Picture of brooder

We bought a sheet (4x8) of corrugated plastic and split it long ways into two, 2x8 and then joined them. I have 50 meat chicks... (not great photos, from a cell phone)

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That is awesome, what a great idea. No crowding into corners there.

That is an excellent idea! My hubby wants to know what you used for the floor

Looks great! What a wonderful idea, thanks for sharing [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

What a great idea for a brooder. How did you attach them?

Nice Cathy. I like that it's reusable. You can just hose it off and disinfect.

How did you attach the ends? Just screws/bolts/washers?

I have used the same roll of brooder cardboard for 2 years now, so it's gone now. (I didn't re-use any, it's just used up now) so it's great to see new ideas. Thanks for sharing. I have to decide soon whether or not to do frankenchickens this year.

Thanks guys.

Floor--it sits in our dairy barn backroom, so the floor is cement. I put sawdust down first, about 3 inches for insulation, then newspapers, then paper towels. I was going to leave it but decided to put in two big towels.. they don't slips on it, they can't lift it up and it's washable.

The side connections. On the end we screwed on a piece of board, maybe 1/4 inch by 2 inches wide. Then brought the other end and overlapped it, and pushed it through on the screw, then a bolt. I will take a close up picture so it's more clear. The whole thing took about 30 minutes to put together.

When we are done, we just unscrew the sides and put the flat pieces of plastic up against a wall. It is waterproof so we can wash it off.

It is about 5 feet in diameter and about 18 square feet.

I think maybe for the next batch of ducklings we will make a screen floor, you know maybe two inches high with lots of 'beams' maybe every 6 inches. It would be much easier to just have them on wire than on the towels. Definitely cleaner!

Great idea and from what I remember just as cheap as the throw away corrugated cardboard you can buy.

We got the plastic sheet at HOme Depot.. 22 dollars...

That is a great idea! Thanks for sharing. Lou

That looks so professional. Great brooding area!