Brooders

[Nupine]

Does anyone have brooder pics/plans?? I am living on crappy cages, and I want something that can hold maybe 15 or 25 week olds. And space saving would be nice too. And easy to clean and care for the chickies.

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

Mine was SO easy to make...I got one of those huge watermelon boxes from walmart (ask at the produce dept) and its FREE. All we did was make a cover and a floor out of plywood. Took an afternoon is all. Here is a picture of what we made.

 

[Wildsky]

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Check the brooder sticky thread.

 

[NoSpringChick]

Hangin....I love your idea! I love FREE!

 

[jaku]

Gotta go with free cardboard as well. I was going to build, but decided to go with a box. I have a box that a stove or dryer comes in for my brooder. I didn't even put a lid on it. No problems whatsoever. My theory is that unless you're brooding multiple batches of chicks all the time, why have a brooder laying around the garage until next year, when you can burn it and start over with a clean, disease free one next year??

 

[Nupine]

Today I picked up and $11 clear plastic tub at DG. Expensive but nice. It had to be clear so I could see the little chicks!! It is 106 liters, and only about a foot high. But it has a lot of floor space for the biddies. I am cutting a 1'x1' hole on the top, putting wire mesh on that, and putting the heat lamp on that. It will be staying in our completly enclosed front porch. I love the free cardboard, but we have kitties and no place to put such a big box.
Ashlyn