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This is a short clip showing our latest baby in his daytime “weaning brooder”. The blue flooring is called “dri-deck” and is very helpful as it gives the baby solid footing which is also easy on his tender feet. The holes allow much of his droppings to fall through. This flooring is changed constantly througout the day. Dri-deck can be cut to any shape you need and is easily cleaned. I simply toss the dirty one in a sink of hot soapy water and then give it a spray with Vanodine. I always have a few clean and disinfected ones set aside to make the clean-up easy. (when using disinfectant such as vanodine, be certain the item is completely dry before placing back in the cage or brooder)

He will be using a water-bottle in a couple of days when he is moved to a larger weaning cage. This brooder has sides which are simply not tall enough to be able to hook up a water-bottle to.

At night, he is placed in his bed-time brooder which has a nice bed of shavings in it that he loves to plow into.

Both the Dri-deck and the Vanodine are available at Healthy-Bird, along with loads of advice. Believe me, I’ve taken full advantage of the latter!

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