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[rIrs roost]

Bubbles left us and was replaced by a midget chicken.

I feel a bubbles coming on. Lol

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

I have read about the mamma heating pad , but for now budget dictates that I use what I have. I figured it was big enough for them to choose where to be.

Understood, but so you know for later, the heating pad I'm using was a little over $10, and I bungee'd it under a piece of spare welded wire fencing I found out in the back yard. Taped the sharp edges with duct tape, covered it with a pillow case. Found some clip thingees in my office supplies that holds the pillow case snug (rather than sagging). Cloth baby diapers over the top (but any old cloth or towel would do). Took me about 30 minutes to make mine (most of that was being OCD about taping the edges evenly).

So it's not all that expensive for when you do want to try to make one. And the heating pads you're supposed to use (no auto shut off) are by definition the leasts fancy ones, so not as expensive...

@Ur-ur-ur-urrr , after I shunned the heating lamp, I got a Brinsea Ecoglow. Worked ok, but I tried MHP this time around, and they are so much more calm and well adjusted. I think it may just simulate a natural broody a little better than all the hard lines of the panel heater. Worked totally fine for newborns right out of the incubator (after drying off) - kept it very low for them to press their little backs agains the heating pad. Slept quietly and played dead under there for 24-36 hours before exploring. Now it's turned on "low" and they enjoy ducking under it for a nap and sitting on top... In my experience, they are happier/more secure than with the panel (just my experience). I need to get someone to buy the Ecglows now...


- Ant Farm

Edit: Sorry, I should clarify - I actually ended up getting a second heating pad to make a bigger MHP as they got older. So that's a little over $10 x 2. Not nothing, but not nearly as much as "fancy" heating pads cost.

 

[Chaos18]

(Pstt... The original Bubbles is a bantam... He is a bantam sultan, so there... I already was a "midget chicken." )

Yea but at least I didn't actually see midget chicken when you spoke.......I got to see Bubbles.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: yes and a bit nutty right now... Thank you Billy!

 

[mlm Mike]

Quote: Hi Joey!

It was Billy, I believe, asking about Whites, according to you quote above.

 

[Chaos18]

I feel a bubbles coming on. Lol

Bubbles probably would have but the midget chicken is.........well kinda chicken.

 

[BantyChooks]

I want you to stop telling rIrs roost I'm gone..

So you're saying that Bubbles is alive and well?

He looks alive and well to me... Certainly fulla spunk, and a great flock protector... When I grabbed the frostbit roo off the perch and he started flapping, he jumped down and started attacking me to save the other roo, lol... I was wearing a different coat, so thats why he got hot and bothered. It still earned him a swift kick in the ribs.

 

[rIrs roost]

yes and a bit nutty right now... Thank you Billy!

what kinda nut lol?

Bubbles probably would have but the midget chicken is.........well kinda chicken.

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[venymae]

How ya doing bubbles? Ill never remember your new name lol. You'll always be bubbles to me lol.

I agree it's like you are a different person now. Lol.

 

[kwhites634]

I,can't.it's not my fault.

When I had Shingles, it affected my right hand & arm; I couldn't hold anything without dropping it 'cause the nerve damage made me unable to tell if anything was in my hand, and my hand shook a lot.... I couldn't even write for about 6 months. I had to steady my right hand by holding the wrist with my left hand 'til I regained the use of it. If you haven't tried that, it might help a bit.