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Small brooder options:

• Cardboard boxes

• Cage or dog kennel

• Brooder guard (you can even make one from cardboard)

• Kiddie pool

• Puppy playpen (at Chewy or Amazon)

• Baby cribs

• Repurposed cupboards

• DIY wooden brooders

• Fish aquarium

Large brooder options

• Camping tent

• Puppy playpen (at Chewy or Amazon)

• Kiddie swimming pool

• DIY enclosure

• Outbuilding

Heat sources for brooder

• Brooder heating plate (at Chewy or Amazon)

• Hard heat mat (at Chewy or Amazon)

• Microwaveable heat mat (at Chewy or Amazon)

Ventilated cover options (if the top of your brooder is open)

• Hardware cloth

• Bird netting