A Cheap Brooder
For Fifty Chicks
Clemson Poultry Specialist Advises Inexpensive, Home-made
? Outfit For Small Number of Chicks
By A. B. Bryan
'C OR those who want to brood a small
I * number of chicks with less trouble
and little mortality of chicks, P. H.
Gooding, extension poultry specialist at
Clemson College, suggests a simple, in
expensive, home-made brooder that will
care for 25 to 50 chicks. ,
There are, Mr.
Gooding believes,
three groups who
will doubtless
welcome such a
brooder: (l)
those who buy 2S
to so chicks and
trv-to brood thein
in old boxes or
other improvised
brooders ; ( 2 )
those who buy
one to two dozen
baby chicks and
depend on brood
ing hens to take
care of the
chicks; (j) those who hatch chicks with
hens and let the hens carry them until
weaning age.
Regarding the demonstrations so far
conducted with the little home-mad? out
fit, Mr. Gooding saw: *?
?These indicate that this is a most
successful way of brooding a small num
ber of chicks and it ccrtainly does reduce
the labor in looking after, them."
Th? EMntial Materials
Here are the materials needed for the
pimple 50-chick brooder to which Mr.
"Gooding refers:
1. A 3x6 foot frame, 2 feet high,
built of light material ? 1x3 in. planks.
2. Enough one-half-inch mesh wire
to go around the sides and the top.
3. A piece of three- fourths-inch mesh
wire, 3x6 feet for the bottom of the
caee. One-half-inch mesh will do.
in place. Newspapers placed over the
boards keep them clean. These will also
help to keep the chicks warm and may
be removed each day. The three bricks
arc then placed so that the tub will rest
011 than, leaving an opening to the front.
It is necessary that the tub have a small
bole m it to let
out fumes from
the lantern. (A
box may be used
instead of the tub
but this would
increase the dan
ger from Are
should the lan
tern blaze up.)
The crocus bogs
are tucked
around the back
and sides and
over the top of
the tub to hold
the heat in.
Mr. Gooding
Figur* No. 1
believes that when a good or new lantern
is used and the wick is trimmed each
day, there is not any more danger ot
fire than in using any other kind of oil
brooder. If electricity it available and
a wire can conveniently be run to the
brooding cage, he suggests a 40 - watt
bulb instead of a lantern. If the weather
is extremely cold and the chicks are
young, it will be necessary to use a
larger bulb.
a
At to the location of the brooder, Mr.
Gooding suggests any convenient place
protected from wind and rain ? a fairly
tight wash shed, wood shed, or garage.
Operating tho Brooder
In operating a brooder of this kind,
Mr. Gooding advises that it be observed
closely for the first day or two to see it
the chicks are kept comfortable and to
learn how to adjust the lantern and the
4. An old No. 3
tin tub with a
hole in the bot
tom.
5. A kerosene
lantern.
6. Three
bricks.
7. Three or
four wide boards
about two feet
long to cover the
bottom of the
cage just brneath
the tub.
8. E n o u e h
Figur* No. 2
cmcut bags or old quilts to cover the
tub and close up most of the space be
tween the bottom of the tub and the
floor of the brooding cage.
How to Build th? Broodor
The following directions are given as
a guide in the const ruction of the
brooder :
A J xb foot cage is constructed as
shown in Figure t. The bottom is nude
from three- fourths-inch mesh hardware
cloth so that the droppings will fall
through easily. The sides and the top
are made from one-half-inch mesh wire.
One-inch mesh wire may be used, but
if this is used, it will be necessary to put
a 1x6 inch board around the bottom of
the cage for the first few days to pre
vent the smaller chicks from getting out.
The 1x6 inch planks, shown in Figure
2, are placed in one end of the brooder.
Three nails are placed in the center
board with one of the nails bent in such
a way that the lantern can be placed
against two of the nails and the third
one twisted around to hold the lantern
hags around the
tub to keep the
r i g b t tempera
ture. If a suffici
ent opening is left
on the side of the
tub where the
feed hoppers and
water fountains
are and the chicks
are going in and
out, it is evident
that the tempera
ture is about
right.v On the
other hand, if the
chicks arc hovering under the tub and
chirping, it is a good indication that they
are cold and that the lantern should be
turned higher and more bags tucked
around and paced over the top of the tub.
Other than feeding and watering the
chicks such a brooder require* very little
attention. A good practice is to remove
the tub about 4 p. ml, replace the soiled
papers with new ones, trim the wick,
refill the lantern and replace it. One
filling a day is all that is necessary. If
this is done about 4 p. m., the brooder
wil have ample time to warm up before
?light.
If one has a brooder thermometer on
hand it would be wise to check the tem
perature of the brooder before placing
the chicks in it. This could be done by
lighting the lantern and placing the ther
mometer under the edge of the tub about
two inches above the floor of the brooder.
Enough sacks could then be placed over
the tub and around the sides to bring the
temperature up to 95 to 100 degrees, de
pending on the age of the chicks and the
outside temperature.
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