Building a Chick Brooder for Free

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  • Опубліковано 18 січ 2025

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  • @LandFather
    @LandFather  21 день тому

    Thanks for watching! Let me know if you’ve got chicken questions. I’ve learned a lot running and building my flock

  • @99Projects
    @99Projects 21 день тому +2

    Great video, spider obviously needs to go…

    • @LandFather
      @LandFather  21 день тому

      Thanks buddy, he was spared but evicted

  • @Buttons_fix_it
    @Buttons_fix_it 21 день тому +1

    Great job! You're absolutely correct, build it tight to start with and you'll never regret it. I will definitely be trying the grinder on hardware cloth next time.

    • @LandFather
      @LandFather  21 день тому

      @@Buttons_fix_it thanks for watching! Grinder on hardware cloth is the move, easy quick and accurate

  • @TheHelmanHomestead
    @TheHelmanHomestead 21 день тому

    Came out real nice for sure! I too love me some ole wheel horses, they are slightly addicting 😂

    • @LandFather
      @LandFather  21 день тому

      @@TheHelmanHomestead I bought two within 10 days of buying the first so I understand what you mean!

  • @joshuabull
    @joshuabull 21 день тому

    Love it mate

    • @LandFather
      @LandFather  21 день тому

      @@joshuabull thanks buddy!

  • @nancikinser2007
    @nancikinser2007 21 день тому +1

    Need a magnet rake

    • @LandFather
      @LandFather  21 день тому

      Hole in the ground works good 👍 thanks for watching

  • @SeriouslyStumpd
    @SeriouslyStumpd 20 днів тому

    Great job dude! I used hardware cloth when doing some stone work a while back and will never cut it by hand again after trying an angle grinder on it.
    Did you keep the heat lamps that low?

    • @LandFather
      @LandFather  20 днів тому +1

      @@SeriouslyStumpd thanks man! I kept them that low for the first few days and I’ve moved them up twice since (why I used the chains to hang em), I’m now only running two of three too
      Angle grinder is the way!

    • @SeriouslyStumpd
      @SeriouslyStumpd 20 днів тому

      @LandFather Gotcha gotcha. I was just curious if they needed that level of heat as they grew. I'd imagine the first week has the highest probability of losing chicks.

    • @LandFather
      @LandFather  20 днів тому +1

      @ you have to “harden them off” likes seed starts before planting haha, the most common way to lose chicks is for the brooder to be too cold or drafty and then the huddle together and will suffocate the chicks at the center of the pile. 3-5% mortality is super common with little chickens and I’ve seen that in my own experience, for sometimes no explainable reason 😂

    • @SeriouslyStumpd
      @SeriouslyStumpd 20 днів тому

      @LandFather I didn't think about the suffocation aspect. Makes sense though. Keep up the good work bro!