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I’m so grateful that you chimed in on my post on page 2 of this thread, @Blooie! Your approach was perfect, and your wisdom so winning that I couldn’t help but look deeper into your method. SO. GLAD. I. DID. We are hatching early and weekly this season for the first time, and I knew I needed to...

Reporting back: I’m a convert to the Mama Heating Pad (MHP) method, and don’t plan to ever go back to heat lamps, with the exception that as I’m acclimating chicks, and when temps are freezing during the day in my unheated barn, I use a heat lamp NEAR the MHP to keep the chicks’ water liquid. I...

Right; I thought you might want to copy/paste here... and I didn’t know which was the better place to get you. THANKS!

Thanks for that response, @Blooie. I have a couple of “finer point” questions... forgive me if you’ve already answered elsewhere... 1. Can you use shavings and/or hay just as effectively? I don’t have straw. 2. I’m a little confused between yours and Bee’s setup... Do you now advocate putting...

Thanks, all! Just ordered three of them!

THANKS!!!! @NNYchick: I am looking right now on Amazon, and it’s not coming up. Can you put the link in a reply to me, please? (I think it would help everyone! :jumpy)

Sorry for the delay: I wanted to give an accurate response based on some observation time. For us, it’s been 20° at nights and in the high 30s-low 40s daytimes. So, we’ve been watching our digital thermometer which is place deat middle of the hover, at shavings level. So far, we have two 65...

Yes, it’s easy to see because the pen is at eye level (purposefully) and it’s easy to lift: very light weight. So far this evening (30* outside) it’s hold steady at 95* in the center. We have three days to test it before new chicks come.

For the first time, this year, we are brooding chicks in an unheated barn. I ran across information on how to decrease electricity bills and brood day-old chicks in winter, even when ambient air is below freezing. I just wrote a detailed blog post about how to build a “hover” that includes the...