I have the book Fresh Eggs Daily and she recommends different things to feed to keep worms away. I think pumpkin is one of them. I will need to see. Herbs are good for a lot of things too.
That is a neat idea. I bought a heat plate. I bought baby parrots years ago and the breeder just laughed about people keeping their birds draft free (even as adults). She kept her babies warm but didn't worry about drafts. She pointed out that when a bird flies it gets pretty drafty.What SHE said.This video may help folks understand how this heating pad will be utilized and just how many "drafts" they can stand. I usually put mine out on free range by 2 wks...
This lady does her chicks much like I do:
Nice lid.
Not really an invention. But I build a custom brooder lid for a 60 gallon bin that I bought at Walmart for about 18$. Glad I made it too. If you look at the bottom right you see a golden comet chick that loves to fly up on top of the feeder and given a chance out... The poor little broilers cant understand why those chicks fly up so easily, but they flap and jump as hard as they can and cant clear ground...
I have kitties that I need to keep out of my brooder. I'm using a box inside my metal dog crate. I'm putting plastic garden netting around it to keep the babies in. I need to get my coop built ASAP so they can go outside as soon as the weather permits. My chicks are coming the end of the month. 
You would put this in the brooder box on one side and the chicks could come and go from underneath as they needed. Just like a real broody. Very good design, and MUCH cheaper than a name brand brooder heater. These heaters are actually a lot better for chicks then lights because its more natural and simulates a real hen. Chicks grow and feather out faster with hens and brooder heaters than with heat lamps.
Ordinarily I'd jump on that like a chicken on a grasshopper, but strange as it sounds a trip to Walmart is an occasion here! LOL It's a gorgeous drive...mountains on all sides as we go. Deer, antelope, bald eagles.....it's 50 miles one way, so it pretty much takes a chunk out of the day. Then we usually run other errands while we're there so it's not a trip just for one thing. And we get lunch or dinner while we're there! Woot woot!
Wow, I really learned something here from that video. How cani post that video to another thread I'm on?Not really an invention. But I build a custom brooder lid for a 60 gallon bin that I bought at Walmart for about 18$. Glad I made it too. If you look at the bottom right you see a golden comet chick that loves to fly up on top of the feeder and given a chance out... The poor little broilers cant understand why those chicks fly up so easily, but they flap and jump as hard as they can and cant clear ground...
