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[Chaneys Ranch]

New babies 3 WL 1 OE

 

[Leahs Mom]

@JanetMarie

What kind of heaters do you have in the sheds?

 

[Leahs Mom]

I've looked at these for years (again, for sub 0, just to bring the temps into the positives). Anyone have any experience with them? They're by GFQ

https://www.strombergschickens.com/...er-for-brooder-or-space-heating/area-brooders

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

I've looked at these for years (again, for sub 0, just to bring the temps into the positives). Anyone have any experience with them? They're by GFQ

https://www.strombergschickens.com/...er-for-brooder-or-space-heating/area-brooders

I don't but would love to hear feedback too. I see it has the wafer style thermostat. I love their incubators! If its fertile it hatches lol.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

This evening when my chickens cooped up my Beefy boy is missing! We've looked everywhere . I'm concerned because he always makes sure his flock is cooped up at night. I'm hoping he turns up in the morning but I've got that horrible feeling. He's always cooped up at night.
Update found him! He was sound asleep in a big dog house I pulled out for the new LGD coming this weekend. He may need to stay with my Muscovy flock a few days. Dark Cornish are hard feathered birds. They have less fluff for insulation like an Orpington for example. I'm upset with myself for not remembering he needs more heat than his flock does.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

4 more eggs are hatching, took out the new 6 dry WL chicks a few minutes ago. Put 2 soaked sponges in the hatching tray to maintain humidity levels. This is a bad time of year to maintain humidity, ugh.
I'm a little stumped on my premiere 1 netting. Its showing 11,000 volts! My 50 mile charger at best puts out 8,400 volts. I'm going to send an email and ask questions. Neighbor's son said the stable he works at uses it, and said its really hot! Arrick has been shocked a few times here so we may be ok. I asked him if its worse than ours and his eyes got big, heck ya he said!

 

[Leahs Mom]

What kind/size of charger are you using with it? You must also be careful that it is the pulsing type of charger rather than the "always on" type.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

What kind/size of charger are you using with it? You must also be careful that it is the pulsing type of charger rather than the "always on" type.

https://www.premier1supplies.com/p/patriot-p5-energizer
Its what was recommended for the fence. It can support 3 fences. I purchased it with the fencing. I am going to "man up" and grab that fence tomorrow. I need to know its working and safe for my goats.

 

[JanetMarie]

@Leahs Mom Both are ceramic heaters. This is the one my husband purchased Sunday for the smaller shed. Turned it on this morning around 11:00.

 

[Leahs Mom]

@JanetMarie
So are you hanging those up from the top or how are you placing them? I imagine you'll have to keep the vents vacuumed out from dust. Do you think they're safer than using a heat bulb?

I'm just pretty leery of having something catch fire.

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I have the dog kennel pens in the barn...and the barn ceilings are high above that. There is a 6x6 box with a top where the main roosts are that we had hoped would keep the body heat from totally escaping to the ceiling. Currently, a good number of the birds are roosting outside of that box on some additional roosts.

Last night We placed some lexan sheets above the other roost area and along the walls there which, altogether with the original 6x6 box, makes about 6x12 that has something overhead. The hope is that having something overhead will trap some of the warmth down lower to the birds rather than having it all go up to the high ceiling.

I was going to go out and rig some kind of heat source within that box so it will be a little warmer overnight but both my thermometers are still registering about 18F in there (currently 5F outside) so I'm going to wait a bit longer. (18 is quite tolerable to me) I'm surprised it's that warm in there as I never see much of a difference from inside to out.

Here is a photo from when we originally put the pens in the barn showing the "roost box" so hopefully what I wrote makes better sense. The other 6 ft section is in front of it.

Here is from today. You can see the original roost box back there. A good number of the birds roost on the saw horse-type roosts toward the foreground. You can see the piece of lexan we slid in behind there.

Here is looking up at the top now. You can kind-of see the lexan up there.

Then looking toward the side opposite the saw horses.

And here is Brother Green supervising the photo shoot.