Brooder Box for Chick Starter Kit - Brooder Pen/Chicken Supplies Brooder Box with Ideal Size Brooding Up to 15 Chick, Duck and Quail(Red)

I chose to use this setup for my baby chicks this year, for the last 6/7 weeks and it held up great! Here are my pros and cons with it! Pros: -Airflow on the sides and top helped cut out the smell tremendously -Heat plate worked as intended, and loved being able to raise and lower it based on chicks -The price of this setup really can't be beat -Fairly spacious until chicks reach that 5-6 week mark -Love that it packs away easily for next year! -Easy to clean, just use a small trash bag and scoop out all the bedding you can, then just use the mat when most of it is out and dump it in the bag. (Some bedding will go under the mat too) Cons: - After the first week or two, you will definitely need to buy a bigger feeder and waterer -When you use the side zipper for running the cord of the heat plate through, somehow every day there would be a small opening in the zipper. So you'd need to rezip it fully so bedding won't go out. -I had 8 chicks in here until fully grown and it started to get really tight at the end. I wouldn't put more then 10 in there. -The mat for the inside is definitely not the best as lots of bedding will find ways under it, but it's not too hard to clean Overall I would recommend this product to anyone whose planning on 10 or less chicks, especially for the price and functionality of it.

So much safer than the warming lights!! And it works well. Of course, it's not wise to use this warming method outside in cold weather, as some might have tried, but in a protected area, it's great. My girls have pretty much grown out of this now, but I will certainly continue to use it for the next batch!

I love this thing. I love that it can be packed up and put away when not in use so that it doesn't take up space, unlike solid brooders. The heating plate has worked great for both baby chickens and quail. For the quail, I pile a little extra bedding up where I'm going to place it to give it some extra height because they're so much smaller than chickens when they first hatch. The brooder box itself is pretty spacious. We had 6 chickens in it and 13 quail. It was large enough that space wasn't an issue when we put both the chickens and quial outside at 4 weeks old during the summer. Any longer and space would've started becoming an issue.

This thing has made caring for chicks so much easier! The only bad part of getting adorable new chicks when you already have an adult flock is figuring out how to house them safely. In the past we have built brooder boxes, but they are hard to move, harder to clean, and seemingly are always in the way. Then what do you do with it once the chicks are big enough to join the flock?! This way so easy to move around, even bringing it indoors for a few days of the worst weather! It’s also easy to see and reach all of your chicks and their food, water, and heating. Kept our babies safe from curious cats, and not so parental hens. It was also simple to clean when the time came. Being able to wash and scrub the removable matt was great, but washing the whole thing, drying it in the sun and then being able to fold it up and easily store it in the garage when it wasn’t needed any more was just amazing.

All the years I've had chicks, weve used heat lamps, which always stressed my husband out because of the fire risk. This time around I decided to try a heat plate and am so glad I did! I love the ability to adjust the temp. I'll definitely keep this for years to come!!