Old doors brooder.

[kyle17]

Just wanted to share my brooder design. I work as a contractor so I have all kinds of odd extra things laying around. I decided to make a brooder from some old doors that have been in my basement, just hanging out. There sheet of 2 inch foam board with a piece of 1/4 inch ply underneath. And I've used red oak shavings from some projects I've been working on as the bedding. Have 6, 7 week olds and 21, 3 week olds that I can't wait to get outside.

 

[azygous]

Very awesome, indeed!

 

[WingsysRoost]

This is so cool!! That clear panel is genius!

Is it all the way down to the ground so they can't get to each other, or is it raised slightly? I can't see from the pictures.

 

[kyle17]

This is so cool!! That clear panel is genius!

Is it all the way down to the ground so they can't get to each other, or is it raised slightly? I can't see from the pictures.

Thanks! This is my first time raising and keeping chickens, so I'm learning as I go. But yes the plexiglass was all the way down. Just for the first two weeks. I put a strip of duct tape on it just so they could see there was something there. Haha.

 

[3KillerBs]

Wonderful!

So much better than the tiny plastic tubs that are so common.