DIY Chicken Brooder | NOT Cheap

DIY Chicken Brooder | NOT Cheap
We have been so excited to start settling into our new home so that we can begin now to focus on building structures for the animals we want to have.
Our first task at hand is to build a detailed DIY chicken brooder that can house both chickens and turkeys for the first 21 days of their life.
We knew we needed to build something solid to use for years to come, Joe Salatin's Polyface Designs book inspired us to build the design we chose. We knew we would make modifications because we wanted more flexibility. So, in this DIY chicken brooder video, we show you our process and some challenges we had. We are very pleased with the finished product.
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[@TheNakidGardeners]

Check out other DIY projects we have done: kzbin.info/aero/PL94dIbp2wpGio1HXFYjJYz9vNL6KL2VrL

[@HamiltonvilleFarm]

Looks really good!

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Thanks big dawg

[@MamaZsTexasKitchen]

Good job!

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Thank you! We are trying to get a few structures ready ahead of time so we can focus on taking care of the animals.

[@ravincathomestead-cecilia2894]

looking good, take care and stay safe

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Thank you so much. You do the same

[@jenniferdawson2536]

Hot dang- is there no end to your talent??? Impressive!!

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Lol! Thank you so much, we try to learn so we can do and just grow 😊 Building is something Mr. NG has always done, but raising birds isn't what we know, but we are learning. 😁-Mrs. NG

[@jenniferdawson2536]

@@TheNakidGardeners Excellent! Have a great weekend!

[@yudiwchannel7252]

Hallo selamat pagi dari Indonesia,Video bagus saya suka. terimakasih sharing videonya.

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Terima kasih atas kata-katanya yang baik. Kami senang Anda menikmati videonya. Apakah Anda memiliki unggas?

[@yudiwchannel7252]

Ya, saya juga ada sapi dan Tanaman Padi.

[@TheNakidGardeners]

@@yudiwchannel7252 Oh bagus. Jenis sapi apa yang Anda miliki dan berapa banyak?

[@yudiwchannel7252]

Simental dan Lemosin,hanya 2 ekor saja.

[@TheNakidGardeners]

@@yudiwchannel7252 Oh oke. Sekali lagi terima kasih telah mampir dan menonton. Jika Anda mengenal teman dan / atau anggota keluarga lain yang akan mendapat manfaat dari video ini atau saluran kami, silakan bagikan.

[@GraceFilledHomestead]

Heyyyy I came to subscribe for the upcoming live and stayed for all the videos lol... I have to prioritize how to can get all the things ... We are on a budget but I think increased my egg sales & soap sales will help!!!!I created this channel as a branch from my main channel of 5,000 in hopes it would help me as well. Pray for me & I am so excited about the hoa conference this year... I had to miss last year but I'm excited. Im also excited about being connected to you guys too! So now I can be in the loop about more DIY, tips, inspiration etc like these!!! So glad Dom mentioned you to me. I love her and I can tell I am gonna loce you guys too!!! Hugs 🤗

[@TheNakidGardeners]

That's so awesome. Don't be scared to increase your prices. Remember, your product is not for everyone it only for the people who purchase your products. We normally do our LIVES on the first Saturday of each month at 7pm CST. But we are having more guests to share their experiences and expertise with our audience and viewers.

[@chelseahappyhome]

Thats a great brooder idea. We had a tote in our kitchen for our baby birds lol my husband didnt enjoy that.... They did go in the garage for a short amount of time... We need a bigger area for them next time!

[@TheNakidGardeners]

We had a huge scare this winter. We had this in the garage, and I guess there's not enough heat for 100 birds and was losing them left and right. We eventually had to put a tote in the house for the first two weeks, then put them in the brooder. Lesson learned to get birds only in the springtime in Texas.

[@contemporaryartfashionslub6900]

Never ever heard a chicken coup described as beefy before #lol but have heard if you keep some geese they will help keep foxes away

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Never heard of that before might have to look into that. We do not have foxes here (at least that I know of). We just been told there are wild hogs, coyotes, and turkeys, Thanks for the heads up

[@elizabethj.davenport8947]

That was SO smart to have one of you pre-drill then the other drills. Efficiency at its finest. 👍

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Yea and time-saving. It is good to work as a team and get the job done in a nice efficient time frame.

[@rogerman25]

@11:04 I put the whole sheet down and used a router for the 3 cuts.

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Yea....hindsight! We have had lots of hindsight on our many projects, LOL! stay blessed!

[@kurtisdiston4851]

Im curious about these... I just brooded out 700 birds for the first time (it was too early, losses were crazy). I have access to a space in an old barn... not ideal, but something like 12x30 broken into four rooms. The amount of waste was insane, not to mention how big they get and how quickly. When I've been looking at this design, I haven't (yet) actually seen any vids on the thing in use, and the day to day practicalities of brooding your birds in there. Would love to see some of that as you use it.

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Which breed did you raise that you had a lot of fatality with? We just put a lot of hatching eggs in our cabinet incubator. So I guess we can do a process from hatch. To brooder. To grass.

[@relacionsustentable2319]

dude that is the Ritz Carlton of brooders, go big or go home 😜, great job on this build

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Thanks 😊

[@EssayonsFG]

An awesome addition, Sidney and Tory! That brooder will serve you all well, especially in the Texas heat. Mobility will let you adjust location as needed. Great job. Rob

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Hopefully, we can order our fencing so we can order our birds in time. Now we have to get some ideas on building or purchasing an infrastructure to put these birds in. Trying to get on your level. Lol

[@EssayonsFG]

@@TheNakidGardeners Hahaha! You two have already gone Super Saiyan. I'm still at Saiyan right now!

[@mauricebrown9094]

I think I would add another couple of wheels on it, just because. Other than that and a primer & paint I believe you both did a brilliant job Pal..

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Yea after using this now for the 2nd or 3rd time I want to have it permanently outside. It takes up a lot of room in the shop, and underneath overhang. I'm have some mod I am going to do prior to that move and then take the wheels off and put it on cinder blocks.

[@fitrahfarms3943]

How have you cleaned it out. I'm at the end stages of building this, and I'm just curious

[@TheNakidGardeners]

After using this brooder a few time now, I would add a trap door like to get all over the deep bedding out of their house. Also, I would add a different flooring substrate for when the birds get messy with their watering dish/bowl.

[@TheNakidGardeners]

First Saturday lime so far. We do deep bedding while birds are in there and sprinkle it on top before fresh layer is put down and after birds graduate to the grass we will shovel it out to the compost and use the first Saturday lime everywhere in it and allow it to air out. We haven't discovered a better way yet, we are definitely open to alternative ideas if you have any. 😊

[@fitrahfarms3943]

We raise about 500 chickens a month (250 in brooders + 250 on pasture). We have been raising them in our brooder shed. But we will be increasing to 1000 chickens a month so I needed more room for them. What I like about these brooders is that you can keep adding on as you get more birds. I’m at the end of building my 1 out of 2 brooders that need to be finished before next week, yikes, and I was having some problems so I turned to KZbin for a solution. We also have 120 laying hens. You are very right….this was not a cheap build. All in all, doing it just like the book I spent $900+ per brooder 😬

[@fitrahfarms3943]

Ohhh…my son had the exact same suggestion for us to get hydraulic hinges

[@TheNakidGardeners]

@Fitrah Farms oh wow, that's a lot of birds. Do yall sell them? How much land do y'all have? I am trying to find some gas-powered hinges for the roof. I just can't find ones that are strong enough.

[@Dutch_off_grid_homesteading]

heya chickens and turkey come to papa and mama we are ready for you

[@TheNakidGardeners]

IKR the turkeys are more attentive than the chickens. Do you have a flock?

[@EarlybirdFarmSC]

Man Sidney and Tori, that looks awesome. Yall rocked this build. That is so huge and your going to be able to put a lot of birds in there. I like the wheels too. Great job.

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Thanks brotha. That's the plan. Going to test it out here in a few days once we get our poultry. Then next year it will be nothing but meat birds. Do yall have a brooder setup?

[@EarlybirdFarmSC]

@@TheNakidGardeners No I don't have any chickens or animals at the moment other than my best friend, Brownie, my dog ha. Have had all sorts of animals throughout my life though. I plan to get some more chickens at some point though. We moved here two years ago. I am like you, still in the process of getting all my systems in place. I want to get a perimeter fence in first before I build a chicken coop inside that perimeter fence. We have lots of coyotes and ppl that run dogs on deer out here. So good chance that something will or try to get to them. When I get ready though, I will keep this video in the back of my mind. I might have to build one like this, maybe slightly smaller though. Love the looks of it.

[@TheNakidGardeners]

@@EarlybirdFarmSC Jason from Sow the Land has a smaller nicer one. I don't need it to be that fancy for chickens lol

[@EarlybirdFarmSC]

@@TheNakidGardeners I think yours is great and looks good to.

[@TheNakidGardeners]

@@EarlybirdFarmSC thanks. Appreciate it

[@AudacityDawning]

You are definitely ready for some serious poultry! Nice job

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Yes. It will be nice for when it is time to do the meat birds. It is suppose to hold up to 250 birds comfortably. So we shall see. Do you keep any birds for eggs or meat?

[@AudacityDawning]

@@TheNakidGardeners Not yet. We plan to get a small set of laying hens probably within a month. We also plan to do a test run of meat birds later in the year. Just trying to get everything setup first. The cost of wood is slowing me down!

[@TheNakidGardeners]

@@AudacityDawning I feel ya on the wood. We are doing the same. Taking it slow

[@MountainRoots]

The Nakid Gardeners channel will not be called the Nakid Farmers. That is all. 😜

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Now you might be on to something there. The Nakid Farm. Where no livestock wears any clothes hahaha

[@MountainRoots]

@@TheNakidGardeners 🤣😂

[@Duncan1900Homestead]

Awesome looking brooder. There is going to be some happy chickens and turkeys. Great job y'all!

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Thank you! We wanted to just start off with something solid that gave us option to scale up when we were ready. 😊

[@GetToTheFarm]

Wow, The Nakid Gardeners, you have been featured in our recent video! Come check it out! Recently we built a Salatin style chicken brooder from the plans in the Polyface Designs Book. We made our brooder 5'x 8' to use available materials. We thought it would be fun to take a look at how others modified their brooders. Come with us as we visit! kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5vRhIOoa9aEq6c Sue with Get to the Farm

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Great video. Thanks

[@GetToTheFarm]

@@TheNakidGardeners thanks it was fun to see how others modified their brooder builds

[@FreedomHomestead]

Ahh so this the Going for Broke Project?

[@reggienone966]

It has been a year so I will be surprised if you are still using those little wheels - unless you roll this around on a golf course. This a good video after the closed captions are turned on and the sound is muted. The semirhythmic, synth-techno noise is very nausea inducing.

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Yes we are still using. The wheels are holding up and havent fsiled on us....yet *knocks on wood* We are actually about to house it with three batches of American Bresse chicks that we will put up for sell.