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[Fields Mountain Farm]

Let me finish my lunch and ill go snap a pic of the older one. It has a broody sitting on a cluch in it right now...

Ok... its nothing fancy but it works and isnt hard to move..
Its a full or queen size box spring..was..

 

[lazy gardener]

Plastic cat carrier makes an excellent portable chick transport system. One year I had a wimpy broody hen. Her flock mates loved to torment her by separating her from her chicks. So, every morning, I'd take broody from her broody pen in the coop, carry her to the chicken tractor. Then I'd herd her babies into the cat carrier (which was lined with hay) and transport them to the tractor. I put the cat carrier in the tractor also. Towards evening, the broody and chicks would go to bed in the cat carrier. I'd lug it back to the secure broody pen. After a few days of this, I'd just take the empty cat carrier back to the broody pen, and Mama and babies would follow me back to their "spot", often arriving there before I did.

Since then, I use the cat carrier every time I have chicks. makes a great huddle box.

 

[BantyChooks]

Here's one, a bachelor pen made out of an old door.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Here's one, a bachelor pen made out of an old door.
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That's great!!

 

[WVduckchick]

Here's one, a bachelor pen made out of an old door.
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I have a few old doors! That's a great idea.
Tractor, broody/baby pen, cockerel jail, ICU, etc.

 

[CannedMonster]

Plastic cat carrier makes an excellent portable chick transport system. One year I had a wimpy broody hen. Her flock mates loved to torment her by separating her from her chicks. So, every morning, I'd take broody from her broody pen in the coop, carry her to the chicken tractor. Then I'd herd her babies into the cat carrier (which was lined with hay) and transport them to the tractor. I put the cat carrier in the tractor also. Towards evening, the broody and chicks would go to bed in the cat carrier. I'd lug it back to the secure broody pen. After a few days of this, I'd just take the empty cat carrier back to the broody pen, and Mama and babies would follow me back to their "spot", often arriving there before I did.

Since then, I use the cat carrier every time I have chicks. makes a great huddle box.

That is a great idea!
I’ve been trying to figure out a way to transport my chicks to their outside play area (a dog play yard) without having to carry them one at a time from the brooder.
They get so upset when they’re separated!
It’s the same deal taking them back.
I’m gonna use this idea. Thanks Lazy Gardener!

One of my ideas was to fill a shallow box with dirt and put it in the brooder for a dust bath. They loved it.
When they were moved to a bigger brooder I put a plastic bin with dirt in there. They liked to roost on the edges too.

 

[LaurEliz]

This is a tad different than what others are posting and what the original post asked, but every time it storms enough here to knock down larger tree limbs, I drag them into the coop to create several different more "natural" perches and play areas for my birds. They love it.

I also work at a library and used some unplayable DVDs, CDs, and audiobook disks that we just had laying around to hang around the yard to try and confuse/deter hawks. Not sure if they work or not, but no losses recently, so maybe?

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Lets see.... My run was originally a dog run, we built our coop under a roofed portion. Some of the framing lumber started life as a bed frame. The ramp to the coop was a ladder for a bunk bed. Our nest boxes are covered cat boxes and finally, I'm working on a project to expand my run. I'm using a 12' trampoline. See this thread for the full story there... https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/trampoline-runs.1235363/

 

[WVduckchick]

This is a tad different than what others are posting and what the original post asked, but every time it storms enough here to knock down larger tree limbs, I drag them into the coop to create several different more "natural" perches and play areas for my birds. They love it.

I also work at a library and used some unplayable DVDs, CDs, and audiobook disks that we just had laying around to hang around the yard to try and confuse/deter hawks. Not sure if they work or not, but no losses recently, so maybe?

I screwed a few branches together to make perches in all of mine too.

 

[Redhead Rae]

I did some repurposing last week. This is an old utensil holder which I used with vet wrap as a chick sling. I also used drawer organizers for food and water for the chick. Sadly I had to cull the poor thing.