Raising chicks? For a DIY chicken brooder, you'll need food and water, pine shavings and a heating plate.

This mobile DIY brooder box design works for broody hens or mail-order chicks and for both indoor and outdoor use. We’ve designed a secure, lightweight brooder box that is relatively easy and ...

All these supplies are available at local feed stores or big box ranch supply stores. The wood shavings will be laid covering the bottom of the brooder about 3” thick.

In this video, I show how I build up my quail breeding stock and give an update on how my new Borotto incubator worked. At ...