BROODER thread! Post pics of your brooders!

[Alaska animal lover]

 

[redrocketrooster]

OMG! Alaska that is so adorable!

 

[jojufarm]

I used a part of my Coop.
brooder 24" by 96" with small roost. when they get older just have to remove temp wall. and there home

 

[cassiadawn]

I call it the "Frankenbrooder".

Made 100% from scraps and such that were lying around. It's 4'X6 1/2', and I've got a wooden divider in it to separate it into 4'X4' and 4'x2 1/2'. The 4'x4' section is temporarily divided again with cardboard for my 25 day old Cornish X, and the 4'X2 1/2' side has 8 assorted heritage breeds in it (2 1/2 weeks old)

The doors that make up the front and back are 30", so the whole thing's a little tall. To make cleaning easier, we hinged the sides. Like my high-tech latch to keep the hinged panel closed?

Day old CornishX

2 week old heritage breeds. Had a little accident while putting the feeder in, so they get a day to clean up the spill before I replace the feeder.


I'll be covering the top with chicken wire eventually - right now they can't get anywhere near high enough to jump out.

 

[mtullis]

check out my SWEET brooder!

my BYU page

 

[Guitartists]

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Ok that is cute as all get out!!!!! Love the checkerboard

 

[chickencoop13]

wow alot of good ideas

 

[Eggnonymous]

Moved my post here from another thread.
Thought I'd drop a few pics of my junior misses' "cheepo" housing - the teenchick condo and they seem to like it. I hand out some clover, worms, and other goodies from time to time so things won't get dull. We really have to get the coop completed - best laid plans and all that!

BTW, wanted to share something we do that works great for us and I'm sure is not a new idea, but on the floor of a fridge box I put about a 1/3 bag of pine pellets and then we bought a big roll of that contractor's paper they put down over new flooring to protect it (about $7 for a 3 x 50 ft roll). I cut a slit about 4" from the floor of the frig. box on one end and slip the paper through there and pull across over the pellets. The pellets keep the moisture down and to clean (every several days) I just step in, cut the floor piece loose, fold it up and pull a new piece through - voila! After 3 weeks I needed to dump the pellets and start fresh, but so far has worked great for keeping this fairly messy thing in our workshop under control.

There are 2 Doms., 2 Speck. Sus., 2 Wells., 2 Blk. Aust., 2 Col. Wyan., and 3 Silv. Dork. - no names yet - they need to get all their "big girl" feathers so I can tell the "sisters" apart, but it looks like one of the Sussex or Aust. is going to be the Queenie of the coop!

 

[usschicago1]

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[ChickenClubSammich]

Here's my brooder, a simple carboard box. First time ever having chickens, while the pics are here, does my light look sufficiently spaced? The chicks ( 4 of them) appear to be fine, but never hurts to ask; sorry for the sideways pic.