Klay
In the Brooder
- Sep 13, 2015
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I didn't realize they were that smallAww that's awesome! Silkies are adorable![]()
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I didn't realize they were that smallAww that's awesome! Silkies are adorable![]()
It's alright, mostly just random babble anyway! Aha I'll definitely check out that thread though, thanks for all your helpBeen up in Billings all day so doing a little catch-up now that I'm home. Here is a link to the heating pad that most of us are using: http://www.amazon.com/Sunbeam-2013-912-XpressHeat-Heating-Extra/dp/B005NZ66KU/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1425566319&sr=1-1-fkmr1&keywords=Sunbeam+x-tra+large+heating+pad#customerReviews For fewer chicks, I used the same heating pad but I got the next size down. I was able to find mine at Walmart in that size, but not the extra large size. The critical thing is that you MUST be able to turn off that automatic shutoff feature. Otherwise you'll be running to the chicks every hour or two and turning it back on. Somewhere in the last 4-5 pages of the Mama Heating Pad in the Brooder thread someone found the Sunbeam Heating Pad without auto shut-off and it turns itself back on in case of a power outage. The only issue I see with that is that you can't fine tune the heat like you can with the ones we use. That one is High, Med, Low but the one my chicks had was digital with settings from 6 down to 1. I do urge you to spend some time on that thread. You'll find a ton of good information, videos, photos, things folks have tried that worked and those that didn't, and a lot of hints. I don't know about the coops you found - we built ours so haven't spent a lot of time perusing others. This is ours:![]()
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