Chickies made it through a 12 hour power outage!

[Hollywood Hen]

The power went out yesterday, and tiny cheeps of protest were heard...so the chicks came in from the big brooder to a smaller tub in the kitchen, near the stove with the pilot light.

I had four empty 1.75 liter vodka bottles (I had just made a big batch of limoncello the day before

), so we filled them up with hot water, wrapped them in towels, and laid them side by side to fill up the bottom of the brooder. The chicks snuggled in happily on their "waterbed", and were warm and happy again. The large thermal mass meant that the brooder stayed at a good temperature for about 6 hours before I had to add more hot water.

Power's back this morning! Everybody made it through the night healthy and happy.

 

[ranchhand]

Well done! Glad they all made it. We have a lot of power outages, I save jugs and bottles just for that occasion.

Hmmmm, almost time for another bottle of vodka..... how do you make Limoncello?

 

[austinandkara]

Good improvising with the hot bottles and towels. Glad to hear all the chicks made it through safe

 

[kickenChickens]

Wow that proves it! Neccessity is the mother of all invention!
absolutly ingenious!
Atleast the vodka did your chicks some good!

 

[CheekyChooks]

I have some hot water bottles ready for mine just incase