BROODER thread! Post pics of your brooders!

[Yorkshire Coop]

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.

That looks a fabulous brooder and very well made Very handy to be able to break it down for storage. Would love something like it.

 

[21hens-incharge]

aart!
You should warn folks when you say stampede you mean STAMPEDE!!!!! not sure my old heart could take it but I did survive lol.

To cute and such a nice brooder you have now.

 

[kemcconnell]

For brand new chicks, what is the best thing to put on the floor of the brooder to prevent splayed leg and help their little legs develop correctly?

 

[21hens-incharge]

I have always used pine chips. Some folks will lay paper towels over the top to keep them from eating them or even the shelf liner non adhesive backed of course.
I have never done it and have not had an issue.
I do put the food in a cardboard tray like the ones that the canned cat food sits in at the store, (short lip and all) I do this for about a week so the food they scrape out of the dish is not lost in the shavings and they are less inclined to look for it there.

 

[Kimmiejean]

 

[21hens-incharge]

LOL That adds new meaning to Chicken Television there. NICE!

 

[aart]

LOL That adds new meaning to Chicken Television there. NICE!

For Sure!!!

 

[asthrngal89]

 

[asthrngal89]

 

[SunkenRoadFarms]

New brooder pre-chick arrival. Used 1/2 in hardware cloth so I can eventually keep this in the barn, but kind of wish I'd used 1/4 in to keep pine shavings in, in the meantime daily sweeping!