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

[Blooie]

Oh sweet music to my ears.

Thank you so much!

I always love that tune too!

 

[COChix]

Hola MHP Family, been awhile since I posted an update about three cockerels we hatched this spring via this brilliant method. They were hatched 04/1/16 (from what I recall, will have to double check that). Anyhoo, we are particular to the grey one. We have one in isolation (the splash) as he was beating up on one of our Broodies and she was not happy. They are tid-bitting for the hens, wing drops, crowing tons and trying their best to win the girls over. Our farm girls are ruthless and often attack them, they still are put in their place by the hens, for now. Will be processing two of them in an about a month.

They all are very handsome.....

 

[GardenNut]

Very striking Roos!

 

[Blooie]

Glad I'm not making that decision, @COChix !!

 

[Jensownzoo]

I have two EE roos (raised by MHP) that look like your top pic. They are both very gentlemanly and I plan on keeping both (I have some roos of other breeds that will have to go bye-bye in their place). I think your roo in the bottom pic is very striking with the white though!

 

[aart]

All my EE/OE cockerels, brooded under an MHP, are now in the freezer......
.....someone else's freezer, the guy who slaughtered them.
I gave him the 5 cockerels back in June,
1 got killed by a pred or his dogs while free ranging,
and loaned him my new Hoop Coop Tractor
(so he could 'test the waters' of keeping chickens),
which comes back next week, after I get my new trailer to pick it up(weehee),
then the HCT goes to a small local farm to raise some T-day turkeys.
HCT will stay there, bartered for material costs and 2 fresh turkeys.

Most the 10 pullets, raised under an MHP, are laying now.....and most the old girls and Woody are molting.

 

[lisasflock76]

Love this method. People keep telling me about putting heat lamps in the coop. Yesterday I cut a hole in the box keeping the heating pad but moving the food and water into the tractor run. They love it. Already feathered pretty well. My bonus chick is either a cuckoo maran or a barred rock. Thanks again.

 

[Blooie]

Oh, they are so cute!

 

[Jensownzoo]

I picked up some Polish from the feed store while stocking up yesterday. Poor little things fell asleep in the box on the way home, woke up briefly when I transferred them to MHP, and slept like the dead for the rest of the afternoon and the whole night. First time they'd had respite from bright lights, I imagine. Had to wait until this morning to show them the waterer and stuff.

My bonus chick is either a cuckoo maran or a barred rock.

Look at leg color. BRs should be yellow, CMs should be white/pink.

 

[Jessie22]

Well I ended up with 10 guineas eggs and they are in lockdown. Today is day 26 and nothing yet. I keep on looking through the window, looking and waiting. I have 2 hovabator incubators 1620N, one with an egg turner and one that doesn't both have forced air in them. I hope they start to pip real soon. A couple of the eggs have moved to a different position but still nothing yet. In a week my bearded silkies are due for lockdown. I will take the egg turner out and lock down in their own incubator. It is exciting waiting for the guinea eggs to hatch.