Mama Heating Pad in the Brooder (Picture Heavy) - UPDATE

[dyorto]

How do you deal with the constant cheeping noise? Man, I'm just now not hearing it when it's quiet LOL! I thought I would eventually tune it out...nope

I only have 6 chicks so I think that helps. Plus I have a 5 and 6 year old kids, so quiet is not something I'm used to

At night I don't hear a peep out of them so it's perfect!

 

[mobius]

I only have 6 chicks so I think that helps. Plus I have a 5 and 6 year old kids, so quiet is not something I'm used to

At night I don't hear a peep out of them so it's perfect!

The kids or the chicks?

 

[aart]

There was an old tv commercial for some pizza delivery place(can't remember which one),
had a tiny girl smiling and dancing and screeching pizza's comin', pizza's comin' over and over...
....then her dad asks her what's for dinner and she deadpans, 'chicken!'

I'm feeling like that little girl but thinking chickies comin', chickies comin', chickies comin', chickies comin'...
cause they are, tomorrow at the mill. Hope my bator chicks start pippin' soon..chickies pippin', chickies pippin'!!!!

Ok, now y'all know, I can get silly.

 

[MesMama]

 

[mobius]

There was an old tv commercial for some pizza delivery place(can't remember which one),
had a tiny girl smiling and dancing and screeching pizza's comin', pizza's comin' over and over...
....then her dad asks her what's for dinner and she deadpans, 'chicken!'

I'm feeling like that little girl but thinking chickies comin', chickies comin', chickies comin', chickies comin'...
cause they are, tomorrow at the mill. Hope my bator chicks start pippin' soon..chickies pippin', chickies pippin'!!!!

Ok, now y'all know, I can get silly.

Would never have thunk it!

 

[Blooie]

There was an old tv commercial for some pizza delivery place(can't remember which one),
had a tiny girl smiling and dancing and screeching pizza's comin', pizza's comin' over and over...
....then her dad asks her what's for dinner and she deadpans, 'chicken!'

I'm feeling like that little girl but thinking chickies comin', chickies comin', chickies comin', chickies comin'...
cause they are, tomorrow at the mill. Hope my bator chicks start pippin' soon..chickies pippin', chickies pippin'!!!!

Ok, now y'all know, I can get silly.

HA! I suspected as much all the time!!

I remember that little girl, but I thought it was on AFV. I used to have to sit through hours of that stoopid show because the kids loved it. Now, that said, I won't deny that there were bits on there that made me laugh so hard I cried down my leg, but most of it was just guys getting hit. Um yeah!

So @aart , you are picking up chicks anbd hatching others? I thought I remembered the hatching but don't know if I knew about tomorrow.....old age and no cigarettes here so the brain is on low power. <sigh>

Welcome to those of you new to the Broody Brigade! Dues are photos of your chicks and your set-up, just so those of us who don't have chicks yet can get our chick-fix!

I got a nice message from Patrice Lopatin. Actually she posted it on my YouTube a few days ago but I didn't see it until this afternoon. She was just letting me know that Sunbeam now carries a large heating pad that doesn't have the auto shut-off at all. I think we figured that out already (and @henless has the one that also turns itself back on after a power outage) but it was awfully nice to hear from Ms. Lopatin. For those of you who didn't read that part, her video of her chicks outside in a greenhouse/brooder spurred me into this whole world of heating pad brooding. I replied to her message today and told her she now has an entire "cult" right here on BYC. She and @Beekissed were the total inspiration for me first trying this. My own chicks, and the experiences you guys are having, are why I'll never EVER go back to a heat lamp!

 

[aart]

Quote: My silly is often rather skewed tho.

YES, it was AFV!!!
Found it...it's at 1:13 here

I still like it, lots of laughs and cringes.

I have egg in bator (tomorrow is day 21) and getting chicks from mill too....I timed my bator set to match with mills Tuesdays chick deliveries...
.....just hoping they are not more than a few days apart.

 

[jayelle96]

Ours peep quietly when we're in the room - but it's cheap bloody murder when we leave.

 

[GardenNut]

What???!!!!! You can use a heat lamp to brood chicks????!!!!!!!

 

[Blooie]

What???!!!!! You can use a heat lamp to brood chicks????!!!!!!!

I KNOW!! I mean, can you imagine???