BROODER thread! Post pics of your brooders!

[KuroKitsune]

Found the cabinet on Craigslist for $20!

looks nice but wont last more then a week with chicks....really nice looking though

 

[gotro17]

looks nice but wont last more then a week with chicks....really nice looking though

We are only keeping two... We have 12 hens already- we also have a 5ft long dresser we already converted, along with a repurposed rabbit hutch. This is for fun so my girls can have babies in the house... Thank you though

 

[MainerChick]

@KuroKitsune I like your design, the 2/3 flip door on top is very similar to the concept we went with this winter when we brooded our bunch. And is that linoleum in the bottom for easy cleaning?

Do you have pics of it with the chicks in and lights running? I love seeing these homemade, DIY creations!

 

[aart]

my new big brooder my dad built me(please excuse the mess...its been cleaned up since these pics were taken)

Nice size.
You might want to put it up on legs or a table......and put wire, or wire door, on the front too.

 

[KuroKitsune]

Nice size.
You might want to put it up on legs or a table......and put wire, or wire door, on the front too.

its up on pallets and thanks for the idea of wire or wire door on front

if it was on a table i dont think id be able to reach in unless it was a really short tables as this brooder is 2ft or 2.5ft tall

 

[MainerChick]

That's a great point. I hadn't noticed that, and ventilation is indeed critical. The volume of dust these little lovelies generate is remarkable!

 

[aart]

Quote: Yeah, would have to be low table...after cobbling several brooders, I had this one built..30 x 36 tall x 72 long
Front openings can be leaned into pretty easy to reach all corners, it's sitting on veg crates about 16" high.



last cobbled refrigerator box brooder

 

[madisonjar]

Thoughts on mine...could use the experts opinnions chicks show up tomorrow 13 of them...this is a corn holder from a farm I turned into a brood box

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[KuroKitsune]

@KuroKitsune I like your design, the 2/3 flip door on top is very similar to the concept we went with this winter when we brooded our bunch. And is that linoleum in the bottom for easy cleaning?

Do you have pics of it with the chicks in and lights running? I love seeing these homemade, DIY creations!

yes the lino on the bottom is for easy cleaning and i dont have pics of it up and running with chicks in yet as my chicks dont ship out till the 10th(this wednesday) and will behere the 11th or 12th....will get pics then of it with the chicks in

 

[MainerChick]

The only potential problem spots I see are easy fixes. The round dowel for your lamp clip is a high risk for swiveling down, causing the lamp to be deep into the brooder. That could be a fire hazard or create a heat issue for chicks. I'd recommend a 2x4 in place of the dowel if you have one laying around. Any flat board would do, just so it can't roll and re-position into a problem.

The water and food being in the corner/near the edge will end up with chicks kind of piling into the corners and between the feeder and the wall. They rate those little units for about a dozen birds, but for that to work they need access to the full outside edge of it.

Otherwise I think you've got a nice easy clean space!

Thoughts on mine...could use the experts opinnions chicks show up tomorrow

13 of them...this is a corn holder from a farm I turned into a brood box

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