I'm a teacher from the Caribbean and just beginning my "chicken journey ". I am hoping to do this commercially one day. I saw your video where you spoke about just buying the chicks without having everything in place. I did the same now I'm trying to get things in place. Your videos are such a big help.
This is a great setup! i am going to start hatching on a larger scale and love this setup you guys did a great job. This is bar similar to what I’m doing for my chicks
I absolutely love this design! I just finished building a new 10x12 coop. I am going to try to making this brooder. How many chicks would you estimate that it will hold?
Great video, nice build….. now that you’ve used it a while are you finding that the doors are too small or thinking that same size but double doors would have been better to easily reach chickens at the ends, or are you happy with how it is? Also, how about the bottom pen, how hard is it getting down there and getting chicks in the bottom pen?
I'm happy with the door size. I have cats and do not want them eating a Chick that could possibly escapes if the doors were larger. I feel like 1 door is good for us but a second door wouldn't hurt. I'm still young so reaching into the bottom level isn't bad. I think if someone were to have trouble getting on their knees they should build the brooder a tad bit higher. Honestly though, I love this thing! It works really well for having different age birds and being able to seperate them, a place to put hurt birds, a place to lock cats in while changing bedding lol, it's just overall great to have 4 sections. Right now I have chicks in one, turkeys in another & a hen that hatched out chicks. 🙂
This is an impressive design.. how easy is it to clean? I tried one like this and it gets pretty messy especially when the chicks walk around and in the drinkers
It's easy to clean with a solid plastic dust pan. The waterers sit on a brick above the shavings when the chicks are a little bigger and they don't get dirty as much. This design is working out great for us. I hope you find a good design or use this one 🙂
@@LargeFamilyHomesteaders this is the one I used 😁... just got stuck at the cleaning and how easily the bedding got wet. I Also think I crowded my cage... thanks this is a beautiful way to brood!
@@besakansumba4083 After your next batch clean it the best you can (use something strong, bleach or TSP), dry it for a week at least, then get some linoleum scraps(Craigslist, habitat for humanity) and glue in the linoleum… cleanup will be easy in the future.
Nice cage, but I would suggest that you also use the netting in the floors for the first two weeks of their lives, due to health of the chicks. I have something similar at my home and move them one floor down each week since new chicks arrive each week during the spring time. And the temperature is a little lower in each compartment, so they will be heat free when they are about six weeks old. There is a thing that you do during hatching which is not good, never open the incubator during the hatch, and let the chicks be completely dry before you handle them. I know it is a bit difficult to keep the lid on during the hatch, but it is much better for the chicks.
Nothing on the plywood for easy clean up? Scraping chick poo and keeping it clean, i would rethink the floors and make it with removable trays for easy cleaning.
I think if I ever build again, you are right. I want removable floors with vinyl. If you clean the floors when the bedding is freshly soiled, it comes up easy and I throw it out and replace it with new bedding. If I wait it is hard to clean. Once a year I give it a good spray down with soap and let it dry in the sun. Thanks for your tip! Take care 🙂
I'm a teacher from the Caribbean and just beginning my "chicken journey ". I am hoping to do this commercially one day. I saw your video where you spoke about just buying the chicks without having everything in place. I did the same now I'm trying to get things in place. Your videos are such a big help.
I'm glad these videos help you .🙂
Love it!
You are such a great builder. I'm impressed. It turned out wonderful. Some happy chickens!
Thank you. They were happy. 🙂
Just awesome 👌 👏 👍
Nicely done!
Wow, nice looking setup.
Thanks
Brilliant idea 💡❤
Thanks for the video's
Whats that folding tool and now after 2 years how do you like and would you change anything. Thanks for your time this looks awesome
This is so nice
Great.. beautiful
Love these types of videos. Just subscribed hope for more in the future to!!
HELPFUL
I'm so glad
Superb
Thanks
This is a great setup! i am going to start hatching on a larger scale and love this setup you guys did a great job. This is bar similar to what I’m doing for my chicks
Thank you. I hope your set up turns out!
Do@@LargeFamilyHomesteaders
I really like it!! Well done! I'm cobbling one together right now and wish I'd seen this sooner. I can do yours next :)
Thanks.
Amazing work you guys did I will try to do that thanks
Thanks!
Nice job
Thanks
Can u give me a size or the frame ...i want to try it in may home thanks alot...staysafe
But it is beautiful.
Thank you!
Can you do a short video on how the pocket holes work and tool for doing it. I really like that.
Let me see what I can do
I absolutely love this design! I just finished building a new 10x12 coop. I am going to try to making this brooder. How many chicks would you estimate that it will hold?
I estimate 60- 80 comfortably before being moved out.
What about painting the frame before attaching the wire? I think that would make it easier to clean then untreated wood. Thank You Ron
That's a good idea.
Awesome...so what watts is that bulb...
Do you have plans for this anywhere hun I love the design!?
Sorry I don't.
I love this build! What did you do for the top of it?
Out is a piece of plywood.
Samo napred
Great work , how long time we keep the chicks in that brooder?
Until they have their adult feathers .
Great video, nice build….. now that you’ve used it a while are you finding that the doors are too small or thinking that same size but double doors would have been better to easily reach chickens at the ends, or are you happy with how it is? Also, how about the bottom pen, how hard is it getting down there and getting chicks in the bottom pen?
I'm happy with the door size. I have cats and do not want them eating a Chick that could possibly escapes if the doors were larger. I feel like 1 door is good for us but a second door wouldn't hurt. I'm still young so reaching into the bottom level isn't bad. I think if someone were to have trouble getting on their knees they should build the brooder a tad bit higher. Honestly though, I love this thing! It works really well for having different age birds and being able to seperate them, a place to put hurt birds, a place to lock cats in while changing bedding lol, it's just overall great to have 4 sections. Right now I have chicks in one, turkeys in another & a hen that hatched out chicks. 🙂
@@LargeFamilyHomesteaders wonderful! Thank you for the answer!
Your welcome.
Great video , how many total pieces of 1x2 and 2x2 did you use ?
I don't know anymore 😆
Did you use the 1x2 for the supports at the gates?
Yes
Hello👋🏼, by any chance do you still have the list of materials used to make that chicken coop?
It's in my description
This is an impressive design.. how easy is it to clean? I tried one like this and it gets pretty messy especially when the chicks walk around and in the drinkers
It's easy to clean with a solid plastic dust pan. The waterers sit on a brick above the shavings when the chicks are a little bigger and they don't get dirty as much. This design is working out great for us. I hope you find a good design or use this one 🙂
@@LargeFamilyHomesteaders this is the one I used 😁... just got stuck at the cleaning and how easily the bedding got wet. I
Also think I crowded my cage... thanks this is a beautiful way to brood!
@@besakansumba4083
After your next batch clean it the best you can (use something strong, bleach or TSP), dry it for a week at least, then get some linoleum scraps(Craigslist, habitat for humanity) and glue in the linoleum… cleanup will be easy in the future.
XOXO
Do you have size of the chicken brooders
What was the tool he used for bending the wire? Thanks
It's called a bar folder. It's used for doing sheet metal bends for air conditioning, ducts & making flanges
I want to build something similar but I’m worried about the heat lamp, what lamps did you use to prevent a fire?
I used the bulb lamps sold at Tractor Supply. I use wood chips since it takes a lot higher temperatures to start a fire. 🙂
Great idea! Thank you so much
Nice cage, but I would suggest that you also use the netting in the floors for the first two weeks of their lives, due to health of the chicks. I have something similar at my home and move them one floor down each week since new chicks arrive each week during the spring time. And the temperature is a little lower in each compartment, so they will be heat free when they are about six weeks old. There is a thing that you do during hatching which is not good, never open the incubator during the hatch, and let the chicks be completely dry before you handle them. I know it is a bit difficult to keep the lid on during the hatch, but it is much better for the chicks.
How do you clean the cages?
I use a dust pan and small brush. To deep clean I hose it down and scrub with a brush, soap and rinse.
what type of wood was used?
Pine
Nothing on the plywood for easy clean up? Scraping chick poo and keeping it clean, i would rethink the floors and make it with removable trays for easy cleaning.
I think if I ever build again, you are right. I want removable floors with vinyl. If you clean the floors when the bedding is freshly soiled, it comes up easy and I throw it out and replace it with new bedding. If I wait it is hard to clean. Once a year I give it a good spray down with soap and let it dry in the sun. Thanks for your tip! Take care 🙂
how do you get in there to shovel out all the poop?!
With a small shovel and a dust pan.
Am I able to open the incubator to pull a chick out without hurting the un hatch ones?
Yes as long as your quick about it.
@@LargeFamilyHomesteaders thank you
Would you happen to remember the dimensions? Thanks in advance
I don't sorry.
Can you share the dimension please?
I share them in the video otherwise I don't have them.