This mobile DIY brooder box design works for broody hens or mail-order chicks and for both indoor and outdoor use. We’ve designed a secure, lightweight brooder box that is relatively easy and ...

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Raising chicks is infinitely easier than incubating eggs, but there is still much more to it than just plopping them in a coop. They need a toasty-warm mini-coop – a brooder – to nurture them into ...

Cleaning the chick brooder and giving the little chicks some treats.

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No matter where your chicks come from, isolate new birds for at least 30 days before introducing them to an existing flock. This is especially important if birds come from another backyard flock. If ...