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Prepare the Brooder Enclosure

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What happens here

The first step is to prepare the brooder. The video demonstrates using a 400-gallon Rubbermaid stock tank as the brooder enclosure. This size is recommended for housing 100-150 chicks comfortably, whereas a 100-gallon steel stock tank would accommodate about 50 birds. Line the bottom of the stock tank with sawdust, providing a soft and absorbent bedding material for the chicks.

Goal: Begin by setting up a suitable enclosure for the baby chicks, ensuring adequate space and a base layer of absorbent material.

Tools and materials

  • Rubbermaid Stock Tank Rubbermaid
  • Sawdust

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on the Stony Ridge Farm and this is our Bruder setup so our Bruder setup right here is a 400g rubbermade stock tank now you can use a Steel stock tank a tartar Farm and Ranch Steel stock tank but for this amount of birds we want to have plenty of space so the Steel 100g stock tank will house about 50 Birds comfortably this will house about 100 to 150 Birds very comfortably we've got sawdust down in here and we have a few little tricks that we're going to show

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