I got mine today, and all 4 were alive and well! They're adjusting well to the EcoGlow and have all started eating and drinking and running around, yay!
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I got mine today, and all 4 were alive and well! They're adjusting well to the EcoGlow and have all started eating and drinking and running around, yay!
I got my tracking number for my 32 new little chirppies today. They are shipping form McMurray to Southeast Georgia. I do hope they arrive alive. My question is, it says three days. Does today count as one day, meaning they will be here Thursday morning? Or would it be Friday. Seeing how they probably hatched last night, Friday morning puts them here past the 72 hours from hatch post office deadline. I hope they all arrive okay...
I was reading the MHP thread* and an idea occurred to me (uh-oh!) As the MHP is basically a surrogate brooding hen would it really be necessary to reduce the temperature as the chicks grew? After all, a real brooding hen wouldn't turn down her body temperature as her babies grew, would she? The babies would just spend less and less time under her.<Snip!>
I don't use a thermometer to gauge how to set the heating pad. I start out on 5 to 6 (because they are outside where temps fluctuate more than indoors) and watch the chicks. They let me know real quick if they are comfy or not. If it seems like they are too chilly, I just smoosh the frame down a little bit - they want that warmth right at their backs at first, just like under Momma Hen. They sleep all night long, they are confident, and they thrive. </Snip!>
I was reading the MHP thread* and an idea occurred to me (uh-oh!) As the MHP is basically a surrogate brooding hen would it really be necessary to reduce the temperature as the chicks grew? After all, a real brooding hen wouldn't turn down her body temperature as her babies grew, would she? The babies would just spend less and less time under her.
*I didn't read all 500 pages, just the first ten (by the end it had gotten somewhat OT anyway) .