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JohnInDixon
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« on: April 19, 2006, 04:19:40 PM »
How about this easy "Brooder"?  A 4' plastic swimming pool makes room for many chicks. I had to add the ckicken wire roof to it after a week...  Rascals kept making a run for the sides.
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« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2006, 06:00:43 PM »
Nice and roomy. :laugh:

For those like me with a small house and yard, here is my weather proof brooder that I keep out back.

It's just a big tupperware/rubbermade type container. Pictures are self explainatory. Depending on location, you may need a strong wat bulb etc. I have a little fencing on the side for air circulation but can probably do without it for maximum heat containment. May need a few holes at the side top for air though.
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« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2006, 08:49:27 PM »
i just finished making  one.

i found it at  www.rockingtranch.com/


i always follow up on a link i post and it seems the link on the page is common for the whole site.

its a good cheap brooder. if you want to find it, click the above link. next click the logo, scroll down and look for the "tour the farm photo pages" (third row of links,left end. scroll down, click "our hatchery" (right side 5th row) your there.

i just started with the single version mentioned in the end
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« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2006, 09:42:00 PM »
La.

I just made 2 of them!! lol

Eric
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« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2006, 10:31:29 PM »
well that's pretty much what I have in my room. A tupperware with a table lamp. I brood freshly hatched chicks in it for the first 2 weeks or so then move them outside to my outside brooder.
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« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2006, 02:44:59 PM »
How many Quail Chicks can you get in the tupperware brooder and for how long can they remain in there comfortably??
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« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2006, 05:45:53 PM »
which one? And just depends on size since there are various sizes one can purchase. My outside brooder is around 2x3 feet or something. I have kept around 15 or so of the bigger coturnix, XLD's etc in it till they are around 4 weeks comfortably till I can move them to a pen.
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« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2006, 05:04:41 AM »
Quote from: JohnInDixon on April 19, 2006, 04:19:40 PM
How about this easy "Brooder"?  A 4' plastic swimming pool makes room for many chicks. I had to add the ckicken wire roof to it after a week...  Rascals kept making a run for the sides.


John,

I have been using round swimming pools for years! I keep my chicks in the pools for one week, then put them out into the barn brooder which is 6 feet wide by 16 long  by 7 foot high, which I have 2 of.

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