I love my Premier I bought the 50 with the cover and 2 nipple waters. When still in the brooder I did not use the cover and just put Cling Wrap on top and set the water nipples on top also everyday I would just peel up the Cling Wrap and wash the top but once they were a little older and able to...
I have 29 chicks in the brooder under the large Premier and they all seem to be doing great. I was really nervous at first about the chicks staying warm enough, but they are running all over the place in the brooder and are quite at night. I give the Premier a two thumbs up.
This has me concerned because my heat plate was back ordered until March 31st. After reading your post it sounds like I probably won't be getting mine until much later. I am doing a Memorial weekend hatch so I ordered mine in plenty of time to receive it by hatch time, so I thought. I will be...
I ordered one last week, I got half my order. The heat plate is back ordered until the end of March but I don't plan on hatching until May with a Memorial weekend hatch.
I ordered the premier heat plate yesterday and 2 waterers. I wasn't going to order the cover but shipping was $24 and the cover which was $26 put me over the $100 mark for free shipping so I figure it only cost me $2.
Okay I've made my decision I'm going to order 1. I won't be hatching til May but am going to order it today in case of back order. I want to thank everyone who posted about the heat plate, your pictures and comments really helped.