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[aart]

I didn't realize how 'hot' and muggy it really was until I went to a couple stores with AC.
Got home, and yuck!

 

[ronott1]

My chicks are three weeks old. I bought the TSC Producer's Pride heater plate to use instead of a heat lamp. The legs have three positions, and it's on the tallest one now. The chicks usually gather under the edge of it, so I'm thinking of propping it up higher yet on some chunks of 2x4. The ambient temperature in the room is in the 70s, but fluctuates.

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This is from this morning. I think the Jubilee Orpington might be a few days older than the Blue Australorps. Under the fluff there are real feathers trying to grow in. They look like porcupine quills. Sooo... a couple more weeks with the heater plate? It only has one temperature for brooder and one for coop heater.

They usually do not need heat as long when using a brooder plate.

 

[aart]

They usually do not need heat as long when using a brooder plate.

Hmmmm...not sure about that.

 

[Sally PB]

Shoulda done it yesterday, eh?
Didn't rain here at all, and was sunny.
Go barefoot and commando?

Yeah, thought about doing laundry yesterday. But by the time it wasn't 90% humidity, it was too late to hope it would dry before dark. If I'd know it wasn't going to be raining (so far) today, I would have had time. Oh well.

 

[sourland]

avoid commando!!! zippers hurt!

So do tattoos - or so I've been told.

 

[ronott1]

Hmmmm...not sure about that.

That is my personal experience.

I do use a heat plate, not one of those weird heating pad things LOL!

They usually stop using the plate by 4 weeks old

 

[aart]

That is my personal experience.

I do use a heat plate, not one of those weird heating pad things LOL!

They usually stop using the plate by 4 weeks old

They work much the same.... except DIY pad 'plates' are much better
Much can depend on the ambient temps...no matter what heat source is used.

 

[ronott1]

They work much the same.... except DIY pad 'plates' are much better
Much can depend on the ambient temps...no matter what heat source is used.

I do not like the heat pads! Personal preference LOL.

I have had this happen in winter here when the garage is in the 40s at night. They seem to feather faster too.

I am sure the heat pads work the same and I have seen a lot of posts that notice how fast the chicks become more cold hardy with both.

 

[aart]

I do not like the heat pads! Personal preference LOL.

I have had this happen in winter here when the garage is in the 40s at night. They seem to feather faster too.

I am sure the heat pads work the same and I have seen a lot of posts that notice how fast the chicks become more cold hardy with both.

Plates and pads are definitely better than heat lamps, that's for sure.

 

[Sally PB]

Good news. The Dr. Office called and said my Dr. thought all the numbers from my blood work were good. I'll see what they are when they mail me the paper copy.

I'm especially interested in what has changed in my cholesterol since last year. I'm eating a LOT more eggs now. I think I ate two a day for about a week before the test.