Chick Brooder Panels
Product Details
Design your own brooder with our quick-to-assemble modular brooder panels to provide a safe and confined space for your young chicks and other game birds.
We allow 0.5 sq ft of space per day-old chick. Panels sold individually.
If you're looking for a complete brooder setup, Premier’s Brooder Starter Kits may be a good choice. Kits include everything the flockmaster needs to set up a small brooder.
Common Uses
Specs
Disposable Cardboard Panels
- 16"H x 25"L
- 3/16" thick
- Interlocking
- Corrugated cardboard (makes excellent mulch for the garden)
Reusable Plastic Panels
- 16"H x 25"L
- 1/4" thick
- Interlocking
- Double-walled plastic (easily clean with soap and water), which is stiffer than cardboard
How to Use
| No. of Panels | Size | No. of Chicks (approx) |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | 6 sq ft (37" dia) | 12 |
| 7 | 10 sq ft (50" dia) | 20 |
Listed below are recommended optional components or related items. Your particular situation may require alternative recommendations. Please call and talk to our consultants if there are any questions at 800-282-6631.
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Heat Lamp and Accessories
Prima Heat Lamp Kit, includes (1) 250W clear bulb
Item #557101 -A rugged and reliable heat lamp used to warm lambs, goat kids, chickens or for any animal that is sick or cold. Use standard or infrared heat bulbs.
$74.75 -
Heat Lamp and Accessories
Heat Lamp Stand
Item #557200 -For hanging heat lamps above brooders. Adjustable height allows user to control the surface temperature of the brooder floor.
$40.00 -
Heating Plates and Covers
Heating Plate, small (up to 20 chicks)
Item #540203 -A safer alternative to a heat lamp. A heating plate, or hover heater, simulates a hen keeping chicks warm and cozy beneath her feathers.
$55.00 -
Waterers and Accessories
Classic Waterer, 0.4 gal capacity
Item #540008 -Simple design for watering chicks that's easy to use and clean.
$6.40 -
Feeders and Accessories
Saturn 3 Feeder, 3 lb capacity
Item #540071 -Our favorite feeder for small to mid-sized flocks. Grilled pan reduces feed waste.
$11.50 -
Waterers and Accessories
Chick Stand
Item #540043 -Lifts poultry feeders and waterers away from the bedding in chick brooder pens.
$28.00 -
Treatments - Remedies
Coop 'N Compost
Item #540353 -Powerful granules absorb moisture and ammonia odors, creating a healthier environment in your coop.
$8.50 -
Treatments - Remedies
FlockLeader™ Healthy Coop™, 12 lbs
Item #540335 -Litter additive to reduce odor and wetness that can cause harmful bacteria and mold in and around the coop.
$34.00 -
Books
Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks Book
Item #981016 -Learn skills from selecting a breed to choosing an incubator. Covers chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys and guineas.
$29.95
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Rena V from New Mexico
I have 12 chicks and ordered seven to begin with. It wasn’t enough once you put in the heater, water, and food (ie free shipping due to $ amount). Then I ordered four more and paid more for the shipping then I did for the panels. I also learned that it works better to make a rectangle than an octagon, as you have to put the chicken wire over the top., so strips are easier. When I had it set up as an octagon one area sagged and 1 chick got out through the bottom and died. I also wish these were a little taller.
Diana C from Wyoming
Easy set up and easy to clean for multiple use.
James G from Wyoming
We are using the plastic panels for the first time this hatching cycle. Using it for both turkeys and chickens. We do not use litter. Instead, we use heavy kraft paper as a nonslip flooring material. Our brooder coop is well insulated and a couple 200 watt heat lamps is sufficient. We have four pens set-up in the brooder building and so far, are satisfied with the plastic panels. Probably lay some lightweight chicken wire over the tops when they start flying over.
David G from Missouri
Pros: easy to assemble/disassemble and store, sturdy.
Cons: height OK for inactive Cornish cross broiler chicks up to 2 weeks old; too short for more active 'real' chicks like layers (e.g. Rhode Island reds, Easter eggers) and turkey poults after about 10 days.
Major issue is if you build a pen big enough for 20-30 chicks (15-17 panels) the panels bottom edge sags outward after about 1 week to the point of litter leaving the pen under the panel's bottom edge (photos sent in to Premier1). To resolve this required encircling pen about 2-3" up from bottom with a cord, running it behind each panel's slot and then tightening to hold panels in a full upright position. Without this the pen would likely collapse in on itself after a few weeks. If you are going to build a brooder with 10 or more panels and keep chicks in it for several weeks it would be wise to install the bottom cord snugger when the brooder is first set up and before litter and chicks are added.
Patricia M from Minnesota
Nice easy to put together and sturdy. Much better than the cardboard I used to use. Will be able to reuse that's great
