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Unlike a heat lamp, the EcoGlow does NOT warm the air; the chicks go under it and their backs are pressed against the heat panel. It is a contact heater. They warm when they need it, and come out to run around when they are warm, then return under it again to warm up. Quite often they hang out...

The weekly temperature drop doesn't matter when you have an EcoGlow. The babies huddle under it, with their backs up against the heating panel. Using EcoGlow units taught me the chicks really thrive in cooler temperatures than I had thought (or "learned" but that was when I was using heat...

Whoops. Double post, sorry.

I just ordered the EcoGlow50, which will be useful someday. Right now I have 3 of the 20s, but I can easily foresee the need for the larger unit.

I have discovered an odd side effect of using the EcoGlow brooder: some chicks have the feathers on the tops of their heads flattened down. The look like they have little flat-tops! Square heads!

I think it's so cute that they all tuck in under there to sleep at night, and come out in the morning in a little gang for breffus. Mine are also two weeks old and using the lowest height setting. They play on the top of it and launch across the brooder.

Quote: You DON'T need it. The red light doesn't, on its own, discourage pecking; it is just less likely than when using white light. Chicks are less able to see things which may trigger pecking. If somebody gets pecked and bleeds, the blood is less visible. And it is more calming than...

<*ahem*> I am waiting for my second one as I type... How's that for a review?

I have just - this evening - started using this product for 3 newly hatched chicks. I think I need to buy at least one more of them for future use in the ginormous brooder out in the shed. (The next time I have a SLEW of chicks to brood at the same time.) I "installed" the EcoGlow in a...

I just took one out of the box and am going to set it up for 3 brand new hatchlings tonight. I have another brooder with older chicks in it, so if there is a problem with the EcoGlow, I do have a place to put the new chicks.