BROODER thread! Post pics of your brooders!

[Buckshot-47]

Well my brooder turned out awesome and we got our 52 chicks but I can not figure out this copy and paste thing! can anyone help me get these pics on here? I would be proud to show everyone!

 

[FarmGirl01]

Go to the index. Look at FAQ. There is a good description on how to post pics. Its pretty easy when you get used to it.

 

[Buckshot-47]

Nope still don't get it,can't figure out what clipboard or what insertion point! I'm giving up!uploaded pics but don't understand the copy and paste!Oh well I've got it on facebook I must need computor lessons...I swear I'm better at building than playing computor guy! so frustrated I tried!

 

[Knock Kneed Hen]

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Super set-up...now I wish I would have kept our old snake habitat...would have been perfect for brooding chicks. With such classy digs your chicks
are not going to want to settle for just any old coop ya know!

 

[chickygirl2]

Thanks Bluemoon420!
I sell a lot of chicks and wanted something a bit fancier to put them in when people come out to the house : )









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[Dogfish]

The spaces are adjustable. The brooder is set up as a 4x4 box, with two partitions. I can decrease the size of the pens, separate different arrivals (I'll have three separate sets, but they'll only be a week apart total) and then take out all of the dividers and give the chicks run of the entire box once all are up and running.

 

[TinyLittleFarm]

Here is a brooder that falls under the categories of "It's Not Fancy But It Works" and "Necessity Is the Mother of Invention!"

My 11 3.5 week olds were rapidly outgrowing their big rubbermaid in the basement, but we didn't want to build something elaborate as they will probably go out in the coop in another week and a half. We had an old small refrigerator with the door already ripped off just waiting to go to the junkyard. I cleaned it out, sectioned off the area where the little freezer was (it was one of those without a separate door for the freezer--just a little silver compartment inside), duct taped a rubbermaid container lid over one part as a permanent cover and recycled our old brooder coop cover. I moved our garage freezer to a different wall so I could easily hang the heat light from a shelf above this location. Added bedding, food, water, and chicks. Voila! They love it.

Our garage isn't heated, but it is insulated and attached to the house. They have a heat lamp. I'm in Wisconsin and it still gets pretty cold at night. Think they'll be okay out there? I hope so.

 

[Chickiezz]

I modified a simple rabbit hutch...and put it inside my chicken coop. It stands pretty high in the air,and I have electricity out there too. My chickens can't and won't bother them,and it saves me the cleaning and dust in my house. Plus I check on them about every hour or so,besides night.

Pictures will be coming soon!

 

[Crashnot]

My barred rocks arrive tomorrow, so it was time to get the brooder ready.

This year I'm avoiding the rats, weasels or whatever got my last set of chicks by brooding them in the horse trailer. It's a lovely two-horse with insulated sides and not a crack for any critters to get into! It's also easy to ventilate as the weather gets warmer, by simply opening the top windows and doors, which are a good four-feet off the ground.

To keep things cozy inside the trailer during our spring weather, I took a large cardboard box, cut a small hole in top for the heat lamp to set in, and cut out the bottom. Then I staple gunned a stake in each corner to hold it up high enough for the chicks to come in and out as they like.

Believe it or not, the box doesn't get hot enough to burn, but I might reinforce it with some aluminum foil on the top.

Don't have a pic handy on my laptop, but here is the link to the blog I've set up to help out a few friends venturing into chickens this year!

http://stonehorsefarm.blogspot.com/2010/04/chickens-build-brooder.html

Lisa in Ontario

 

[Lobzi]

Do these count? I do it the old fashioned way, well actually my hens do all the work.

Mama Cass awaits her peeps

Little Hen with her eleven peeps