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Frequent clean ups over here at my house!! I have about 30 chicks in a brooder that is about 10x4, filled with about 4 inches of pine shavings. I turn the shavings every day, and about once a week I scoop out the old stuff with a scooper I made out of a big DEF jug (diesel exhaust fluid (it's...

I did not know this until the last time I went to buy a 100w bulb for heat.... so disappointing! I have some smaller lamps that are more for reptiles than chicks and the huge brooder bulbs don't fit in them. Reptile bulbs are too much, so I had to break down and buy new lamps! Sometimes you...

I have tried this so many times but I always wind up cracking the lid when I try to cut a hole in it, what is your secret?! And that is pretty impressive stuff with the bedside lamp lol, i guess desperate times call for desperate measures haha, that is awesome. I love your little brooder tho it...

Took some more pics yesterday. So far this is my favorite brooder set up we've had! Aside from my nursery for the teeny tiny ones that need extra TLC, nothing beats the mama heating pad set up!

Last year I ordered one of these for my hen with a broken leg, she slept inside of it most of the winter in my living room. Since it has been so nice outside she has been out there a lot more, so I decided to use it for a brooder this spring. At least for their first few weeks. This thing is...