Where do you keep your brooders?

[A.T. Hagan]

An open bay of my workshop.

.....Alan.

 

[Dust Bunny]

mine are in the hall by the living room, i use an old dog crate, i put a metal eye bolt in the top so i could safely hang the heat lamp, its nice because i can disinfect it, it protects against drafts, its dog/cat proof and with the door low where they can see out they get used to us and everything going on, it works great for a few birds

 

[chickerdoodle]

We got our first chicks (five of them) two weeks ago today!

We initially put them in our spare bedroom in a really big plastic guinea pig habitat that's 38"L x 18"W and 16"H. Today they moved into the family room/kitchen area. We put their brooder in a huge lawnmower box which is then placed in a 4'x4' x 3'H covered dog pen. We cut the box so its 20" H all around (to prevent drafts) and the floor is also covered by the box. Heat lamp right outside the pen--temp seems fine as the chicks seem quite happy and are eating and sleeping normally. We did this so we can acquaint our dogs to them and vice versa. The plan is to remove the brooder and expand the box around the entire pen so they have 4x4 all to themselves--hopefully by this weekend.

 

[Skcup]

Mine are in a horse stall in my barn....when they are older, I will remove the brooder (U-shaped plywood walls) and let them have the run of the 10X10 stall, then when they are big enough to go outside they'll be going into a hundred year old cedar shed with a fenced yard (seperate from my egg flock).

 

[MissJenny]

Mine's in the kitchen so's I can see 'em... and so's the dogs can see 'em too. [

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

Quote:
What are they in? Or is that plexiglass sectioning off an area.

 

[Kinniburgh]

I am a first time owner of 6 Black Australorps and 1 Americana. I put mine in a box in our walk in shower. There is no door so I put up a child gate to keep my 4 kids and Spaniel out. I used a shower curtain to hang the light. Fan in the bathroom keeps everything spelling fresh and clean...so does me cleaning out the brooder 3 times a day!

 

[dreamcatcher]

Mine are in the livingroom, bathroom and sometimes the laundryroom.

 

[goldnchocolate]

I brood mine in the kitchen because I like to watch them

. Right now I have 2 separate hatches brooding together in my homemade cardboard box brooder--19 from one hatch and 13 from the other. I have to be crazy because I have more in the incubator and I just recieved my 2+dozen that I ordered from Bargain

I usually move the chicks to a bigger brooder in with the other chickens at around 4 weeks old.

 

[Quailfamah]

for teh first week or two i keep teh chicks in my bedroom, after that there in the shed