Heat bulb for bobwhite quail chicks?

[lilmillefleur]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...er-picture-heavy-update.956958/#post-14882145

 

[Kayla1baker]

Went out and got this heating pad! Thanks guys! Hopefully its warm enough should I leave it on the highest setting?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

It depends on the temperature it produces. Do you have a thermometer?
The problem I have with a heat pad is that it gets covered with feces.

 

[lilmillefleur]

Yes. Gradually turn it down every couple of weeks. The babies will tell you when it's time to turn the heat down a notch.
You can make it MHP style and drape it over something to make it like a cozy cave.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Yes. Gradually turn it down every couple of weeks. The babies will tell you when it's time to turn the heat down a notch.
You can make it MHP style and drape it over something to make it like a cozy cave.

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If it is too hot, they'll avoid it. If it is too cool, they'll stay on it around the clock.

 

[aart]

Went out and got this heating pad! Thanks guys! Hopefully its warm enough should I leave it on the highest setting?

Yes that will work.
Adjustable legs and poop proof top will make it 'work' much better.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/pseudo-brooder-heater-plate.67729/

 

[Kayla1baker]

Yes that will work.
Adjustable legs and poop proof top will make it 'work' much better.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/pseudo-brooder-heater-plate.67729/ perfect! I'm going to try and find a rack like that! Thank you so much!!

 

[PetesChicks]

I made my rack with some scrap lumber ripped down to 1 1/2 x 1/2, 1/2” hardware cloth, and some carriage bolts with wing nuts. Nice & easy to loosen the upper wing nuts, raise the rack, and then tighten the lower wing nuts to make it higher as the chicks grow. I used an old T-shirt to wrap the heating pad, and bungee cords to attach it to the underside of the rack. I had a half sheet of thin (1/8”) plywood that I cut to size to cover it, so the pad didn’t get poop on it. Cardboard would work just as well, though.

 

[Kiki]

I clipped my heating pad to the side of my brooder so that it laid up against the wall of the brooder and skirted out 4 inches on the bottom. L shaped.
It worked perfectly for 13 quail.

 

[Kayla1baker]

I clipped my heating pad to the side of my brooder so that it laid up against the wall of the brooder and skirted out 4 inches on the bottom. L shaped.
It worked perfectly for 13 quail.

I clipped my heating pad to the side of my brooder so that it laid up against the wall of the brooder and skirted out 4 inches on the bottom. L shaped.
It worked perfectly for 13 quail.

Do you have any pictures!?