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[Cooba]

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.

Ok you talked me into it. Going to order a Brinsea Ecoglow20 safety 600 brooder Good for 35 chicks and I have 10!

 

[Northernchickens]

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.

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.

 

[Northernchickens]

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

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

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.

Awesome! Should be an amazing day!

Welcome to BYC! I hope that you find it as great a place as I do.

What birds, if any do you have?

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

Ok you talked me into it. Going to order a Brinsea Ecoglow20 safety 600 brooder Good for 35 chicks and I have 10!

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.

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

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

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.
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

 

[Northernchickens]

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.
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

It’s horizontal, it freezes around the outside and the center usually has open water... these two

 

[Northernchickens]

Premier 1 has a nice looking one.

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.

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

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.

I probably will too

 

[Cooba]

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.

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.