brooder box

  1. S

    A single duckling brooder box?

    Hi, I have a single duckling that is one week old. It spends a lot of time with me, laying on my chest and digging into my hair and sometimes even in my hooded jacket. I have a Rubbermaid tote with a heat lamp that is it’s brooder box, but I do not see it working for much longer; because I...
  2. A

    Heating pad and heat lamp

    Hello! We've had quite the morning. I woke up to the power being out the day that my turkey poulets arrived at the post office due to a freak snow storm. I was able to get them from the USPS and get home and keep them by the fire until the power came back on. The issue is that I set up a...
  3. ChickaChicka1

    What's your favorite brooder box?

    So many people have so many different opinions on what their favorite thing to use as a chick brooder box is. So I'm putting it out there - what's your absolute favorite thing to use? Be sure to comment with any specific things you do with your brooder, and to add anything not on the list that...
    • ChickaChicka1
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    • brooder brooder box brooder box designs brooder chicks ideas chicks favorite opinions poll
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  4. FarmerAnnerz

    Too Early to move outside?

    Heya! I have four chickies that are 4 weeks old. They live in a brooder in our garage without a heat lamp. The brooder is getting a little tight, so I would like to move them out. However, I wanted to get some professional advice from the folks here! Is it too early or would the make it ok? I...
  5. D

    New Home for Baby Chicks

    I uploaded a video of the chicks and their new home. If anyone would like to check it out.
  6. P

    Eccentric, predator proof, fun, repurposed brooder box

    First time chicken owner and decided to build my own brooder box since the pre made ones were either sold out or too expensive. This box was made using all repurposed materials I already had leftover from prior human home rebuilds, etc.; with a few exceptions: the dog kennel pan, plexiglass...
  7. M

    Brooder Maintenance & Chick Access

    Hi All, I’m new to raising chickens. I have 5 chicks (mixed breeds) from TCS that were a week old. I started in a 50 gallon plastic container as their brooder box. I’ve had them for a few weeks and transitioned them to a bigger brooder - a raised planter (71 in long x 36 in wide x 24 in high)...
  8. Chick-Mahal

    4 weeks old ,turned off heat

    This past week we had a really hot one over 90 all week so a fan went on upstairs where the babies are and it was good no roasted chicks. LOL Today we are going down to 50's at night they are still inside the house but I didn't put their heater on. They have noticeable feathers at 4 weeks old...
  9. L

    Taking over some sickly chicks

    So, my bro-in-law wishes he was a farmer, and he has a micro greens business that is doing pretty well (think wheatgrass and sprouts, but lots of different plants). We have 3 chickens already, one rooster, two hens. Last month, he bought 5 chicks from Wilco. This had worked out pretty well last...
    • LiseeLou
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    • brooder box chick feed chicks 6 weeks impacted crop sickly ugly feathers
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  10. Wood Packing Crate Brooder

    Wood Packing Crate Brooder

    I am always looking for new ways to reuse the various things we have laying around here. I also am in need of more brooders. Well, my one 14 yr old son took decided to see what he could do with some of the scraps of wood, welded wire, and an old shipping crate we had on hand. Supplies: 2 - 1...
  11. suburbanjungle

    Double Brooder Box from Old IKEA Dresser

    When I got my chicks last summer, I set up a pretty decent brooder in my garage. It was warm enough that I was able to maintain the right temperature in the unheated and uninsulated garage. (I live in California.) When I was preparing for chicks this past March, however, I found that I wasn't...
  12. Reiki Rooster

    Built a poult brooder box!!

    We built a poult brooder box but I’ll def use it for chicks and keets too...as the time comes
  13. Broncos52

    1 wk old baby chicks - is my set up okay?

    Hello i have a new flock of 4 birds.1 week old. Ive posted a pic of my set up below the thermometer says about 91 degrees is this good? They seem okay but in all the other photos the lamps seem so close. Mine is about 2 feet about the brooder. Any advice would be great or anything different u...
  14. M

    Pecan Tree Run

    Oh wow, when I had my contractor build a chicken run across the back of the old chicken barn that came with my small country house, I was intimidated. I thought, now I've gone and done it. It's built with heavy timber centers and 2x4s, has a metal skirt buried a foot and a half into the ground...
    • Ms Kurtis
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    • brooder babies brooder box chicken health foxes laying after molting laying age racoons rats possums hawks mice snakes chickens rodents in chick'n house roos roost bars
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: New Member Introductions
  15. grettasurfergirl

    When to separate Hen and chicks?

    Hello! We just had two broody hens both hatch fertile eggs I bought elsewhere about 3.5 weeks apart from each other. Now that the new chicks just hatched I am wondering about the older chicks (almost 4 weeks old) and when they can be separated from mama hen. It’s been pretty warm so I’m not sure...
  16. Simple Chick Brooder

    Simple Chick Brooder

    We built this brooder box last summer from scrap lumber we had about and a new roll of hardware cloth. Happy to say that this year we had a broody hen raise 7 chicks to about 3 weeks old (then they were sold) and had zero issues from snakes! That is a huge win for me...
  17. O

    Do I have a drafty brooder? Help!

    Yo, this is my first time hatching quail eggs! Can someone tell me if the chicks placement says I have a drafty brooder? Or is it too hot? The chicks are all on the right, against the side of the box. How do I fix this? Is my lamp placement incorrect?
  18. P

    One day old quail with a week old quail

    I have about 20 one week old Jumbo Coturnix Quail Chicks and about a dozen more will hatch hopefully in the next day or so. I was wondering if its okay to have them in the same brooder box.
    • Persianmad
    • Thread
    • brooder box quail chick
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Quail
  19. SweeneyFamJamFarm

    Brooder box upgrade for 2 week old chickies

    Well, as first time chick owners we have already learned so much, despite spending months of research and preparation thanks to Covid 19!! we received 10 beautiful baby chicks by mail... they were 3 days old. Unfortunately, we lost one on the second day of having them, despite our best efforts...
  20. SweeneyFamJamFarm

    Brooder box feedback!

    Hello again beautifully BYC community, So we have finished setting up the brooder box as we anxiously await our 10 chicks to arrive by mail tomorrow!! We created a lot puns cardboard insert which will be removed in a week or 2 to create more space for the babies. We have cardboard on the bottom...
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