For those of you who want to try using a big cardboard box for your brooder, definitely call ALL the appliance stores in your area (not just the big-box outlets).
We lucked out with a local store that, once they saved a refrigerator box for us to pick up instead of having to shred and discard it, now call us whenever they have more of them! So we have a great brooder box set up and now are saving the other ones for future brooders or whatever might help with storing flock supplies.
We lucked out with a local store that, once they saved a refrigerator box for us to pick up instead of having to shred and discard it, now call us whenever they have more of them! So we have a great brooder box set up and now are saving the other ones for future brooders or whatever might help with storing flock supplies.