My version of mamma heating pad (or robot mom as we have been calling it)

[Ecarroll]

We are doing the chicks brooder out in the coop this year with a heating pad cave. Brooder is an old Guinea pig cage with pine shavings.
Here’s the contraption I made.

Heating pad tied to the underside of a bent piece of lobster trap to make the cave, and an old towel on top to finish it off!
Wire is bendable so I can make it taller when they get bigger

 

[Debbie292d]

Nice! You could make this into an article.

 

[SandyRiverChick]

Just ran across this and wanted to say nice job!! How's it working?

 

[Ecarroll]

Just ran across this and wanted to say nice job!! How's it working?

It’s working great! They mostly sit on top and run around the brooder during the day and sleep under at night. Chicks are about a week old now and I’m moving the brooder outside to the coop this weekend!

 

[SandyRiverChick]

NICE!! They're so cute!

 

[Ecarroll]

NICE!! They're so cute!

Thank you

 

[Ecarroll]

@thistlewick I heard you are looking for heating pad brands, sorry I don’t remember the brand of this one but I just went to Walmart and got a good size heating pad. It was just a regular heating pad for humans, not for outdoor or animals. It actually said on the instructions not for use on infants or animals. Oop. Well it works great for me and I think that was just for legal reasons to avoid getting sued.

 

[thistlewick]

@thistlewick I heard you are looking for heating pad brands, sorry I don’t remember the brand of this one but I just went to Walmart and got a good size heating pad. It was just a regular heating pad for humans, not for outdoor or animals. It actually said on the instructions not for use on infants or animals. Oop. Well it works great for me and I think that was just for legal reasons to avoid getting sued.

Do you keep it on the lowest setting?

 

[Ecarroll]

Do you keep it on the lowest setting?

Actually at the highest currently because the lowest setting on this one was barely warm at all. We might switch to the medium when they get older though.

Also I forgot to say before but I was a heating pad that you could get damp, not like fully wet but it said in the instructions that you could get it a little wet.

 

[aart]

It would really help if you posted a link to the exact pad you bought.

Also, do you have a plan to be able to raise the height of the pad so that they get under it comfortably as they grow?