Alex S
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A very popular brooder I have found is a metal stock tank. Anybody (mainly Washington folk) know where to get one?
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North sound WA here, welcome!A very popular brooder I have found is a metal stock tank. Anybody (mainly Washington folk) know where to get one?
Thanks! How did you keep your chips safe/ keeping them from flying away though?
I know this question wasn't to me, but my husband and I took some leftover plastic hardware cloth and rolled it around the tank and then zipped tied the ends together to make a makeshift "cage". Was about...4 feet tall, maybe 3? No one ever flew out.How did you keep your chicks safe/ keeping them from flying away though?
Thanks! How did you keep your chicks safe/ keeping them from flying away though?
I meant chicks, but I dont want my potato chips flying away anytime soon!I assume you mean chicks, not chips?
This is a really nice cover for a stock tank https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ock-tank-brooder.1377214/page-2#post-22635215 but you could make do with hardware cloth duct taped into place around the edges or something.
I should add, if you don't already have chickens in the coop, coops make fantastic brooders since they're obviously built to protect the occupants, and it removes the whole "transitioning outside" aspect.