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The Moonshiner's Pepsi Cooler IncubatorFigured I'd add an update..... In 2021 I put this thing to the test. I was really happy with it and it ran without issues that season and by fall...- The Moonshiner
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Tia's Brooder BoxLooks like a sturdy brooder, I like how it's so open with the hardware cloth.
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Latest reviews
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Biddy Coop Home Made For Young Feathered Chicks Til Adding To FlockGood idea, but some information to help someone build it would be helpful.- Debbie292d
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Chicken mobileLooks like a very nice brooder! The article could use more details - how to build, materials list, etc.- Pyxis
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Recycled Dresser BrooderA nice idea for recycling an old dresser into a brooder. Would like to see it finished and in use.
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Coop DeVille Brooder BoxA nice, simple brooder box that looks well-built. Adding build details would be great.
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Ravenwood Acres Upcycled Hoosier BrooderA very nice brooder that almost looks like furniture.
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Incubators & Brooders
Over 100 chicken brooders and incubators. Pictures, designs, and plans.
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Short on Time? Recycle-a-Prefab Brooder
- rosemarythyme
- 10 min read
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- Reaction score: 50
- Comments: 19
- Reviews: 17
or: How I learned to stop worrying and love brooding outdoors! Contents: Building the Brooder Making a Mama Heating Pad Early Integration... -
The Moonshiner's Pepsi Cooler Incubator
- The Moonshiner
- 5 min read
- Views: 8K
- Reaction score: 29
- Comments: 9
- Reviews: 17
My Pepsi cooler incubator build It all started one day when I drove past a garage sale and saw this Pepsi cooler. I instantly thought... -
Amferro103s Homemade Chicken Brooder
- amferro103
- 2 min read
- Views: 271K
- Reaction score: 18
- Comments: 50
- Reviews: 15
HomeMade Brooder After deciding we were hooked on hatching we decided to build a durable brooder that we could us over and over. We... -
Setting up a Chick Brooder 🐥
- CHlCKEN
- 9 min read
- Views: 22K
- Reaction score: 37
- Comments: 50
- Reviews: 15
This article offers tips on setting up a brooder, as well as what kind of brooder to setup. It also touches on Heat Plates and their comparison to... -
Pseudo Brooder Heater 'Plate'
- aart
- Updated
- 3 min read
- Views: 35K
- Reaction score: 22
- Comments: 17
- Reviews: 6
There were several discussions around March 2014 in multiple threads in multiple sub forums about using a people heating pad to simulate the... -
My coop brooder and Integration
- blackdog043
- 3 min read
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- Reaction score: 37
- Comments: 17
- Reviews: 8
I use a coop brooder with the Mama heat pad. At four weeks, I use a panic door panel for the brooder, to let the chicks interact with the big... -
How I made a Mama Heating Pad Plate
- feathermaid
- 3 min read
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- Reaction score: 12
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I love this method of raising chicks. It has worked so well for my last two small broods, and those babies have grown up happy, healthy and... -
Yorkshire coops guinea cage brooder
- Yorkshire Coop
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- 1 min read
- Views: 11K
- Reaction score: 9
- Comments: 6
- Reviews: 6
This is my guinea cage brooder with Brinsea Eco glow heat plate. Ideal for indoor use for the first couple of weeks after hatching. No risk of... -
Run to Outdoor Brooder Conversion
- 3KillerBs
- 4 min read
- Views: 9K
- Reaction score: 26
- Comments: 4
- Reviews: 6
The only accurate word to describe this build is "Rednecked" -- but that's fine because while I was born a Yankee, rural North Carolina is where I... -
Franken-bator -- Converting a cheap yellow topped model with the Incukit Mini
- Redhead Rae
- 8 min read
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- Reaction score: 10
- Comments: 16
- Reviews: 3
Note: after 2 years of use, I've come to the conclusion that these two incubators are only really good for lock down incubators. I thought it... -
Building the BinBator
- BantyChooks
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- 8 min read
- Views: 13K
- Reaction score: 9
- Comments: 11
- Reviews: 6
After becoming dissatisfied with my Little Giant's propensity to temperature swings, I went on the market for a new incubator. I wanted something... -
Harris Farms Nurture Right 360 Incubator (Updated)
- CluckNDoodle
- 6 min read
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- Reaction score: 7
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- Reviews: 6
I originally posted this in the "Incubating & Hatching Eggs" forum and it was recommended to me that I should make it an article. I have updated... -
DIY Chicken TV Brooder
- K0k0shka
- 5 min read
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- Reaction score: 12
- Comments: 7
- Reviews: 5
One of the reasons I got chickens was so that my kids could have the opportunity to grow up with animals, the way I did. So it made sense to start... -
DIY Chicken TV Brooder, v2.0
- K0k0shka
- 9 min read
- Views: 11K
- Reaction score: 2
- Comments: 7
- Reviews: 4
A large cardboard brooder built to be easy to see and reach into, for optimal chick viewing and interaction. -
Large Brooder converts to chicken crate
- dalgal
- 6 min read
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- Reaction score: 1
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This turned out to be a great brooder design with multiple uses. It can hold up to 40 small chicks, used as a small grow out, or 1 or 2 section... -
Emergency Chick Brooder for Power Outages
- Redhead Rae
- 4 min read
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- Reaction score: 20
- Comments: 6
- Reviews: 6
Imagine this, you wake up in the middle of the night and the power is out. You get up, set up the emergency lights in the house, call the power... -
Modified Little Giant Incubator for Hatching Success!
- BirdsBeesTrees
- 2 min read
- Views: 6K
- Reaction score: 4
- Comments: 9
- Reviews: 5
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How to Make a Cooler Incubator
- venymae
- 8 min read
- Views: 39K
- Reaction score: 9
- Comments: 1
- Reviews: 4
How to Make a Basic Cooler Incubator Easy Instructions for Making you own High Quality Incubator As of 2017, a cooler incubator will cost you...