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I would put a cross bar up a the top of the brooder and use a chain to hang a light in there, secure the chain AND the cord to the cross bar and make sure you use pieces of scrap wood to brace the crossbar on the wall sides. plenty secure and you can use it for as long as neccissary where the EcoGlow they will outgrow VERY quickly. And as you said it takes up so much space. 

My ya'll are busy!  I've missed so much!  Happy Birthday to everyone, I hope you have a great year!  We should be able to get the coop up and running this weekend, finally!  Since the coop will be occupied my brooder will be empty....so I'm looking for some more chicks!  Anyone have any up for grabs or know of any in the Fayetteville area?

Thanks guys for the information. I do have a heat lamp and bulb, but after our local news aired a house fire that was caused by a heat lamp that the family cat knocked over I am really worried that something will happen. The only thing that survived the fire was the cat and the empy chicken coop, baby chicks did not make it .  That is why I went and got it, but know I am not sure. I just dont want to come home to a house that is burned down with my baby chicks and my doggies.

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Originally Posted by HenThymes 

This is again one of those things I will say my piece about.... MG is not a required test here in NC and many other states for that matter that participate in the NPIP program. MANY many many birds probably carry MG and TONS of poultry owners are unaware it even exists. I bet most people who raise and sell poultry know nothing about MG. It may be a reportable disease but it's not enforced or tested for by NPIP. Mycoplasmas are in quite a few different animals and yes it can cross varieties. I personally know someone who had some birds tested and they did come back positive, after she did further testing the mycoplasma her birds carried was not even a poultry strain but rather a goat strain! So just because you test and it comes back doesn't mean it may be what it even appears to be. Just fyi.

 

My personal opinion is that if someone is that concerned about MG (and are obviously aware that MG exists) then they should buy from a flock that has been MG tested negative.

 

Just a bit of info about MG.  My NPIP tester told me that 85% of backyard flocks in NC have or have been exposed to MG. 

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If you are going to use the Ecoglow I would use the setup in picture 3, except add an additional waterer and feeder up close to the ecoglow but in the opposite order as the other set.  With 25+ chicks I always have a set of feeder/water close to the heat and another set away from the heat with the feed on opposite sides.  That way you don't have to worry about anyone getting picked on and kept away from a single feeder.  I don't like the long feeders because of how messy they get.  The chicks like to stand on the middle and crap in the food.  I have also had to rescue a couple chicks that managed to go through a hole into the feeder and was not able to figure out how to get out.
 

Matt

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Originally Posted by 3ChickensinNC 

Thanks guys for the information. I do have a heat lamp and bulb, but after our local news aired a house fire that was caused by a heat lamp that the family cat knocked over I am really worried that something will happen. The only thing that survived the fire was the cat and the empy chicken coop, baby chicks did not make it .  That is why I went and got it, but know I am not sure. I just dont want to come home to a house that is burned down with my baby chicks and my doggies.

That is why I said use a cross bar and secure it to the walls (say a 2X2 cut to the width of the box, put a screw in each side, then put a scrap of 1X4 or 2X4 whatever you have UNDER the crossbar, screw them in.) then use a chain or cable (you can drill holes in the top edges of the lamp hood and use small eye bolts to chain it to) secure the chain to the crossbar (a C-link, a clip, etc loop around the cross bar) also secure the light's cord in the same manner. This way you have two focus points of security JUST IN CASE something happens to say the cord or chain aloose, #2 security will keep it there. 

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Originally Posted by greeneacre 

Just a bit of info about MG.  My NPIP tester told me that 85% of backyard flocks in NC have or have been exposed to MG. 

 

Thank you, that is why I said it is much more prevalent that most realize. I'm sure the % is just as much in other states as well.