I want to tell off gridders they can brood chicks without having electricity ! When my wife and I were young we wanted to have eggs and meat from chickens and I came up with a way to brood them , keep them warm , we lived in a cabin 1/2 mile from the road so guess what ?no electric . So what I did was bought some Kerosene lamps and built wood boxes that stood on legs around the lamps . I cut a round hole in the center of each box in the floor and put enough space say an inch from the globe so the box would not catch on fire . After that I made a tube out of 1/4" hardware cloth ( so the chicks wouldn't get too close to the lamp ) Then I put a hardware cloth screen over the top and a hole for the lamp chimney and Behold ! a kerosene brooder . It worked great every day I would check and clean the lamps for fuel and trim the wicks to keep the carbon buildup down , we no fatalities. That was over 40 years ago . Warning! Use Caution With this Method! Use your head and don't try this if you are one of todays young and Dumb! Be smart use your head for something other than to hang hair on . Be smart learn from your elders as your parents learned from theirs . At any rate I pray this might help some young or old . God Bless! you are the future . Thanks for learning , Chickenfinder
