Got Started This Weekend

[Lextextrapper]

I built an 18' X 18' roof off the back of my shed to put my brooder and quail pens. I got the roof and the brooder done. Now I have to build my breeder pens for the quail. Take a look and let me know if you have any suggestions.

 

[HenPen]

I really like your brooder....may have to borrow that idea

 

[Lextextrapper]

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Thanks, it sort of evolved as I was building it. LOL I started out planning to make a simple wooden box and ended up with what you see there.

 

[Zahboo]

Doesn't the roof need a slope? I'd hate for leaks to develop over your chicks!

 

[Lextextrapper]

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It has about a 10" drop to it. It's just hard to see in the pictures.

 

[Lextextrapper]

Any good and easy plans on building the breeder pens for quail? The small sectioned off kind where you put on male and 2 or 3 females in each little section.

 

[cmjust0]

Your brooder looks a lot like my brooder, only mine's probably a little smaller at 2'W x 2'H x 6'L. I've got two dividers in mine to create three 2'x2'x2' sections. Both ends slide out, too, which should make it much easier to sweep the shavings out (whenever I get around to that...). We had 28 RIR chicks in the brooder until Saturday afternoon, which would put them at 5w5d old... It was a little cramped, but did the job until I got their coop finished.

I'm sure you'll agree that it sure is nice to have a brooder up on legs, so you're not constantly bending over to get at the feeders and waterers.. I'm a total noob when it comes to raising chickens, but I'm squarely convinced that legs are a MUST HAVE on any brooder.

Nice job.