Getting started raising poultry is both exciting and rewarding in many ways. If you’re a hobby farmer or a beginner, an important key to health and growth is making sure they’re being raised in the ...

The first snap-action precision switch was developed by Burgess Laboratories in 1932 for temperature control in a chicken brooder. A Burgess employee purchased the electronics division in 1937 and ...

Follow these plans from 1977 to build a DIY outdoor chicken brooder. Start your chicks outside and foraging safely to keep your own pasture-raised chicks. Right now — while the ground is covered with ...

Improved fuel efficiency and easier maintenance are being claimed by heating system manufacturer Space-Ray for its latest brooder. “Instead of wasting fuel using a standard pilot light, the new No 5 ...

Last year, chicken coop fires cost Kitsap property owners over $600,000 in damages. Fires can happen when heat lamps aren’t properly installed, but the Kitsap County Fire Marshal’s Office hopes to ...