This mobile DIY brooder box design works for broody hens or mail-order chicks and for both indoor and outdoor use. We’ve designed a secure, lightweight brooder box that is relatively easy and ...

Raising chicks? For a DIY chicken brooder, you'll need food and water, pine shavings and a heating plate.

Raising chicks? For a DIY chicken brooder, you'll need food and water, pine shavings and a heating plate.

Make sure your brooder box is big enough for them to move around in. Sadly, chicks can be trampled to death by each other if they’re over-crowded.