heat plate height

  1. N

    Do I have the heater plate set too high?

    So, hi! New here, new to chicks and chickens in general. We’ve had our chicks a week today. I think they are doing pretty good. A few of them have had pasty butt which I’ve been keeping cleaned up. My question is, do I have the brooder plate heater up to high? There are 3 height options, but the...
  2. C

    Help! Brinsea Ecoglow Safety 600 too hot?

    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...
    • CharlieBaby
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    • brinsea ecoglow brooder brooder advice chicks dead chick ecoglow heat alternatives heat lamp heat plate heat plate height
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  3. 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
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    • chicks heat plate heat plate for chicks heat plate height heating plate one week old
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  4. J

    Chicks have stopped using heat plate

    Hi all, We have one week plus a day old chicks. They are Easter Eggers and we have 14 of them. We have been using the Premier 1 heating plate since day one and have no problems with them going under it and getting warm. We found one dead early in the morning today just outside of the heat...
    • Jbugner23
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    • heat heat plate heat plate height premier heat plate raising heat plate temperature week old chick
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
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