heating

we just picked up our baby chicks from the post office yesterday morning. we are keeping them in our sunroom which varies a few degrees from the weather outside. we live in vancouver, wa and the weather here has been high 90’s with a low of 60° at night. now i know to keep the heat lamp on for...

This isn’t a question, more so just sharing info as I’ve learned incase anyone wants to know. Got some 2 day old runner ducklings. Made them a brooder. Used an EcoGlow heating plate for heat- it works great whenever I get chicks! The ducklings definitely get warm from it, it just seems like...

We live on the prairies in SK and the temperatures range from +30c in the summer to -40c/f in the winter. It is frequently VERY windy here, though our property has a good abundance of trees to help with breaking that wind. I've read quite a few articles and helpful posts etc. regarding keeping...

WELL... this was not a calculated mistake! Setting up my brooder box and discovered that my heating plate---Producer's Pride brooder & coop heater from TSC---is way bigger than I had expected and doesn't leave much open space in the box. There is some, enough to squeeze in a feeder and waterer...

My fiance is bound and determined to heat our ducks for the winter, I'm opposed. So, we're looking for advice. We have call, wood and teal ducks. We live in VA to give you an idea of the winter climate. Our temporary coops are 40 gallon rubbermaid containers with a lid. There are 4 holes at the...

I wanna sanity check my incubator design off some folks on here that have been at this a lot longer than I. I built my box out of 1 1/2" purple insulation board. Inside dimensions are about 20"x20" and about 9" tall to fit about any automatic egg turner. Right now I have 2ea. 12v computer fans...

Hi Everyone! I had a hen that had laid 3 eggs earlier this month but we realize she has not returned to her eggs and for almost a week and we can't find her anywhere...:( I decided I wanted to save her eggs and I've researched different ways to make a homemade incubator. But the simplest way...

So we just got 15 chicks last week. They are one week old today. They are Easter Eggers and this morning we woke to one suddenly dead. They have all been behaving very good all week, eating drinking and we’ve been giving them electrolyte water and they are on organic starter feed with probiotics...

We will soon be caring for 6 chicks in a Sterilite 35-gallon Storage Tote/Bin with a Chick Brooder Heating Plate, 10"x10". We plan to place pine wood shavings in the bottom of the storage tote/bin and then place the heating plate on top. Is there a chance that the heating plate will melt the...

Hiya and happy new year to all. Now I've always been a bit of a 'let 'em rest in the winter' kind of guy, but since our chooks stopped laying in October this year (and then moulted) and probably will not start again until March/April, I'm thinking that's a rather long holiday! After they...

Does anyone have a recommendation for a submergible heater for a rain barrel? I'm hoping to avoid lugging water from the house to the coops all winter. I'll also take recommendations on the barrel itself. Thank you!

For sale Brinsea EcoGlow 20 in unopened box. Asking $65, plus shipping (that varies depending on your location and speed needs).

Hi, I live in Wisconsin. The temps just started getting down to the teens at nighttime. I have not been heating my coop until last night, when the temps dropped. I have a thermostat set so the heat emitter goes on at 28 degrees and off at 32 degrees. The chickens seemed pretty cozy through...