Cleaning Baby Pool Brooder

[CGould]

Hi! We have 10 babies arriving at the end of April. I am considering using a baby pool w/ cardboard sides, but how do you get the shavings out to clean it? We have used a Tupperware tub and the graduated to a dog crate in the past, but the crate probably isn’t big enough for 10.

 

[SueT]

Welcome to BYC! Put newspaper under the shavings, then roll up sections of it with dirty shavings inside. In other words, clean it in stages, then you don't have to remove the chicks, just shoo them all to one side while you clean the other.

 

[crazy4ChickensNducks]

i would put the chicks in a tupper ware tub and dump the shavings from kitty pool into the garbage

 

[Hufflefluff]

You could also line the pool with a tarp, and then when it came time to clean it just remove the chicks and feeder/waterer and carry the tarp and debris outside- a quick hosing down of the tarp, if it was messy, add more shavings and you'd be good to go.

 

[djstanczak]

We bought 2 clear totes 50 gallon from Walmart and put a door between. I use a dust bin to remove the chips everyday. They have a bowl of dirt with grit, food, water and a little roost made of dowel rod. Having the two totes together makes cleaning easy, we just shoo them into one while cleaning the other.

 

[djstanczak]

Oh and my husband made a welded wire for the top. One lid on each side with a hinge in between. The chicks will start flying out in a week.

 

[aart]

i would put the chicks in a tupper ware tub

Yep, works for me:

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

I save my paper feed bags for lining brooders. I cut the ends off just to open them, then cut from end to end to form one, 3 layered sheet. I leave the layers together, there's a thin plastic sheet in between that helps keep the brooder underneath dry.
Roll it up with bedding and toss or burn..