Paper Towels On Brooder Floor

An important thing to consider when setting up your brooder.

Paper towels on brooder floor. My intention was to have the brooder floor be a combination of solid screened. I line the brooder with puppy training pads covered with paper towels for the first five days or so. If you decide at some point that raising chicks is really not for you you still have a usable bin. If you can afford an ecoglow than i strongly suggest it.

If they are doing well on it i would avoid the paper towels for now. You want to remove all the bedding from their brooder and clean it out well with mild soap and water or cleaning vinegar works well too. Not only does it clean out easily it s decomposes well in the compost too and prevent the chicks from slipping it allows them to learn quickly what their feed looks smells and tastes like. Capacity of 0534 app.

Make sure that clean bedding is down the food and water is in place and the heat lamp has heated the box to 90 95 f before putting the chicks in. I know many others have done this before and i m hoping to learn. 0534 game bird poultry brooder comes with a thermometer three 28 troughs for feed water. You can put paper towels over it the first few days then take the towels away after they learn what there food is.

After a couple of days and the chicks are getting the hang of where the food is you can remove the paper towels. Line the bottom of the bin with shop towels as seen here or paper towels. Or you can try a setup like this. The pads waterproof the brooder floor and make for efficient clean outs.

Wet paper towels and puppy pads must always be replaced promptly. Rubber maid non slip mats sound like a good idea. You could keep one in the brooder and have another to replace it while the first is drying out from washing. Get your heat fired up and with your thermometer directly under your heat source on the floor you will start your day old chicks off at 88 to 90 degrees fahrenheit.

For quail or bantam chicks cover the wire with paper towels or a dacb sheet for the first week. The heat lamp gets very hot. This gives you a nice solid walled brooder that will protect the tiny chicks from drafts which can chill them. Remove the lid and store it.

Thanks for all your input. Plywood with some bedding at brinsea ecoglow and hardware cloth at feed and water with a clean out tray below. I prefer paper towels on top of a beach towel for the first week because it s cozy and they won t ingest it after that i use pine shavings or sand. You can put paper towels down for the first week or so.

The noise of sprinkling the feed onto the paper surface attracts their attention and. Comes with 2 brooder bulbs. After the first five days the paper towels should be replaced by litter. Once in the brooder i cover the shelf liner with some kitchen paper again an inexpensive option that works well.

Week or 100 quail or 50 chukars or pheasant chicks to 4th week. 100 poultry chicks to 2nd.