brinsea ecoglow

[Kathyb2]

Hi,

This is my first time using the brinsea ecoglow in the brooder. I can't say enough good about it. The red lights always made me feel like i was baking my chicks. I use to obsess over the temp in the brooder. It really is an eye opener for exactly how over heated we keep them. My chicks are only 2 days old. I am wondering when others move ecoglow up another notch. Mine are currently sleeping half in, half out. They are standard chickens (Ameraucana and Maran).

Thanks

 

[StarMeKritten]

Just base it on their height. They should be able to stand up and have their backs pressed against it. If it's too short, they'll have a harder time going under it. If it's too tall, they won't get enough heat. It's usually about time for me to move it up after about 1-2 weeks. The ecoglows are tricky to adjust, so sometimes I like to just put blocks under mine to raise it higher. My only other suggestion is to go buy some glad press and seal wrap and put a piece of it on the top. Eventually, your little chicks will start roosting on top of it and that press and seal wrap stuff really makes cleaning up a whole lot easier! Instead of scrubbing poo out of those raised letters, you can just peel it off and put a new piece on it. I love my ecoglow!

 

[Farmer Viola]

I have the larger size ecoglow, the 50 chick brooder. I am able to put 1 side very low, and 1 side higher, so they have a gradient of heat to choose from.

I have a laser pointer thermometer and when I point it at the black underside of the ecoglow, it gets up to 115-120F which is very hot to directly touch a chick. I try to make it almost touch their backs. usually they get warm, and lay down, so remember it i less heat when they're laying down and not standing up against it.

I start it super low day 1-7, probably raising it up around 1 week. I adjust it as they grow, keeping it above back level because that 120F really is hot.