder that I made. Its 4'x4' with a depth of 18" and the top is 3' off the floor so no more bending over. Both sides of the top open and it can be divided to make 2 brood areas. Needless to say it will hold alot of chicks. Its worked out real well.
The lights are on the outside of the wire so there is no chance that they will fall into the brooder. I put shavings down, then newspaper and then a piece of fabric to give the chicks a nice surface to begin with and after a few weeks I just take the cloth and newspaper out and they are on shavings. The fabric can be washed and used again with the next batch.
Georgia