Another brooding solution that works well for large numbers of chicks is an area brooder. Area brooders combine a pen to contain chicks with a hanging heat source to keep them warm. The larger the pen and heat source, the more chicks your area brooder can take care of.
Area brooders have the following features:
- Hanging heat source, or “hover”, powered by electricity or natural gas
- Brooder walls, or “guards”, to contain chicks
- Normally placed in a room, stall or barn that is predator proof and draft free
- Easily scalable to accommodate large chick count and larger chicks as they grow
- Ground chick feeders
- Ground chick waterers
Here are a few items you may want to consider when assembling area brooders:
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