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Great advise! Wish I’d thought of that last year when I got my first chicks! They were different sizes and some of them were stretching to reach the brooder plate and others were crouching, I would try to make mounds of shavings under the plate but they would scatter the shavings. This would have been a lifesaver.The legs are adjustable. As the chicks grow you raise the legs. To angle it just set 2 legs a notch or 2 higher than the other 2.
Awesome! Should be an amazing day!Happy Hockey Day in Canada from your hosts in Yellowknife! Going to walk down to the broadcast and pond hockey area with the family shortly.
That will be perfect! Did you order a cover? If you didn't, peel & stick contact paper is a godsend (I find it cheap @ thrift stores). Once you've done brooding them, just peel it off & you have a clean top again.Ok you talked me into it. Going to order a Brinsea Ecoglow20 safety 600 brooder Good for 35 chicks and I have 10!
Horizontal or vertical nipples? The vertical ones freeze really easily. The horizontal ones don't, as the water doesn't stay in the drip part. Premier 1 has a nice looking one. Alternatively, you could make your own. I've made 2 different styles. A PVC pipe with nipples all along it with heat tape running along the bottom. I put black gorilla tape over the heat tape so that the birds don't destroy the wire. The other style is a bucket with the nipples spaced all around. A small aquarium heater keeps the water from freezing.Just curious has anyone found a reliable heated waterer? I have 2 styles the one with nipples freezes in the mildest temperatures the open trough style has been reliable all winter until today it froze over but for some reason the nipple one wasn’t frozen... ugh I don’t understand lol
It’s horizontal, it freezes around the outside and the center usually has open water... these twoHorizontal or vertical nipples? The vertical ones freeze really easily. The horizontal ones don't, as the water doesn't stay in the drip part. Premier 1 has a nice looking one. Alternatively, you could make your own. I've made 2 different styles. A PVC pipe with nipples all along it with heat tape running along the bottom. I put black gorilla tape over the heat tape so that the birds don't destroy the wire. The other style is a bucket with the nipples spaced all around. A small aquarium heater keeps the water from freezing.
20 Pack Chicken Nipples Waterer Automatic Water Drinker Horizontal Side Mount for Poultry Chicken Quail Duck (20) https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07ZZ3PJVM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_wgcqEb86J6YZY
I did see the one at premier 1, it is actually in my virtual shopping cart lol I just had run out of money by the time I found it. It has really promising reviews, maybe I’ll be able to buy it this summer.Premier 1 has a nice looking one.
I probably will tooI did see the one at premier 1, it is actually in my virtual shopping cart lol I just had run out of money by the time I found it. It has really promising reviews, maybe I’ll be able to buy it this summer.
Correction....good for 20 chickens and I’m up to 15 lol. This Sucker was WAY too small....I sent it back. I ordered 5 Barnvelder. I may order the larger Brinsea but the largest is way too expensive.......and it does come with a cover.That will be perfect! Did you order a cover? If you didn't, peel & stick contact paper is a godsend (I find it cheap @ thrift stores). Once you've done brooding them, just peel it off & you have a clean top again.