Miller Little Giant® Galvanized Chick Brooder Box

Some chick brooders look like they'll survive one batch of chicks.

This one looks like it'll survive the chicks, the garage, and possibly you.

The Miller Little Giant® Galvanized Chick Brooder Box is a sturdy metal brooder designed for raising baby chicks through approximately 4 to 5 weeks of age. One side has solid metal walls while the other uses wire grid walls, allowing chicks to move between warmer and cooler areas as needed.

Underneath, a 5/16-inch wire mesh floor sits above a slide-out dropping pan, making one of the less glamorous parts of chick raising considerably easier.

Built for Brooding

• Sturdy galvanized steel construction
• Designed for chicks up to approximately 4 to 5 weeks old
• Solid-wall and wire-grid sections create different temperature zones
• 5/16" wire mesh floor
• Removable slide-out dropping pan
• Sturdy metal arm holds a brooder heat lamp over one side
• Easy assembly with included hardware and a flathead screwdriver
• Brooder lamp, bulb, feeder, and waterer sold separately

Size & Specs

Assembled Size: 39.4" L x 18.7" W x 23.6" H
Floor Mesh Openings: 5/16"
Material: Galvanized steel

Setting Up Your Chick Brooder

Assemble the brooder on a stable, level surface and position your chick feeder and waterer where they're easy to access and monitor.

The included metal arm is designed to hold a brooder lamp over one side, giving chicks a heated area while allowing them to move toward the cooler wire-grid section when they get warm. Heat lamp and bulb are sold separately.

For very small chicks, Miller notes that paper towels or cardboard can be placed over the wire floor during the first week or so. The manufacturer's catalog also lists pine shavings, hay, or straw as options when additional footing is needed for smaller chicks.

As with any heat-lamp brooder, securely install the heat source, keep it safely away from combustible materials, and monitor both brooder temperature and chick behavior.

Cleaning

The dropping pan slides out from beneath the wire floor so accumulated waste can be removed without taking the brooder apart.

Empty and clean the pan as needed, keep the wire floor free of buildup, and thoroughly clean and dry the brooder between batches of chicks.

It's galvanized steel, a wire floor, and a poop tray.

Not glamorous.

Very, very practical.