The hens have fully outgrown the original brooder that was a plastic tub and wooden wall extensions. Their new pad is a 4' x 4' frame wrapped in (oddly enough) chicken wire. They are still in the garage, as the need to be just a little older to be outside to ensure that they can handle the colder evenings.
We have also upgraded their feeder to a longer trough-style model to hold more feed (they are a hungry bunch).
Their water pans are still the type that use canning jars to hold the water, but we have two now. Once out in the coop, I think I am going to upgrade them and build a hanging waterer connected to PVC pipe with four of these little guys ever 8" or so. They should keep the litter dry and provide clean water to the hens since there will be nothing at ground-level to contaminate with wood chips and such.
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