Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Smokerbill]

I'm with you on no chicks in the house. I have a brooder set up in the coop. Works great.

What do you use to keep the chicks warm when they need it?

 

[pennyJo1960]

I have stay on heat pads and a heating table that is adjustable.
When they have feathers they can go in the second room of the now greenhouse.

 

[ValerieJ]

What do you use to keep the chicks warm when they need it?

We have a Sweeter Heater. They work perfectly. We keep one end very low, just about their height, and the other end about 5 or 6" above them, so they can choose where they want to be. Because we put ours out when they were 3 days old this time, we also added a black light, like they use in snake aquariums. It's ceramic, so no danger of breakage.

This is a Sweeter Heater:
https://www.amazon.com/Sweeter-Heater-Infrared-Radiant-OH1130/dp/B0D5TV9HLD/ref=sr_1_3?sr=8-3

This is the ceramic heat lamp. I just put it in one of the tin fixtures they have at all the farm stores.
https://www.amazon.com/LUCKY-HERP-C...p_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9zZWFyY2hfdGhlbWF0aWM

 

[Smokerbill]

Wow, that Sweeter heater is pricey. I'll just rig up my old heating pad somehow. It's not one of the new ones that has the auto shutoff so it should work.

 

[ValerieJ]

Wow, that Sweeter heater is pricey. I'll just rig up my old heating pad somehow. It's not one of the new ones that has the auto shutoff so it should work.

There is a post or thread on here somewhere about the Mama Heating Pad which discusses what you are thinking of doing.

I thought the ceramic bulb was pretty reasonable.

 

[Hinotori]

What do you use to keep the chicks warm when they need it?

Brooder.

I always gave a handful to choose from. I usually hatch with an incubator, though.

If desperate, I have a broody coop within extension cord range and a brooder plate.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Wow, that Sweeter heater is pricey. I'll just rig up my old heating pad somehow. It's not one of the new ones that has the auto shutoff so it should work.

That's what I did for my 2nd and 3rd batches of chicks. All I paid for was a roll of Press n Seal to attach it to a frame (cobbled together from leftover wire mesh and a wire dish shelf).

4th batch got a new heating pad, otherwise same old set up.

 

[Smokerbill]

That's what I did for my 2nd and 3rd batches of chicks. All I paid for was a roll of Press n Seal to attach it to a frame (cobbled together from leftover wire mesh and a wire dish shelf).

4th batch got a new heating pad, otherwise same old set up.

I think I saw in one of your posts how you made it. That's kind of how I plan to put one together.