Do it yourself table top brood coop
We decided to make the new home
made brood coop big enough to handle the little styrofoam incubator
for future chick operations.
The trick will be to monitor the temperature over the weekend to see if
any adjustments need to be made.
I used a few scrap pieces of
2x4 to secure up each corner, which worked nicely as a support for both
Avian Aqua Misers.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Hi Mark and Anna. I was looking at your brooder and saw something that might be an issue later. My last batch of chicks were in brooder of similar design and the chicks loaded up in a corner when it got too warm. Several were suffocated or trampled to death. There was plenty of room in the brooder for the number of chicks but they all went to the same place to seek a comfortable temperature. We have rounded the corners with cardboard or plastic pieces since that time hoping that we won't have a repeat.
Dennis
Hi folks! Found you while surfing...
On the subject of rounded corners, we use an old galvanized washtub for brooding. You can still buy them, but ours is an oldie. Works well to brood at least 12 to 14 chicks, and cleans up easy after they move on. Overall a very serviceable setup.
It's also pretty easy to do a makeshift tight wire mesh cover that will protect your birds, if need be.
Happy brooding!