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...
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...
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...