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A thermometer does not work with a brooder plate. Brooder plates do not work by warming the ambient air, they work by contact heat. The chicks lay under them and put their backs/feathers against them (the same way that a mother hen would). This is an article that was quoted by "A Farmish...

No offense but I think brooder plates are a much BETTER invention than heat lamps (and are newer) - that is why newer chicken owners have them. They use much less energy, they have a very low fire risk, there is no shatter risk, no artificial light so it teaches the chicks days vs. nights I...

Yes!! It's absolutely warm enough. In fact, it may be too warm. Check your brooder plate - it will tell you how low of a temperature it can accommodate. If your chicks run in and out of the brooder plate during the day, you know your room is warm enough.

We are working on a coop that someone gave us for our new little chickies. We would like to have an automatic door, however, the way that the coop is designed, I think we need a door that will open sideways. I see that the Omlet door does, however, they are backordered 5-6 weeks (and are dang...

This is probably going to sound like a dumb question... We have 5 chicks that are 3+ weeks old and it's finally warm enough to have some outside daytime play. Do we need to put them in some kind of enclosure when we take them out? Will they run/fly away? Please be gentle lol... I am a first time...

Ahhh... That makes total sense. Thank you so much for explaining it to me!! Now to decide if I want to pay that premium price...

I really want to add a couple of silkies to my little chick group. However, I live in suburbia and cannot have any roosters. I have seen that some online hatcheries sell sexed silkies but have noticed that no one local does (places like Tractor Supply). How/why is it that online hatcheries can...

Hello! I am a new chicken mama to 5 little cuties (Australorp, Speckled Sussex, Wyandotte, Barred Rock and Lavender Orpington). We just picked them up yesterday from a local hatchery. I have one of the pop-up dog playpens and purchased EVERYTHING lol (too much). The hatchery very strongly...