EcoGlow 20 Chick Brooder

I love my Eco Glo. Soves so much in PGE. The brooder box is larger than the EcoGlo, food and water go at the other end. I get plenty of chick veiwing time. I have the 50 chick size. I would like to have a smaller one as well...if your interested in selling Ladychicken.

* It saves PGE...note to self, proof read!

The reason they don't go under it is because they don't NEED the additional heat. That's a good thing.

I just purchased my second one and love them....Less electricity and with grand-kids running around I don't have to worry about a fire from knocking over the old 250w bulb units or them being burned by bulbs when checking out the chicks. I hatch mostly Seramas and the lowest setting works great for them. My goal is to have them sold by the time I have to move it up to the second setting....lol

I got mine on ebay- great price & product! I never have to worry about anything falling over hurting my chicks, or catching fire etc. It's so easy to use & clean, cheap to operate as well.

I like the non worry of a fire..worth the investment and I wish I could afford to purchase the large one...Someday!

the one I had bought new from Brinsea had exposed wiring.. they didn't want to do anything about it until I told them it was a fire hazard!
The candler I got from them also had a wiring issue and would get extremely hot and started to melt the plastic housing even when turned off.. Apparently their quality control at their factories is lacking.
Even their incubators have issues with staying at temp then suddenly overheating and not shutting back down. You may get lucky if you only purchase one or two.. but when you start closing in on 10 or 12 you can bet there will be lemons sent your way.
I have bought a lot of their products (way too many incubators, brooders and candler) and I used to be a big fan of their stuff. But after getting so many defective products i refuse to endorse them any longer. All I can say is buy at your own risk!

thanks for the info

I like my Eco Glow too.

That is horrible, I have 2 and did notice the one with my last hatch was hot but I never thought to check, raised it & that seemed to take care of the problem. I will make sure I check temp when I put my other into use on my next hatch. Thank you

Regarding the comment about needing a heat lamp at four weeks - do chicks need heat at 4 weeks? I was hoping they would be feathered out enough by then to not need supplemental heat. I guess some of that depends on the season/temperatures. It's looking pretty cold at nights in a lot of regions right now - not too bad here yet.

I'm a first-time hatcher, so I am going on other people's wisdom, but my understanding is that they can need some supplemental heat up to about 8 weeks if the night-time temps get too low.

What worried me about the eco glo is the small print about it only being able to raise the temperatures 20 degrees above ambient temp. Which mean for a newly hatched chick the "room" temp needs to be 75. I don't know if its a cover your a thing or not, but that makes it unusable for me.

I have to agree with all of your positive statements about the Brinsea Eco 20. This is my 4th hatch using it and I've found that even when the chicks get older, they don't want their Eco 20 taken away! And, it IS so much safer than the heat lamp! If I had one "con" to say it would be, my chicks start their flying lessons flying up on the Brinsea and off...over and over. lol Pretty smart these little ones are : )

PS: What kind of litter do you have in your brooder?

Haha, yes, they perch and fly off of it a lot! I ended up putting a mat on top to help control the poop! My bedding is pine pellets. Love these because they are very low dust and they last forever!

I don't keep my chicks in a brooder long enough to justify buying one. I use a big tote and I do use a heat lamp and make adjustments. I must have chicks that get bored easily because mine don't seem happy when they are cooped up. No pun intended. I just put my 3 week old chicks outside and made them a chick tractor and they seem happy. I didn't realize how much work baby chicks are. It is also worth every bit of it.

I have been using mine for over a year now and LOVE it. I put a paper towel on the top so it's easier to clean. Once they get tall, I turn it on it's side....they can still huddle up against the warm top. I will never use red heat lamps again! I currently have 11 Bielefelder chicks and 3 silkies using it.

Turning on its side might be an idea. Looking at my chicks, I think my 3+ week old large fowl would have outgrown it already.. It was given to me as a gift. The larger would have worked better but didn't realize that at the time. Once the chicks outgrow it I just switch to the heat lamp, but probably won't have to do that with the bantams.

What a nice gift!!! My guys are only 10 days old so not an issue yet. I normally have them sold before they get to 3 weeks! I have switched from red lamps to black ceramic bulbs too. Those red lamps make me nervous!!!