Homemade brooder

[Opa]

I got tired of constantly having to adjust the height of the heat lamp to maintain the proper temperature. Buy a commercial brooder was way out of my budget so I built one based on a 30"x30" tray from a rabbit hutch. That cost me $17. Everything else was either scrape from jobs or items I already had.

Front showing pullout droppings tray

Side showing Feedbox door

Back with thermometer

Top view

Heat source with wafer thermostat

Removeable center partion and feed box

Center partition removed

Orange cups are connected to water bottle and fill when bird peck yellow valve

Spangled Hamburg bantam occuping cool side.

Hopefully these pictures might help someone else build a brooder.

 

[B. Saffles Farms]

Great looking brooder, Opa. When you get time build me one and bring it to me ,

LOL.

 

[citalk2much]

Way nice Sam I love it

 

[Omran]

that's really nice, I wish I have the talant you have OPA to be able do all this nice projects you do.

Omran

 

[yodercountrygirl]

Looks really nice!!!

 

[Highlander]

And the Uber Brooder is born. Well done Sam, it's excellent.

 

[Happy Chicken Mama]

Oh it's just lovely!

Do you like the waterers? I am thinking about changing my watering system... is that what you use for your adults as well?

Great work!

 

[ranchhand]

Looks great, very efficient. As always, beautiful work!

 

[Opa]

Quote:
I use those waterers on a couple of cage coops that I use for quarantine and they work well. On my bigger enclosures I use hanging bell waterers.

 

[NancyDz]

Very nice! what kind of flooring is that? And are thewhite sides just painted?

Nancy