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Beth C:
Funny you should mention brooders, because I was just going back through old posts looking for ideas and found these:
 
http://www.ameraucana.org/abcforum/index.php?a=topic&t=213

http://www.ameraucana.org/abcforum/index.php?a=topic&t=427

Like I have any business starting yet another project, but I truly NEED a brooder. I am SO over the heat lamp clipped to a Rubbermaid tub!

Cloverleaf Farm:
wow - John\'s brooders are really neat!  Since I have to have mine in the house, I use rabbit cages - the kind with the 6\" plastic bottom and wire top.  The ones with the big flip up door on top work really nice, because they allow for much more ease of adjustment for the heat lamp.  Once the chicks outgrow them, they move out onto the covered porch into XL dog crates.
And both the rabbit cages and the dog crates are easy to hose out between uses.

Beth C:
I have to keep mine in the house/garage too and my greatest concern is fire, which is why I really want to get away from the lamps. It wasn\'t so bad in previous years when I was home most of the time, but now that Fuzz is in school I\'m gone more and just don\'t want to chance it.

Jess:
Evening,
Well I have got My hatcher and Incubator up and running.
I just locked down my first hatch this afternoon, they should be hatching Sunday if all goes well.
I am using my basement for a hatchery. although it got down to 19 last night, my basement seems to stay between 55 and 60 degrees. here is a shot.
Thanks
Jess

John:
I\'ve added 1/2\" by 1\" welded wire to partition off my hatch trays.  Holes were drilled into the metal sides and then zip ties were used to fasten the wire to the sides and wire bottoms.  Plastic strips were added to the tops of the wire for protection.  An added benefit is the welded wire helps prevent the 1/4\" hardware cloth bottoms from sagging.  I had wood slats used as partitions before, but I think they cut down on some of the air flow.

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