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

[Pattycat]

@bruceha2000 Here they are from yesterday when we picked them up

So adorable!!!!!

 

[MesMama]

So adorable!!!!!

Thank you!

 

[Pattycat]

@Pattycat I'll happily accept your partial payment and wait for the rest - contrary to popular belief, I can be patient. When I have to. I guess.

No more need for patience!!! Here they are in happiness.....I think this is going to be the start of a beautiful chicken raising!




Its funny, because they have found areas in there that are so warm and cozy, I wanna climb in with them!!!!!! I put my hand in there and found little piles of chickiedoodles. I keep pulling them out, scared that they are not doing well, but it is my imagination. They are losing their patience with me I think! =^..^= Chicken Stalking!!!!

 

[aart]

Quote: Hmmm...not a good idea IMO.
What is your climate @Grimm ?
Extra space is often needed to integrate more birds too.
But ya know go for it....just be ready to deal with the consequences.

Maybe Bruce was kidding??

 

[MesMama]

@Pattycat Adorable little ones!! What kind are they? Sorry if you said earlier in the thread...my brain is fried from having these new babies ;P

 

[MistyMountain]

I seem to have a problem. My broody coop has been taken over by a baby of another species….


He has until May before he gets the boot to the shed (old chicken coop) when the chicks arrive and MHP goes to work.

Can I consider this as pre-payment?

 

[Blooie]

You can as far as I'm concerned, and it's my thread so neener neener!

 

[ShrekDawg]

Hmmm...not a good idea IMO.
What is your climate @Grimm
 ?
Extra space is often needed to integrate more birds too.
But ya know go for it....just be ready to deal with the consequences.

Maybe Bruce was kidding??

I agree and had thought 4 sq ft was the minimum. I'm planning to build a 4x8 coop for my birds and I may even make it bigger cause I'm not sure if it would be tight. I may eventually get a couple more just of some breeds they didn't have available at the time but that will be a while off and if I do, I think the most I'd go is 12 and i know even they original 8 are happy with 4x8 they may complain with 12 in there. I say that even if you could fut all 16 comfortably in there, just because you CAN doesn't always mean you SHOULD. I would stick with the 12. They'll be happier and you'll be happier as more space also means less cleaning and less health and behavior problems. Learned the hard way with 8 birds in a 3x3 coop kit and 6x12 run.. need to get a new one built ASAP. Of course you're not proposing quite a dramatic squeeze but still

 

[Grimm]

Hmmm...not a good idea IMO.
What is your climate @Grimm ?
Extra space is often needed to integrate more birds too.
But ya know go for it....just be ready to deal with the consequences.

Maybe Bruce was kidding??

My gardening zone is 9a if that helps. I live in the mountain foothills just at the snowline. We have a few days in the summer of 90 degree weather but found a great way to keep the girls cool. They love their wading pool. They seem to like water unlike any chickens I have ever seen/cared for. In the winter we get snow but not much or for long. The shade cloth on the roof of the run helps limit the amount on the ground in the run. This winter we never got snow or the normal cold temps. It was 90 degrees in January. Now it is in the high 60s to the mid 70s. Not normal spring temps. Just a tad warm for this time of year. And dry. We get a lot of rain in the spring and it has been dry so far.

 

[Blooie]

Update: Kids are staying one more night. So relieved! This storm is supposed to taper off by tonight, but tomorrow temps could see 50 with rain. Nothing like standing water on ice to make things really nasty.