I built a folding chick brooder!

[SweetieChicken234]

So I currently have 24 chicks. That's a lot but that's a safe number to ship in cold weather so here we are. I need a bigger brooder because apparently these birds are giants. I built a roughly 6x4x4 brooder that folds up. It's meant to be inside for them to feather out. I still need to build a door, add some hasps to lock out the folding sides, needs a plywood bottom to slide under it, paint and add hardware cloth. I'm not sure if I will hardware cloth the top or just add netting. Either way it's chick safe, my daughter and I can go inside and sit with chicks and I can stow it away folded up for the next set(hopefully not more than 20).

 

[muddy75]

So I currently have 24 chicks. That's a lot but that's a safe number to ship in cold weather so here we are. I need a bigger brooder because apparently these birds are giants. I built a roughly 6x4x4 brooder that folds up. It's meant to be inside for them to feather out. I still need to build a door, add some hasps to lock out the folding sides, needs a plywood bottom to slide under it, paint and add hardware cloth. I'm not sure if I will hardware cloth the top or just add netting. Either way it's chick safe, my daughter and I can go inside and sit with chicks and I can stow it away folded up for the next set(hopefully not more than 20).

Neat idea! You should make an article

 

[FAVEROLLES LOVER]

That is awesome. You should sell them on ebay.

 

[SweetieChicken234]

That is awesome. You should sell them on ebay.

Thanks for the vote of confidence! Lol but it's pretty heavy to ship and I'm not that confident with shipping such a large cage. I do build smaller brooders that I sell locally though.