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Yep, I got the large heat plate :) Observing them is really important to me and was the one drawback. But using the heat lamp at first and transitioning to the heat plate was super easy and effective. :)
Hey all! It's been a week since I got my baby chicks and have been able to put the Premier Heating Plate to use. I've written a review on my blog, for those interested :) Hopefully this can help some of you who are curious or on the fence. I did notice that they're backordered until the...
I went ahead and ordered the heat plate, will be here Wednesday. I will let you know how long it works out for the number of chicks I have. I'm going to assume that it should sustain them for as long as the heat is needed, or else it should not be advertised as capable of warming up to 50...
I actually went down there today and it's warmer than 50 I'd bet. It has a really low ceiling so I was worried about using a heat lamp as it is. I think I'm going to go with it, thanks so much for your help!
This has been a really helpful thread! I have 46 new chicks arriving on Feb. 21st and I'm thinking of placing a 3-day order on one of these heat plates. I'm up in NE Minnesota where we have been just beaten down with freezing cold temps- but luckily it looks like we'll be hitting 30 at the end...