using a cardboard box as a brooder?

[ashylove]

so i obviously have some time, i wont be getting my eggs until may

but can i use a cardboard box as a brooder??? after our last move we still havent gotten rid of all the empties... i have seen some set up with boxes, but how do you do it if the box can get wet?

 

[paddock36]

I'm no expert but I have used a box before and it worked fine but you have to keep it clean. I lined mine with newspaper so I could just pull out the old dirty paper and I clipped a light on the top. I also put a piece of wire on the top so no one could fly out .

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

I use a large cardboard box as a brooder for the first couple weeks. I replace the shavings weekly. When they get larger, then I move them into a larger wire brooder.

 

[mylilchix]

My babies are in a cardboard box as we speak. For last years chicks I took out one of the bog wardrobe boxes we had saved from moving. It worked awesome!

Sonja

 

[wings]

Cardboard boxes are fine. I have a thread about it, too:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=133494