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Brooder conversion

4'x8' and even that for 6 weeks might be a bit on the small side

Plastic storage tub will work fine as long as they can get away from the heat and cool off

How many chicks are you getting?

stainless tubs work well, the real large plastic totes would work too. youll need some kind of screening or hardware cloth for the top

they need area to get away from the heat and cool off, and youd be better off with something with solid sides. My brooders are 4'x6'x2'h and hold up to 100 chicks

What do you have around or access to? They need to be warm draft free and safe

mine took exactly 2 4x8 sheets of ply. corners all done with 2x2's with 2x4 frame on the top. Edit: Someone asked i explain this a little better so here is is. Sheet one is one single cut making a 2'x4' (end) and a 4'x6' (bottom) peice. Sheet #2 starts the same way but we split the 4x6 into 2...

cute banty. starter crumble & little bits of way scratch mixed in the crumble

Heres mine after some upgrades. 4'x6'x2'

Videos of the evolution of our brooders. Doing some more work on it this weekend, will post pics when the upgrades are done. lol old brooder pool vs plywood brooder i built. B&W vid i shot in the new brooder