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    Week Old Chick Probably Wont Make It

    Metal stock tanks. 2 heat lamps over a lid. Directly under heat lamps is around 105°-110° on the other side of the tank it's around 80°. Yes they can get away if they need to. The Rhode Islands are very active. Normal sized chick. And I think if it was heat related it would be affecting the...
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    Week Old Chick Probably Wont Make It

    Hello all. Came home from work this morning. One of my Rhode Island chicks was splayed out, until I moved the lid, then she stood up and started bobbing her head and what looked like gasping for air. The other 12 chicks in the brooder were/are fine. I took her in the house and syringe fed her...
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    Thermometer Questions

    The thermometers? Yea. We had them from the store to in the house, to in the brooders. I lengthened the wire holding them to the lid, and with a slight tilt of the thermometer they are reading more accurately.
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    BROODER thread! Post pics of your brooders!

    Metal stock tanks with handmade lids and lamp clamp handles. The single bulb tank now has 2 lamps. Holds heat great. Left tank sits at 111.4° under lamps, and 72° on cool side. Other tank sits at 100.1° and 66° respectively.
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    Thermometer Questions

    Hello all. Got my brooders going. Chicks seem fine. I bought 2 TSC glass thermometers to hang in the tanks. They read 60°-70° which is obviously too cold for chicks. I used 2 digital thermometers to check both sides of brooder. One read 111.4° under lamp, and 72° on non heated side. The other...
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    Metal Stock Tank Heating Issue

    I know not everyone will adhear to what I believe. Not saying I want my chicks to die. I won't ever try anything on purpose to make that happen, but if some freak accident happens that's life. I plan on raising these birds for eggs but I will be moving to meat birds sometime soon. I don't want...
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    Metal Stock Tank Heating Issue

    So start out with 15 in each tank, and if issues arise move a hand full over to the double bulbed tank? Just wanted to confirm what you were saying.
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    Metal Stock Tank Heating Issue

    An update. I moved the thermometers to the opposite end of the tanks where there is no heat source. The outside temp is 50° today. The 2 bulb tank reads 84°. And the single bulb tank reads 64° so the lids I made are working great.
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    Metal Stock Tank Heating Issue

    Thanks for the info. I just built lids and a makeshift frame for the heat plate at the suggestion of another member here. The tank with 2 lamps temps between 90°-100° directly below the lamps. And the other tanks is temping at 72° but the heat plate puts out a good amount of heat and along with...
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    Metal Stock Tank Heating Issue

    I want a flock of 20-25 so I plan on getting 30. I took your idea of angling the heat plate. With the lids I just built the tank with two lamps fluctuates between 90°-100° directly under the lamps. The one with the heat plate and lamp for some reason is still sitting at 72°. Even with the...
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    Metal Stock Tank Heating Issue

    I could probably do the block thing. I have to make lids tomorrow. I have some left over white wall paneling. I can put that on the non heated side to help trap some more heat and then test temps again. I will try to give an update again tomorrow. If this doesn't work I will have to figure...
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    Metal Stock Tank Heating Issue

    Ok. I was given mine. It only stands vertically and or mounted on a wall vertically. I wasn't going to look a gift horse and all that.
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    Metal Stock Tank Heating Issue

    Thank you.
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    Metal Stock Tank Heating Issue

    If I lower the lamps on just one side of tank to bring the heat source lower it should make it warm enough. The whole tank isn't 80°. Just the side the heat lamps are on. I haven't temped it, but I'd guess the non heated side is about 60°. With the temps outside the tank being around 30°.
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    Metal Stock Tank Heating Issue

    One tank currently has a heat plate in it and it still isn't reaching temp. The plate is turned all the way up and the thermometer is "relatively" close to the plate. I'm still 15° off from day old chick temps.
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