Dixie Chicks

[1kluckychik]

Nice!!

Sorry about the mystery chicks...

Might be black Am's or EE's...

Dont be sorry. They are cute with puffy cheeks

 

[Alaskan]

Beer can was giving us a heart stress test.

 

[Beer can]

Sorry

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[Alaskan]

No worries man, all good.

 

[Alaskan]

My heart rocks!

 

[Alaskan]

I am a thinking of kicking out my two and three week old chicks... Into a chicken tractor... With a heat lamp.... It is not a full box, not sure if they will be warm enough...

Guess I will try and see.

We are still at times in the high 20s.

I was thinking if I stuck the tractor right up against the house, by the laundry room windows, where some grass is showing, it will be warm enough, or at last they will not have to step in snow.

Spouse can see it there.... But I am gunna pretend it is invisible, so there.

 

[1kluckychik]

I am a thinking of kicking out my two and three week old chicks... Into a chicken tractor... With a heat lamp.... It is not a full box, not sure if they will be warm enough...

Guess I will try and see.

We are still at times in the high 20s.

I was thinking if I stuck the tractor right up against the house, by the laundry room windows, where some grass is showing, it will be warm enough, or at last they will not have to step in snow.

Spouse can see it there.... But I am gunna pretend it is invisible, so there.

You should look at Premier 1 brooder plates. We will never use a heat lamp again.

We have 2 of their extra small models without those clear plastic covers.

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote:
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[1kluckychik]

Turn to Discovery channel. Naked and afraid is in Alabama

 

[Beer can]

You should look at Premier 1 brooder plates. We will never use a heat lamp again.

We have 2 of their extra small models without those clear plastic covers.

Coming up our driveway at night, seeing a window glowing red, nothing but fear every time, flashbacks of our garage burning. I do not ever want to use a heat lamp again (not why our garage burned, electrical, but I still am scared of fires). Brooder plate is supposed to be better for them anyways. I'll pay the $$ for cost savings over time, heat bulbs are not cheap, blow, can cause dead chicks if it is cold and they blow and your not running two, heat plates are cheaper for electrical cost, last longer and no fire worries. Fire worries are the biggest thing for me, why I went to a outside wood boiler. Cost $10 grand all said and done, but no fire worries, no mess, heats our hot water also, cost $7-$800 a yr, compared to $2-$3,000....It paid for itself just not having to worry about fire.