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I think the problem may be in the quality of the feeder, not the material it is made of. The plastic feeders can have sharp edges, too, if the flash isn't trimmed when it is removed from the mold. The danger is in not checking for sharp edges. Running a finger around the openings of the feeder...

As long as they have a place to see and be seen, but where the olders can't get them, they can go out to the coop from the incubator. If you wait until they are all feathered out, they don't need the MHP anymore so moving them with the MHP can be done sooner.....like now.

I have been saying that since the first day using MHP. Brooding and integration are seamless. I brooder them right in the coop with the olders. I had to drop out of a chicken FB group because I couldn't stand the idiocy there. I was being accused of being cruel and how I shouldn't have chickens...

I gather from the language used in other threads that the ability to edit old posts is temporary and if we have old posts that we've always wanted to edit, that we'd better do it fast before that feature is turned off again. Since so many people are rejoicing at having that ability, I don't know...

I switched to the MHP last year and I'm never going back. It just streamlines and makes easy what used to be the problems of housing and integrating the chicks. Out of the incubator, I put the chicks and their MHP in a 'chick box' (2'x3' chicken wire box) and put it in the coop. The chicks have...

Members of my newest hatch under their MHP: I use a piece of wire shelving and lash the heating pad to the underside, then I set it on an angle. The ceiling is straight -- I don't make a "cave" shape -- but with the frame set on an angle. it's high in the front and low in the back. That's...

In my first hatch using the MHP, I had chicks that would run under the MHP and out the back so they could hop up onto the top of the MHP and then run up to the front which was the high edge. They'd line themselves up with a knot of their hatchmates that were milling around on the floor of the...

Exactly right. What I think a lot of new folks don't understand is that they don't have to think for the chicks. Chicks, even day-old chicks that have never seen an adult chicken, already know how to be a chicken. They don't need us to think for them and do for them. All they need from us is to...

Oh absolutely. Black silkie meat is very flavorful and it's been described as one of the 'superfoods' because it is much higher in nutritional value than 'regular' chicken. It is very big in the Asian community. Silkie meat is, apparently, one of the foods with a high content of carnosine. You...

I use mine to sprout peppers. I put it on low and set the plants trays on top. Peppers need a bit of warmth to germinate. You can try it with your herbs. As long as they didn't freeze, there's a chance they'll still grow. Getting cold can delay the germination process, but won't necessarily kill...

Okay, then there ya go. The Sunbeam model I showed in my post has a removeable cloth cover that can be thrown in the washer and a foam moist-heat pad. The heating part of the pad is encased in waterproof plastic. I remove the cloth cover and the moist-heat foam and leave them in the box so all I...

I'm sure it isn't washable while plugged in. :) I don't know much about the XPress pad. Is the pad washable or is the cover washable? Folks that use that pad will have to answer that.

You don't have to get any particular model. The salient point is that it either doesn't have auto-shutoff or the auto-shutoff can be disabled. Other than that, get whichever one has the features that suit your situation best. For me, having a pad that can come back on when power is restored and...

I got this one: at Wallyworld for $15. It's the Sunbeam model 732-500. It has the slide-button control instead of the digital control. I like the slide-button control better because if the power goes out, the pad comes back on when the electricity is restored. The digital-controlled pads have...

Don't make them tunnel-shaped. Make the ceiling flat so you can fit more chicks under the pad than would fit in a tunnel-shaped setup. I agree with junebuggena, divide them into 2or 3 brooders each with their own pad. The 12x24 pad can be found for $15, so it's not a big investment.

I agree with the end-to-end rather than side-by-side. The 24 x 24 shape would be too deep. I've done 20 chicks on a 12 x 24 pad and they all fit with plenty of room to spare. I figure it could accommodate half-again more. Instead of a 'cave' shape, I lash the pad underneath a flat frame so the...

Are you sure it doesn't have a power button? Every UPS I've had, both at home and for work, has a power button -- sometimes disguised, sometimes recessed so it isn't accidently pressed, but on the UPS somewhere.

I haven't read every post, so I might be off base here. You have 6-week-old chicks that are getting bullied in the coop? I don't know what 'panic' door arrangement you have, but giving them some safe spaces in the coop might help. My chicks brooder in the coop in a chicken wire box so the bigs...

That is correct. They'll still be okay. Put them in a ziploc bag and stick them in the frig. Viability may drop a tad for next season, but it'll be okay. I've had seeds for years that I still was able to use. And I mean years. Quote: Originally Posted by KDOGG331 ...Anyway, I'm thinking I...