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I still have it! How about $30 for the heater plus the no-perch top, plus shipping? New they heater is $55 and the top $21. It’s the “small” size, 12”x12”. I also have a “sweeter heater” - this one hangs instead of sitting on feet. It’s a bit bigger.

I always put a metal grate (actually a single panel of a disassembled precision pet xpen - those things are worth their weight in gold) on top of the brooder, the heatlamp goes on top of that so there is no way it could fall into the bedding. The lamp also has a protective cage. And I check...

Yeah, last spring we had this whole elaborate system of turning out lights in succession and it still was a nightly stress for them. And for me - always went back to make sure no one got lost away from the heat plate…

Yes, I’ve read about the heating pad version. The lamp is just so much easier and no worries that someone will get stuck under it or not find their way under it, that it’s the wrong height, all that. One nice circle of warm light at one end of the brooder and done. Also it makes night time...

I will be ditching the heat plate (actually I have two, let me know if you’d like to buy one, I’ll be happy to send them - or pick up, I am in Sonoma County) for a plain old red heat lamp… I find the lamp is easier to use, allows chicks more freedom to find the right warm spot for them without...