I found 2 of these metal chick brooders on the wonderful kijiji and thought that would make good grower pens, as I've been using commercial rabbit cages the past 3-4 years, I've been watching the ad for these since early fall and was able to get them both for fairly cheap.
I removed the heater elements from one unit and replaced the center with 1"x1" wire mesh (where the heater was), now it has about 10-12" of head room verses the 8"+/- before, the other unit is complete I pulled apart 1 heater to see what's inside and can find most of the parts from GQF so I may attempt at rebuilding one element, if it works I'll replace all the heaters.
Today I pulled it all apart and painted it, black frames, red base, I'll post new pictures tomorrow of the completed unit, it has 4 pens on the top and 4 shelves on the bottom
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- Water trough.
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- Feed trough.
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- Heater element replaced with 1"×1" wire mesh.
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- Just unloaded the truck and built one complete and one half complete.
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- Feed/water placed inside until chicks get tall enough to reach the troughs on the outside.
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Freakin' eh! nice catch!
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I didn't paint the feeders or water troughs but otherwise turned put pretty nice, I have extra 4 feeders, 4 water troughs, wire ends, drop pans, screens if anyone needs any parts.
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Thanks, nothing too intense for now (famous last words 
) still looking to build a new coop this year
) still looking to build a new coop this year
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First batch of chicks of the year 135 chicks, this- if fully operational would think it could hold 600 chicks, enough room to keep them in one side but there's room so why not give extra space
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Very nice!
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