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post #1 of 6
2/29/12 at 8:26am
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What does everyone do if the power goes out and you have young chicks that need the heat lamp? 

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post #2 of 6
2/29/12 at 8:30am

Heat up water bottles and put them into their brooder. Cover the brooder to keep heat in. The chicks will huddle together. Continue to heat up water.

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post #3 of 6
2/29/12 at 8:33am
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Thank you,  did not think about heat lamps for the babies til the lights flickered this a.m. from the storm.  YIKES! 

 

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post #4 of 6
2/29/12 at 7:24pm

I was thinking the same thing early this morning as the wind was tearing through the valley here. No chicks in the brooder yet, but I had the heat running overnight to see how well it would hold the temp.

 

Thankfully, I have a generator ready to go as well as a battery/inverter that would likely power the heat lamp for several hours at least, although I will need to test it to be sure.

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post #5 of 6
2/29/12 at 7:58pm
What if you have a well and need electricity to run water? Last year the power went out and I almost lost a chick she was upside down in the water container once I found her I thought she was dead but wasn't so I grabbed all the chicks and huddled them on me with a blanket. To keep them warm.

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post #6 of 6
2/29/12 at 8:01pm

I lose power all the time during winters (did just a couple days ago) usually for at least an hour, two hours, sometimes over 10 hours and honestly? I just keep them in a warm area. We have a woodstoves, so if possible I keep their brooder (simple cardboard box) nearby for warmth. If not that, then I cover the brooder with blankets, towels, whatever. The chick's body heat should build up in there. Haven't lost a chick yet to any of our power outages, except two one cold winter that were outside. Had a heatlamp in the coop, power went out in the middle of the night, it was 20 degrees out, and two died from suffocation/trampling.

 

Inside the house though, the only thing I worry about is my incubator(s).

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