NY chicken lover!!!!

[boskelli1571]

Does you have contact info for her?

PM her on here @ Metella

 

[County Boy]

So this was just a quick through together brooder. Its all plywood except the bottom, which I used a laminate youvwould generally use on commercial cabinets because it's easy to clean and it won't soak in the moisture. The square pieces that wrap all the way around will slide off each and which allows the bottom to fall out for easy cleaning. It's not the best but it will serve its purpose. If I had more time and a more developed plan I would have tried to pretty it up but in the end it's just for chickens I guess. I still have a small aquarium I'm using though for chicks that just hatched which I have filled with silkies right now I got from Kris aka FishMtFarm.

 

[FishMtFarm]

That brooder will work perfect. I need to build something bigger cause the plastic storage tires are a bit smaller than I like once they get to be a couple weeks old.

 

[lbenedict15]

I am working on building my brooder. Have all the wood, just need to actually put it together.

Super excited, we set 7 barnyard mix eggs at my office today for hatch out late April. We have a program we were hoping to have them hatched for, but the building lost power over the weekend, so we waited for it to stabilize. Any that hatch get to join my flock! And I have 15 chicks coming the week of May 8. Wahoo!

 

[County Boy]

That brooder will work perfect. I need to build something bigger cause the plastic storage tires are a bit smaller than I like once they get to be a couple weeks old.

Yes this brooder will work well I think, but it's still small if I were to try and raise a large number of chicken in it but once I get my big coop finished inside I'll have a bigger brooder to "graduate" the chicks I hatch in the house into once they are to big for this brooder. But I'm pleased with how it came out.

 

[AmberKnits]

That brooder looks great to me! I have super large Rubbermaid totes. I cut a big window in the top and added hardware cloth. Even though it's a big bin, they get small quickly. I have a small tractor type cage that I use for the chicks once they are big enough to go out for the day. (Okay...it's actually the cage our trash cans go in to keep wild animals out of the trash, but it's perfect for chicks!)

 

[annie511]

Anybody have some good ideas for a brooder to keep in the house. I wanna build it though. I got a bunch of scrap wood here at work that I'll grab if I can come up with a fairly simple design. I want it to be easy to clean though and have plenty of room. I was hoping to come up with a bottom that detached from the rest of the brooder

This is what we built. It stays in the basement. It's essentially just a box made of plywood with the front side an old window screen that we had laying around and a door made of plywood on hinges. The top only covers about 3/4 so we can drop the lamp in. It has a mini roosting bar for practice from a left over 2x2 from the deck. It's 3x5 feet and 4 feet tall. I kept a dozen birds in it until they were about 5 or 6 wks old

 

[rancher hicks]

Anybody have some good ideas for a brooder to keep in the house. I wanna build it though. I got a bunch of scrap wood here at work that I'll grab if I can come up with a fairly simple design. I want it to be easy to clean though and have plenty of room. I was hoping to come up with a bottom that detached from the rest of the brooder

First I don't recommend brooding in the house. It's dusty and messy. Second I use large clear plastic bins from Walmart. Secure heat lights to the ceiling with chain and hook so it can't fall or be knocked down. Too you might consider two lights. One a heat light and the other a heat bulb used for reptiles hung low. They're not as hot as a heat light but will keep the chicks warm.

 

[rancher hicks]

That brooder looks great to me! I have super large Rubbermaid totes. I cut a big window in the top and added hardware cloth. Even though it's a big bin, they get small quickly. I have a small tractor type cage that I use for the chicks once they are big enough to go out for the day. (Okay...it's actually the cage our trash cans go in to keep wild animals out of the trash, but it's perfect for chicks!)

I cut the tops out of mine and added wire too. This way they would not jump out. Walmart has a super large clear bin that is even bigger than what I've used.

Do not brood in the house for long. Chicks are dusty and everything in my office was covered in dust. I added a heat light to this hoop coop and brooded my last bunch, with the hen there. Worked out great.

Here's a pick of some Delaware chicks in a hoop coop with a heat light. I moved them out as soon as I could.

 

[AmberKnits]

Oh yes, the chicks make everything so dusty. We have an enclosed porch. I keep the chicks out there. We can't have them in the house with the dog.