BROODER thread! Post pics of your brooders!

[candilea80]

First time owner! My 6 girls right after cleaning their box. They sure do like to fight over one of the 4 corner blocks even though 3 others are open Using a drop feeder as a waterer with mason jar inserted. Helps keep the water cleaner and they seem to enjoy seeing their reflections and pecking at the glass.

 

[Jagrassinger]

Just finished building our new Coffee table Chick Brooder! Love old redone wooden windows

 

[matsgoinoffgrid55]

Hello everyone!
I had several ideas about what to do for a brooder, then read someone's post about how they might use a dog crate ..... *ding!*..... we had a huge one in our garage I was about to list on craigslist! (FYI, it is 27" x 40" and we have 6 chicks) This was perfect for us, to protect the babies from our house dog and the two kids. I thought it might be useful for others to see how some of us have made a brooder and get some ideas, so I will start it out!


Here it is from the outside..... it is in our living room with the light mounted on the outside. As they have needed less heat I have slowly turned it to the left, lowering the temp each week.

Here is the inside. Thermometer is on the left (not in photo though!). Food and water are on a 4x4 post scrap to get it up a bit so they dont poop in it, or get shavings in it. We still wash out the water every day. It is also in the back so it stays cooler. I screwed in screws to hang the oak branch in there and they love it. The chick flapping is one of the two who are competing for the Queen of the Pecking Order. They fight for who is on the roost, and she is clearly telling the other one to get off! We use the deep litter method, and so need the bit of cardboard in the front to prevent shavings from coming out the front! We also stir it up everyday.

And here is our huge Lab protecting the babies.........actually, he is scared of them and backs away when we get them close to him, but he wants to look at them!

Can't wait to see everyone else's ideas!

Thank you this gave me peace mind I will do the same tomorrow I am picking up 4 new hatchlings

 

[matsgoinoffgrid55]

Hello everyone!
I had several ideas about what to do for a brooder, then read someone's post about how they might use a dog crate ..... *ding!*..... we had a huge one in our garage I was about to list on craigslist! (FYI, it is 27" x 40" and we have 6 chicks) This was perfect for us, to protect the babies from our house dog and the two kids. I thought it might be useful for others to see how some of us have made a brooder and get some ideas, so I will start it out!


Here it is from the outside..... it is in our living room with the light mounted on the outside. As they have needed less heat I have slowly turned it to the left, lowering the temp each week.

Here is the inside. Thermometer is on the left (not in photo though!). Food and water are on a 4x4 post scrap to get it up a bit so they dont poop in it, or get shavings in it. We still wash out the water every day. It is also in the back so it stays cooler. I screwed in screws to hang the oak branch in there and they love it. The chick flapping is one of the two who are competing for the Queen of the Pecking Order. They fight for who is on the roost, and she is clearly telling the other one to get off! We use the deep litter method, and so need the bit of cardboard in the front to prevent shavings from coming out the front! We also stir it up everyday.

And here is our huge Lab protecting the babies.........actually, he is scared of them and backs away when we get them close to him, but he wants to look at them!

Can't wait to see everyone else's ideas!

Thanks this helps

 

[Willowspirit]

So funny. We have our first broody with chicks so I thought that was what this thread was about. Here is our broody in her brooder.

 

[LovinMyGirlies]

Our 3 are in an XL dog crate. We started off with the heat lamp (white bulb, then red, then back to lower wattage white until the EcoGlow came in). I was worrying too much about a fire so I bought the EcoGlow when they were a week old. We're out about $100 in heat source trial and error, lol.

 

[ChickForLife]

Here is my unnecessarily large brooder for 10 chicks. lol!

 

[JUMPERKA]

Zampa dog playpen. Worked GREAT!

 

[doublecrossranch]

For broody hens and chicks. I also use this for new chicks from that aren't from a broody with a heat plate. View attachment 2053621View attachment 2053623View attachment 2053625

Do you have a thread with more pictures of your coop?!

 

[chelleomum]

So we picked up some 5-8 day old chicks today...Still waiting for our 5 to hatch (day 20) but couldn't cope with not having any babies again! So this is our brooder to 4 babies, hopefully soon to be 9