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How to set up What is a brooder?
a Brooder What about bedding?
Insulates the brooder floor. Provides chicks something to
scratch in.
Absorbs moisture from droppings and leaky waterers (replace the latter). Needs replaced often. All birds, even small chicks, will soil it quickly. Heavily used bedding is unhealthy for birds. (And smells!)
It’s a chick’s first home. Ideally, it should be as warm and secure as a mother hen.
The brooder can be as simple as a cardboard box with bedding and a heat lamp—or
a commercial appliance designed for hundreds of chicks.
Why do I need a brooder?
Mailed or artificially incubated poultry lack a “mother” to raise them. The brooder provides the safety and warmth of the hen, while ensuring hurdle-free access to feed and water.
Best placed in an easily monitored, warm, predator and draft free location.
CLEAN BEDDING = CLEAN CHICKS = HEALTHY, LIVE BIRDS
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Easy Ordering! Kits for up to 20 chicks Kits contain all the essential items needed to give your chicks a healthy start!
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Heat Lamp Starter Kit Includes:
• Heat Lamp, two 250W bulbs .................. p. 10 • Heat Lamp Stand..........................................11 • 7 Reusable Brooder Panels......................... 07 • Classic Waterer.............................................15 • Chick Stand ..................................................15 • Saturn 3 Feeder, 3 lb................................... 32 • Organic Chick Starter Feed ......................... 39
Heat Lamp Starter Kit, 25.84 lb
#540372 ...................................................$215.30*
Heating Plate Starter Kit Includes:
• Heating Plate, small ............................... p. 09 • Heating Plate Cover, small ......................... 09 • 7 Reusable Brooder Panels ........................ 07 • Classic Waterer ............................................15 • Chick Stand..................................................15 • Saturn 3 Feeder, 3 lb .................................. 32 • Organic Chick Starter Feed......................... 39
Heat Plate Starter Kit, 21.19 lb #540373...................................................$188.80*
*Due to variability in supply, substitutions may be made for feeders and waterers.
HEAT LAMP
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Suggested bedding:
• Peat Moss (dusty but our favorite) • Chopped straw
• Wood shavings
• Crushed corncobs
• Sand
We don’t recommend sawdust because its small size can be too enticing to hungry, curious chicks.
HEATING PLATE