Help bad butts!

[aart]

With the heat plate the lamp should not be needed at all after maybe the first day or two. Over heating the chicks is the most common brooder error.

 

[doublecrossranch]

With the heat plate the lamp should not be needed at all after maybe the first day or two. Over heating the chicks is the most common brooder error.

That’s why I have a temp gage on it. I lower it 1 degree every day. It automatically turns on and off.

 

[doublecrossranch]

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I agree, with a brooder plate, they likely don't need the heat lamp too unless it's very cold - what's your outdoor temps?

You had mentioned that they were doing better once you adjusted the heat - did you make it warmer or cooler.

Chicks only need 1 warm spot, let the rest be cool. Think about chicks with a Mama hen, she doesn't heat up the whole place, she just provides a warm spot for the chicks to snuggle under.

 

[doublecrossranch]

I agree, with a brooder plate, they likely don't need the heat lamp too unless it's very cold - what's your outdoor temps?

You had mentioned that they were doing better once you adjusted the heat - did you make it warmer or cooler.

Chicks only need 1 warm spot, let the rest be cool. Think about chicks with a Mama hen, she doesn't heat up the whole place, she just provides a warm spot for the chicks to snuggle under.

It’s in the high 80’s but the commissary building has a root cellar so it never gets above 75 or below 65. I can adjust the lamp to only come on if it dips below 75.

 

[aart]

The ambient temp in a brooder can be way lower than 75°F,
better that it is in fact, at least after the first few days.

Heat from a heat plate is not measured the same as heat from a lamp.

Heat from lamp is measured on the floor of brooder under the lamp.
A plate warms them differently, they have to be able to touch the plate or very close to it. Plate are best set at an angle to chicks can get get a bit closer or farther away from surface
The surface temp of most plates is about 110-120°F
(easiest to measure with an infrared temp gauge).

Where is your controller measuring the heat off the plate?
That plate looks very small, won't serve your 6 chicks for long.
MFG's population numbers for plates is as bad as for prefab coops.

 

[glassdragonfly]

Cute chicks!

 

[doublecrossranch]

It’s back...but she’s still more energetic then she was. I don’t know which poop is hers

 

[doublecrossranch]

And she peeps all the time. I don’t know if that helps

 

[doublecrossranch]

View attachment 1913115 View attachment 1913119 View attachment 1913118 View attachment 1913115 It’s back...but she’s still more energetic then she was. I don’t know which poop is hers

@Wyorp Rock