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

[jmdes]

Beekissed, thanks, that is reassurring. Yes, it is very low in the back, and I have a nice towel draped over it. I am planning to forge ahead with MHP.
Jan

 

[N F C]

@bruceha2000 I can't tell you what I had for lunch yesterday but some things manage to stick in my memory. Blooie mentioned some time ago that their anniversary was Leap Year day and I made a note. When I tripped over my note this morning, I tried to "pepper" the congrats on the threads I usually see her in so she would get maximum congrats!

Notes...the only thing between me and total chaos.

 

[perchie.girl]

@bruceha2000 I can't tell you what I had for lunch yesterday but some things manage to stick in my memory. Blooie mentioned some time ago that their anniversary was Leap Year day and I made a note. When I tripped over my note this morning, I tried to "pepper" the congrats on the threads I usually see her in so she would get maximum congrats!

Notes...the only thing between me and total chaos.

when I worked my computer screen was surrounded completely by Postits...

I am great on the big things but suck at little important details.....

 

[N F C]

when I worked my computer screen was surrounded completely by Postits...

I am great on the big things but suck at little important details.....

I'm glad you understand, lol.

 

[Paganrose]

Happy Anniversary Blooie!

Jmdes- good luck with the hatch! It's always exciting see them hatching!

So my 26 baby chicks will be 2 weeks old tomorrow. they are loving the MHP! They are getting stinky despite cleaning so I will be moving them out to the coop next weekend. Most of them are quite feathered out.

I have a picture of them happily hanging out on top of the cave, eta- pic works on phone.

Don't mind the mess! Just cleaned it out last night little stinkers.

 

[Blooie]

I am so glad that you've had such a positive experience, @Paganrose ! And it sure simplifies chick raising, doesn't it?

 

[Paganrose]

Yep! No worries about fire or overheating chicks. The best thing is the quiet at night. No constant peeping. Even the "special" chick that constantly screamed that high pitched distress call quieted down in the heat cave as long as she had a cuddle buddy. Gave our eardrums needed breaks!

Question- for those that have chick panic doors in a coop brooder what size do you make them? I don't have any bigs right now, but since we are just putting on the finishing touches on the coop, might as well add it now.

 

[Blooie]

I believe @azygous said hers were 5"x 8". Someone jump in and correct me if I'm wrong. I'll need to be making mine soon too, so it's probably a good thing to find out at this point!

 

[dpenning]

Yes, the MHP is set up outside in the Big girl coop, all plugged in and ready to go. I am concerned it isn't warm enough. I have it set on #6, and I had a mercury thermometer inside there last night, this morning it only read about 62degrees. What do you think? Maybe I'll get a better thermometer in there. I'm at about 4,950 ft. altitude here, and it got down to about 25degrees F last night.

I'll try to go get a photo later today of the MHP. I'm all a flutter right now with the baby chicks, I doubt if I can do anything at all today, except stare into those 'bator windows.

Jan

I put my chicks outside the day after they came in. I kept sticking my hand under there thinking "no way will this work" but telling my self if it works in Wyoming it has to work in Dallas! They are all healthy and happy!

 

[Beekissed]

Here's an interesting thought...I recently read about someone who has a long pop door the entire length of the coop, like a long board that lifts up and lets all her chickens duck into the coop at any given point along that wall. Says it helps them when under attack from hawks because there's no bottleneck at the pop door. Wonder if this would help y'all in your creeper for the chicks as well....could be they could use it more effectively if they don't have to search for that opening when in a panic and being chased by the big gals. Just one big slit under which to duck. What y'all think?