brooder

  1. K

    Check out my diy brooder!

    I really was struggling coming up with a brooder layout that will use every bit of space I have in my tiny downstairs half bathroom. I have 9 chicks and I want them to be able to run about and play and for the brooder to grow in size with them. After thinking for a day I came up with this! It’s...
  2. TyRi

    Nesting pads in brooder?

    I just saw an advertisement for “brooder pads” which look just like nesting pads for the coop. Has anyone had experience putting nesting pads in the brooder for the floor/bedding then taking them out to clean and replacing? Seems like it would not clean very well but figured I’d ask!
  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...
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    • brooder brooder box brooder box designs brooder chicks ideas chicks favorite opinions poll
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    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  4. BroodyBambi

    Team Silkie Hatched 4 Eggs! Pics Below!

    Our 2 silkies hatched 4 little RIR (rooster) x white leghorn chicks. I’m really excited to see what these babies will look like. The ACTUAL mamas refused to sit on their eggs. I heard something about hens genetics being messed with so they won’t sit on their eggs. Is that true? Post pictures of...
  5. Sweeter Heater

    Sweeter Heater

    "The Sweeter Heater has no hot spots, develops a uniform heat pattern, and has a 3-year warranty. The surface temperature of the lens will range from a safe 160-180 degrees (F). It is designed to warm the animal, not the environment and is fully adjustable to maintain the ideal comfort level...
  6. Melko

    Will controlling the Brooder heat lamp using a Thermostat drive the chicks crazy?

    A silly, but maybe not silly question. I have one of those temperature-control thermostats. Essentially, it's a socket with temperature probe, you set the Turn On/Off Temps and it automatically switches the device on and off as needed. My idea is to set this inside the brooder, with a...
  7. Blue's Tips & Tricks to Raising Chicks

    Blue's Tips & Tricks to Raising Chicks

    Let's start with a disclaimer: I've only been raising chicks for about 13 years and there are about as many ways to do it as there are people doing it. Following is a description of how my DH and I do it, which works for us in a humid, temperate climate in mid-America, and may or may not work...
  8. InlandOcean

    Bedding

    I have two ducklings (4 weeks) in a brooder box until my enclosure is built within the next week or two. I just ran out of pine bedding and had to switch to cedar but I keep reading that it's bad for duck respiratory systems. It's a fresh bag, about 2 pounds worth of bedding which would last a...
  9. $5 Brooder is ready to go

    $5 Brooder is ready to go

    Save up or scrounge some cardboard boxes ($0). One packet of zip ties and one roll of paper towels is all you need to buy. Afterwards you can still use the boxes again if you want -- in AZ we put cactus in them for wastepickup day. This is about 5'x'3'.
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  10. chickenaskquestion

    Help deciding bedding for chicken brooder

    The reason I need help is because I live in a poor country and pine chips dont exist here. So I have a question that can I use a mixturue of coco peat, rice husk, a lil bit of sand, and just a bit of rocks and gravel for the bedding?
  11. M

    5 day old chicks sleeping away from heat plate

    My chicks are 5 days old today. Yesterday, I noticed a couple sleeping away from the heat plate but would eventually go in and out. Today when checking in on them on the camera I noticed they started sleeping on the opposite side of the brooder away from the heat plate in a big pile on top of...
    • MountHelen
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    • advice baby chick behavior brooder cold chick heat plate pasty butt temperature
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  12. Dadanga

    New Arrivals (Few toe injury pics for those squeamish)

    Gday everyone, yesterday I went out country to pick up some fresh stock of quail. Being in the urban region makes me envious of those types that can run a large farm like this breeder had. I probably picked up a few more male quail than I was supposed to! I was distracted by all the quail flying...
    • Dadanga
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    • brooder injury quail
    • Replies: 91
    • Forum: Quail
  13. No nonsense old freezer brooder

    No nonsense old freezer brooder

    I've been meaning to do an article on brooders for a while but never got around to it. This is a brooder I've used since 2007. I've made fancier brooders since then but they've never worked as well as this old simple one. As you can tell from the pictures, there is not much to it. It's an old...
  14. Oob Child

    Keeping baby warm?

    Just had a quail chick hatch that needs separation from the others, and I'm not sure what to do in terms of heating. The only two heat lamps I have are either way too hot or too cold. Does anyone know how I could cool down the hot one or what else I can get? I can't afford another heating plate...
    • Oob Child
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    • baby quail brooder chick emergency heat heat source heat source? help
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  15. Oob Child

    Does anyone use these?

    Does anyone actually use these in their brooders? Are they ok? (Sorry about the bad photo, it's straight off my computer😅)
  16. Bigbluefrog

    Building and designing our coop.Exciting right- yet…

    I waited a few years before designing the new coop. I wanted to be able to walk inside it. Egg access from outside. Poop shelves. Brooder built inside. The inside is almost done. And yet the birds keep going to old coop! Augh!
  17. J

    The Girls are here with Pictures and MHP!!

    Well, the Girls are here, and I am beyond excited!! I was only supposed to get 6 lovely girls but they shipped 9 to me so I am really happy I built and extra large brooder and a coop that could hold up to 10 ladies! Speaking of brooder you all are the best and gave great advice on my brooder and...
  18. Oob Child

    Heat Pad Reccomendations?

    Hi, I have three quail all younger than four days old, and I'm looking for a heat source for them that looks something like the pictures I included but cheaper. I'm on a low budget and can't afford much.
  19. hotmessmom

    Ducklings and heat plate question!

    Hey y’all! Long time chicken, first time duck owner here! We have five 1 week old mallards in our brooder right now, they are healthy and thriving! We are using a large heat plate instead of a lamp. I have the plate on a tilt so the ducklings can find the right spot to get cozy in but the last...
    • hotmessmom
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    • brooder ducks heat plate mallards
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    • Forum: Ducks
  20. M

    Need Advice - Haching Eggs 2 Ways

    First time hatching eggs. We have 11 large fowl eggs in and incubator and we have 6 large fowl eggs under our broody Silkie. We have multiple coops so we plan to let our Silkie and her chicks have a 6' x 4' coop all to themselves. I am assuming I cannot stick the other 11 chicks from the...
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