Candeling and hatching diary.

[pinusresinosa]

I could use some cheap and easy brooder ideas... I just went through my calendar and I'm going to need it! Time to pull out or buy lots of rubbermaid tubs...

 

[HELPPLS]

Wow! How did you all learn so much about incubating eggs? I thought it was much easier. This was so very interesting. I hope to someday incubate some. I have a lot to learn first though. Thanks for going through so much trouble to share your developing babies with us. It is absolutely fascinating.

 

[mortie]

Those rubbermaid tubs are not cheap! At least I don't think so. One maybe but you said "a bunch" lol. I got an appliance box for mine. I am going to hit up the grocery store for one of those huge watermelon boxes. That'll hold em for a few weeks lol.

 

[pinusresinosa]

I saw some at the Wallymart for like 4 bucks each the other day! Is that cheap? "Feels" cheap to me. Am I outta touch here? The watermelon box idea is GREAT! Might not work for sloppy ducklins though.

 

[lazy gardener]

You can buy some light weight lumber, and a roll of hardware cloth, or 1" chicken wire, and build a brooder that will double as a tractor. Mine is 3 x 6, and has gotten a lot of use since I built it a year ago. It will house my chicks initially this spring, until I can move them out of the garage.

 

[pinusresinosa]

You can buy some light weight lumber, and a roll of hardware cloth, or 1" chicken wire, and build a brooder that will double as a tractor. Mine is 3 x 6, and has gotten a lot of use since I built it a year ago. It will house my chicks initially this spring, until I can move them out of the garage.

Love this.

 

[sasimpson77]

I work for a wheelchair/mobility store and we sell electric scooters so I am using a cardboard box from a scooter. best thing is I can throw it away when I am done. I have 15 chicks in one they are about 4 weeks old and growing like weeds they will need to go bigger within a couple weeks I line the bottom with newspaper and put shavings over the newspaper there really is not alot of liquid waste with chicks we change there bedding every 3 days because they are in the house and can start to smell. my smaller chicks are in a wire dog kennel that I lined with hardware cloth and they are doing great but couple more weeks and they will out grow it so then I may end up with two brooder boxes as they will still be to small to combine with there older flock mates I am kind of thinking about designing a shelf system to hold the rubber maid totes so I can half the smaller chicks take up less room. By the way I designed a brooder top for the scooter box out of PVC pipe and chicken wire it is kind of universal so I can put it on any of the boxes I bring home from work. Remember at first the chicks do not require a lot of room up high so a low tub works.

 

[mortie]

If you have to buy more than one at $4 each if you're not going to use them for something else later...that's more than I would want to pay. I'll just use my free cardboard box. I will not be brooding again so this is a one time use thing for me. Free is where it's at lol.

 

[sasimpson77]

You can buy some light weight lumber, and a roll of hardware cloth, or 1" chicken wire, and build a brooder that will double as a tractor. Mine is 3 x 6, and has gotten a lot of use since I built it a year ago. It will house my chicks initially this spring, until I can move them out of the garage.

I would love to see pictures I am thinking about a PVC tractor

 

[pinusresinosa]

If you have to buy more than one at $4 each if you're not going to use them for something else later...that's more than I would want to pay. I'll just use my free cardboard box. I will not be brooding again so this is a one time use thing for me. Free is where it's at lol.

I'm cheap too, and I'd rather do something else that costs me nothing than spend the money. I have one rubbermaid that we used last year and it worked great. But I'll keep an eye out for alternatives.