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Ohio brooder with Temperature controls and a collapsible brooder for storage.

We finished! The brooder house conversion is done and we got 100 chicks moved in! We added a 14” shutter exhaust fan and two 12x12 vents. Ventilation is huge when it comes to keeping chicks healthy. Between heat lamps and chick fluff, things warm up fast in there. Good airflow keeps the air clean and helps with temp control.We also painted the inside with exterior paint and primer to seal the wood from moisture, ammonia, and all the mess that comes with raising chicks. It’ll help prevent rot, ma

Spent a couple days turning one of our sheds into a dedicated brooder house for our meat chickens and it’s coming along great. We laid down 8x12 vinyl flooring to protect the wood and make cleanup easier, then framed up two-foot-tall interior walls to keep the shavings and chicks contained. We made an access point where the top foot folds down on hinges so we can access everything without climbing in—super helpful when it’s time to clean or move birds. We’ve still got some work to do: sealing th