For the first eight weeks, young chicks live in a chicken brooder. While there are brooders for sale, such as this one from Farm Innovators, there's really no need to spend money on one.

And on Tuesday, the sound of hammers and drills filled a corridor as students from Heritage High School helped their younger counterparts build brooders — a heated home for newborn chickens.

Most other brooders are designed for the convenience of the chicken keeper, who scares the living daylights out of chicks by approaching them from above — after all, most predators swoop down on ...