Love is a new chicken brooder

Forget perfume and jewellery, true love is when your other half makes you a new chicken brooder/broody box just because he thinks you might like one.


New chicken brooder box

This box is the ants pants. Designed to keep growing chickens safe from predators, it has solid sides and wire top and bottom as well as a fully covered section which can be closed off with a little door. Very important as around here we have our share of predators.  Its first try this afternoon with some chickens in it saw one of our local Nankeen Kestrels sitting on the fence screeching while it had a closer look. Uncovered little chicks are not safe around here.


The box under construction

The starting point for the box was a wooden shelf set - on special at $17.00 from the hardware store. The rest was made with bits and pieces in the shed. A couple of coats of fence paint and it was ready to go.  The chicks certainly seem to like it as much as I do!

Chickens enjoying their new home