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Bumping up for chick season

On my android phone I can copy and paste a YouTube link

Could be too crowded Could be too warm Could be those chicks are hot. Could be they are contrary boys 😂

The chicks will let you know if they aren't happy. They will go in and warm up and then run out and back in. After they warm up from transport, and are cheeping normal, I usually have to put it at medium. If they stay under crying they are cold and if thier backs touch it needs to be turned up...

I use the pillow case so they don't get between the pad and wire. Several people had suicide by getting stuck. Zipped up pillow case leaves no room to wiggle in. They get the warmth from contact, like a broody hen. So temp is lower than a light bulb heating the area. There's a post way back with...

I just use a zipper pillow case. Also that's probably to tall, their backs need to touch. Might be able to build up bedding and sink in

They don't sell as many to sell them cheep. More they sell of things the cheaper they become.

Happy birthday @azygous

Congratulations 👏 Mine is one large heating pad. Everything is inside a zipper travel size pillow case.

Get new chicks and in the fall sell the older ones 😁

Too tall, chicks need to press their backs against it. Have to adjust as they grow

Welcome back you have been missed

I have done that. No problems

Newspaper is slick and can cause leg problems. I put paper towels over the shavings for the first week. Actually I use pine pellets now days. Low enough that it touches the chicks backs and raise as needed

I have put it on a deep layer of bedding... covered with a paper towel for the first week. They tend to dig out the bedding under it and have more hight.

I will look for pics later but I don't think I have any. Different phone and computer so I think I lost them. But I need to get it ready just in case. Actually for adjusting, at first I sink it in the bedding and then remove the bedding inside as they grow until I need to arch it more. But by...

I arch the hwc, put it upside down, put the pad on the inside. Slide a travel size zipped pillow case over the whole thing with the cord so it's zipped up and sticking out. Then I put 2 bungies to hold it together. Flip and put it the brooder. I put a towel on top hanging part way down.

Somebody had the chicks pick the duct tape and it got on the chicks, I think they were a few weeks old

Chicks that were hatched in an incubator, have a low exposure to diseases. Chicks that were hatched under a broody would have been exposed and should be quarantined

Welcome back blooie Glad you have chickens again