Brooder Fire?

[wsdareme]

Aside from the fire danger, here is my reason for switching to an EcoGlow:

Cost per hour of electricity = (your cost of electricity per KwH) divided by 1,000 then multiplied by the wattage of the lamp/heater.

My cost for electricity: $.103561 per KwH

Cost of operation:
250 watt lamp: $.103561/1000 x 250 = $.025875 per hour
EcoGlow: $.103561/1000 x 18 = $.001863 per hour

Cost of use of EcoGlow:
8 weeks = $2.503872 Savings over 250 watt heat lamp: $32.27
12 weeks = $3.755808 Savings over 250 watt heat lamp: $48.41
1 year of use = $16.28 Savings over 250 watt heat lamp: $209.76

That means I can buy another incubator with my annual power savings!!!!!

 

[wsdareme]

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Ok so my 2 choices right now are get a 100-150 watt bulb or get the ecoglow! If I got the bulb I already have everything (ceramic stuff) for it, but the ecoglow would save money in the long run. What should I choose?

Also, from my previous post... Could you shoot me a link for the ecoglow, and does it put out enough heat for 15-30chicks for about 5-8 weeks?

It's www.brinsea.com. Yes, according to their information that will not be a problem.

 

[Chicken0Boy]

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Ok so my 2 choices right now are get a 100-150 watt bulb or get the ecoglow! If I got the bulb I already have everything (ceramic stuff) for it, but the ecoglow would save money in the long run. What should I choose?

Also, from my previous post... Could you shoot me a link for the ecoglow, and does it put out enough heat for 15-30chicks for about 5-8 weeks?

It's www.brinsea.com. Yes, according to their information that will not be a problem.

That is great!

I think this is it. I am hoping maybe it can be a present for valentines day.

 

[Chicken0Boy]

Good news! I am getting the ecoglow. I am so happy

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wsdareme: Did it work good for you? Just wandering...


Thanks you guys (and girls

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[wsdareme]

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It's scheduled to arrive on Tuesday, but my hatch isn't due until the 23rd. But I've sure heard a lot of great things about the new model. They say it's very much like an "electric hen" which is so popular in Europe.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

I just wanted to mention in case you didn't know that you will need something under the paper towels, like pine shavings or hay, to give their little feet gripping power so you don't end up with spraddle leg (when the legs go out and they can't stand up).

 

[babyrnlc]

I got a light in the reptile section of the petstore and a 100w red light. The lamp is adjustable. He heats up and down, so I put the lamp there and as I start lowering it, I do not have to move it. I just turn it down. They have not been cold at all and seem completely content. I have a 100w out in the shed with the 6 week old chicks and have it pretty high and even through our last snow storm, it kept the water from freezing. They seem happy too.

I am very nervous about fire too, we store our hay in the shed. I am wanting to move the chicks to the coop, but they are still too little I think. The big girls will get them!

 

[Chicken0Boy]

Wsdareme: Tell me how if you like it when you get it, please.

Thanks you guys!

 

[calgal98]

I've always brooded my chicks in an old horse water trough and used a heat lamp for them. I put a screen between the horse trough and the lamp and they have been plenty warm. They are brooded in my barn's tack room which can get pretty cold but isn't drafty. I haven't had any probs with them. The screen is like hardware cloth so isn't flimsy. This year I'm brooding quite a few and have gotten a larger heavy duty cardboard box. I will be suspending the lamp on a chain. I use shavings for the chicks from day one.

 

[Gypsy07]

"does the Ecoglow put out enough heat for 15-30 chicks for about 5-8 weeks?"

No, it doesn't. It's for up to 20 chicks. If you're going to have 30, you'd better buy two!

I just got one a couple of weeks ago, and it's fab. My two week old chicks are now spending almost no time under it during the day, and at night they sleep just at the very edge of it. They've just about weaned themselves off the heat altogether. Makes me realise I must have been mollycoddling all my previous chicks. The room their box is in is pretty cool and here's the photo I just took. You can see the Ecoglow just behind them. They were all sleeping till I disturbed them...