Awesome! In my experience, the smallest ones are always really sweet. Congrats! EEs lay really cool eggs- anywhere from green and blue to pink! Enjoy your new fuzzballs!
I like the new design! I think the water should be a good height, and you can always adjust it. (And you will need to! ;) ) yup, exited and nervous is normal. When we got our second 3, I got home from school, checked the feed store's Facebook, and called my mom and yelled that we were going to...
Oh, I see now. Yes, I think that would also work well. It kind of mimics a mother hen. I still suggest the ladder if you are looking for a different way to hang the water though.
And you want a good-quality heat lamp. These:
Cause fires :hide
It might be more expensive, but it's worth it. A heat lamp could, technically, rest on wire, but you need to make sure that the wire doesn't heat up.
Also, I very much like what you did with the two bins. The only thing is, you...
Ok. When they are very little, they don't need a cover on the brooder. Mine started only flying out (about a foot) at one week. I would recommend a heat lamp, doubly because I don't really understand what you were saying about the heating pad. I'm assuming that you are getting your chicks at a...