heat plate for chicks

  1. S

    Chick Brooder Heat Plate

    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...
  2. LoreWalker

    Proper setup for heating plate?

    Simple question, or so I thought, but I can't really find a clear answer. I'm possibly just not using the correct terms in my search: How high or low off the floor of the cage should I set the heating plate? I set the plate at an angle so that it is higher in the front and lower in the back. I...
    • LoreWalker
    • Thread
    • chicks heat plate heat plate for chicks heat plate height heating plate one week old
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  3. M

    Should I use the heat plate?

    We just moved our birds outside... 3 chickens who are 8 weeks old and 2 ducks who are 6 weeks old, they are all feathered. Tonight’s low is supposed to be 47 degrees... I bought a heat plate for cold nights but it seemed to make the coop too warm. Is that too cold for them or will they be alright?
  4. Littlefrenchyinbigtexas

    Love my new heating plate!

    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!
  5. J

    Heating plate vs heating lamp

    So we just got 15 chicks last week. They are one week old today. They are Easter Eggers and this morning we woke to one suddenly dead. They have all been behaving very good all week, eating drinking and we’ve been giving them electrolyte water and they are on organic starter feed with probiotics...
    • Jbugner23
    • Thread
    • baby chicks ground temperature heat heat lamp heat plate heat plate for chicks heating sudden death chick temp temperature
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  6. masonrenosolomon

    Heat plate questions

    Hi. I’m getting 21 chicks tomorrow and bought a heat plate for 50 to 55 chicks. Figured they’d need more room as they grow. My question, and it’s probably a silly one, is: if I put pine shavings under it will it become a fire hazard if shavings come in contact with hot plate? N if not will...
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