heat alternatives

Hey yall! I had an outdoor brooder built and will have chicks going in there right after Christmas. I live in GA so the lows do not get super low but they definitely get low at night. I was wondering how to make sure that the heating element is right for them if anyone else has done this. We...

i currently have a little pale yellow chick who i found laying in grass after being forgotten by its mum (who of which is my nextdoor neighbours chicken), she has 11 chicks (excluding this one) that are healthy and following her around closely, and she is currently sitting in her nest underneath...

I bought the Brinsea Ecoglow Safety 600 chick brooder and it arrived yesterday. The heat plate is much hotter than expected. I can't hold my fingers against it for more than a couple of seconds. Touching the plate reminds me of walking barefoot on very hot sand -- you can hardly stand to walk on...

My family has a large garden and we start everything from seed. We are gettting into chickens this year, and I am trying to dual use as much of the existing equipment as I have. We bought 15 layers that will arrive in March, average temperature in my area then should be around 65F during the...

Hi there, I have 5 Rouen ducklings, a little over a week old. I have been gradually adjusting the heat lamp to manage the temperature but read that between 7-14 days to switch to another heat source so the ducklings can get used to lower light. I found the Brinsea EcoGlow which came highly...

We made the decision to use a heat plate in our brooder. Looking at either the rent a coop 12x12 or the premier 1 12x12 for our 10 chicks. Reading different reviews as well as different threads I’m having a hard time deciding if we need to get the adjustable temp gauge with it. I don’t see one...

I don't have a heating lamp, and I'm not sure that the pet store in my area have any either, my chicks are perfectly fine at room temperature during the day, but at night when it gets colder at night, i get slightly worried about heating. Currently I'm using a sock filled with rice to keep them...

**Reposting/starting a thread for this here. Hey folks! Long time no post. I'm sure we can all agree; Life gets out of hand sometimes... I digress... I've returned today with a crazy concept I plan to implement myself soon. I figured it would be a great idea to share the idea with this...

Thank you all for the great advice after a few of my baby chicks died. I quickly bought this heating plate and the baby chicks and ducks love it. First cold night here in Texas for the fall, and they made it through!

So I live in upstate NY and we get cold nights in the winter. Like below 0. So I always heat the coop on cold nights. Even then our bantam roster with huge wattles and a comb gets purple on top. I put Vaseline on sometimes to protect him. He hates it. Anyway.... I’m insulting it his fall but I...

I run a rooster rescue Up in mid/northern Michigan and I have boys that need heat this winter. Anyone out here with thoughts? We are 100% off grid. Has anyone used a Propane camper heater? How did you House it so it vents outside? Thank you for weighing in. This is whitey one of my bantams😊

Hello recently I have hatched some silkie chickens that have been very cold I have nothing to keep them warm but a regular house light and the top of an incubator that can perfectly fit on a cardboard box with holes. Keep in mind I have been using the the light for their first week of birth but...

I had 3 chicks hatch today. And 2 have already pipped. I am keeping the chicks inside because I have no way to keep them outside. My Father doesn't want to have them in the house and argues that it is warm enough for baby chicks to be outside WITHOUT A HEAT LAMP!! I have a brooder set up in...

My girls haven't arrived yet, getting 3 barred rocks that are already old enough to know FOR SURE they are girls (have had really bad luck with getting roosters out of 'hens'). BUT anyway, I had some questions about keeping them warm in the winter... Heat lamps worry me, it even worried me...

Hey everyone! My husband is a plumber and we are building a new chicken coop. He does hydronic heat for a lot of houses and ends up with small leftover loops that you can’t do much with so he thought he would set up hydronic heat in the chicken coop In the center (human area) of the coop I...