Mama Heating Pad in the Brooder (Picture Heavy) - UPDATE

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Just set up the feeder too.

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Okay, I just have a question for you, KDOGG. You said you filled their water container with bottles of water? As in store bought bottles of water? And you plan to continue that? If that's the case, you'd better break out your wallet. You'll be changing that waterer a couple of times a day with all the litter and poop that's going to get in there. I know putting it on bricks is supposed to reduce that, but it doesn't, trust me. They can fling that stuff higher than you can stack bricks and still make the water accessible for them. So while it's a nice thought, unless you have the most contaminated drinking water on the planet you might want to reconsider.

Keep you eye on that little Buff. Make sure she can be kept warm and also make sure she knows where the water is. You may want to supplement their water with another smaller container of water that has some Save-A-Chick in it, or even better some Nutri-drench.
 
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Okay, I just have a question for you, KDOGG.  You said you filled their water container with bottles of water?  As in store bought bottles of water? And you plan to continue that?  If that's the case, you'd better break out your wallet.  You'll be changing that waterer a couple of times a day with all the litter and poop that's going to get in there.  I know putting it on bricks is supposed to reduce that, but it doesn't, trust me.  They can fling that stuff higher than you can stack bricks and still make the water accessible for them.  So while it's a nice thought, unless you have the most contaminated drinking water on the planet you might want to reconsider.

Keep you eye on that little Buff.  Make sure she can be kept warm and also make sure she knows where the water is.  You may want to supplement their water with another smaller container of water that has some Save-A-Chick in it, or even better some Nutri-drench.  
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Oh yeah, it was just temporary because I was so worried and paranoid about them being okay and my mom said to haha I plan using just normal water once they're more settled in.

I'll definitely keep an eye on her! She's under now but fell out again a little while later but I put her back in and they're all huddled under now. Added some more shavings around it too. They're all toasty I think. We actually had a smaller waterer we got at the feed store but I'm a bit paranoid and it had the triple sixes on the sticker and despite peeling most of the sticker off I just bought a new waterer on Amazon lol I know, ridiculous. Still have the other though or could use a milk jug or bowl or something. Was gonna get save a chick but got gro gel and the vita pack thing instead. Should i put it in now or wait? They're all still huddled under and I replaced the feeder with a paper towel for now to be extra sure they know how to eat. Will work on the wire frame a bit later on.

This is the girl, managed to get a picture of her doing it. She did it, fell over backwards, was fine for a few seconds, head back again for shorter time and didn't fall but managed to get the picture then stick her back under MHP.

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I think you're gonna need higher walls. They'll hop on top of the mhp and flop right out, then won't be able to get back in. Higher is better--get cardboard and tape it together for a quick fix. They're fast and flighty. You'll be surprised at how fast they start 'flying' with those little stubby wings.
 

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