I just can't see how I could shape a wire frame to accommodate several tall peachicks, which is why I'm investigating a way something flat with legs.
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I can't even imagine!!!
I know that geese tend to need things "re-thunk" because of the neck length too. I think that might be where using the all-thread for legs on the frame to give more flexibility in the height might be a great advantage. If I'm not mistaken, that was something that @aart has in her pseudo-heat plate brooder (and forgive me, but since day 1 I've had trouble remembering exactly what that's called, even as many times as I've referred people to it) and if it wasn't her, I hope I'll be corrected.
Personally, I would think that just using a big enough scrap of fencing and simply pulling up on the center as they grow makes the most sense. As they get older they spend less and less time under it it anyway, so except for at night they aren't all under there at one time. So what you lose in width and gain in height by pulling it up at the middle isn't as critical. By about 2 weeks old mine spent as much time on top of or snuggled beside it as they did underneath.
Edited to add: Oh, sure! I start a post and then leave for a second to take off Kendra's jacket, only to come back, finish my response and post it, THEN see that Bee beat me to it.
Personally, I would think that just using a big enough scrap of fencing and simply pulling up on the center as they grow makes the most sense. As they get older they spend less and less time under it it anyway, so except for at night they aren't all under there at one time. So what you lose in width and gain in height by pulling it up at the middle isn't as critical. By about 2 weeks old mine spent as much time on top of or snuggled beside it as they did underneath.
Edited to add: Oh, sure! I start a post and then leave for a second to take off Kendra's jacket, only to come back, finish my response and post it, THEN see that Bee beat me to it.
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I agree.
not sure how much taller peachicks are than BBB turkeys.. I raised 2 BBB w/chicks... at first it was 5 cx, 2 ISA browns and 2 br, under a small heating pad (would recommend the large)
The turkeys needed the heat longer than the chicks. The chicks were on top and the 2 turkeys snuggled in underneath at the end.
When i showed up the turkeys would stand up and if only isa on top the whole pad would raise up..
They could get out w/-raising it up if they were not in a hurry
The turkeys stayed in the brooder until 8 weeks and the monster cx chicks left at 4wks for a separate brooder with a heated plant mat mhp... I had someone give me six 2-3 wk chicks that needed the mhp... 2 turkeys and 10 chicks managed under the small mhp on colder nights ... no one was injured in the brooder.....Turkeys did take out a br cockerel at around 5 months.
But you have to do what you are comfortable with and what worked for me may not work for you.
Quote: They're probably about the same height, but not as chubby.The plates I have now are 352 square inches and can only accommodate about 8-10 peachicks once they are about 4 weeks old, and less a couple of weeks later, so my goal is to come up with a similar solution that is about the same size or larger.
Ghost peppers are REALLY burn your mouth/almost painful spicy right? I always walk by the spicy pepper section in the store and they just look like pain LOL
I hate spicy food and can barely tolerate like jalapeño and buffalo sauce and even medium salsa and won't do hot sauce so I think I would cry with anything actually spicy
My brothers love spicy though but I think even they wouldn't try that spicy haha but maybe they would, I don't know.
But for the people who like it, it would be tasty. Or burn your taste buds off
The smaller the pepper, the hotter it is, right? Cause I notice all the hot peppers are tiny
My New Years Hatch chicks love their heating pad.
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lpyrbby
Songster
I've been a hit or miss lurker in this thread for a while but now feel compelled to post.
My chicks are almost 4 weeks old. I have 13 of them and they NEED to go outside. The weather here has been mostly beautiful for the last couple of weeks, but I didn't have the pen ready for them that first nice weekend. Last weekend was thunderstorms. And now this weekend, back to cold again. Since there's no rain in the forecast, I'm finally going to take them outside this weekend. The daytime temps will be in the 50s but the lows will get to the 30s. They're not using their heat plate much, but of course, it's a cozy 72 in the house, usually.
My goal is to locate the XL heating pad and put that in the pen for them, then take them out there with food, water, and a new roost, and see how things go. Is it unreasonable to leave them out that first night to test? Also, looking at my current setup, is there anything else I need to do or something I've missed?
I'll be adding some dried leaves to this area at the front that is missing pine flakes. I figure I'll slide the roost in to the left of the box. The box was crafted from those boxes you get from the meat processors that hold your frozen goods. The flap can tilt down a little more. I'll put the MHP inside the box, away from the very back, then feed the cord through some holes I've started in the box and also in the hardware cloth under the tarp on the right.
There are two tarps here, and obviously the second wouldn't go all the way to the other side of the pen, but I think it worked out. With the thunderstorms last weekend, the important areas of the pen stayed dry.
****Also to note! The pen is outside of their run because we're actually building a new coop (from a carport) and will be moving everyone to that in a few weeks. I figured it'd be easier to take care of the littles from outside the bigs' run so I don't have the big chickens up my rear
My chicks are almost 4 weeks old. I have 13 of them and they NEED to go outside. The weather here has been mostly beautiful for the last couple of weeks, but I didn't have the pen ready for them that first nice weekend. Last weekend was thunderstorms. And now this weekend, back to cold again. Since there's no rain in the forecast, I'm finally going to take them outside this weekend. The daytime temps will be in the 50s but the lows will get to the 30s. They're not using their heat plate much, but of course, it's a cozy 72 in the house, usually.
My goal is to locate the XL heating pad and put that in the pen for them, then take them out there with food, water, and a new roost, and see how things go. Is it unreasonable to leave them out that first night to test? Also, looking at my current setup, is there anything else I need to do or something I've missed?
I'll be adding some dried leaves to this area at the front that is missing pine flakes. I figure I'll slide the roost in to the left of the box. The box was crafted from those boxes you get from the meat processors that hold your frozen goods. The flap can tilt down a little more. I'll put the MHP inside the box, away from the very back, then feed the cord through some holes I've started in the box and also in the hardware cloth under the tarp on the right.
There are two tarps here, and obviously the second wouldn't go all the way to the other side of the pen, but I think it worked out. With the thunderstorms last weekend, the important areas of the pen stayed dry.
****Also to note! The pen is outside of their run because we're actually building a new coop (from a carport) and will be moving everyone to that in a few weeks. I figured it'd be easier to take care of the littles from outside the bigs' run so I don't have the big chickens up my rear
Rwood5093
In the Brooder
I was reading this and thought "that sounds just like my situation!". Turns out, we are neighbors - I'm just a few miles away in Jamestown. My chick's are only 11 days, and I plan on doing the same thing. They're cozy inside now, not even using MHP. They just pile up in the middle of the brooder. I want to get them outside, and put their crate w/MHP into the big run. Their first two nights were spent outside, but they got soaked during those thunderstorms, and I felt guilty and brought them in. Now I just need to get them back out, even though I sort of like having them inside 
I need to replace the towel with some thing like wool that they can't pull through the hardware cloth. Little freaks... I hope they remember how to use MHP when they go back outside.
I need to replace the towel with some thing like wool that they can't pull through the hardware cloth. Little freaks... I hope they remember how to use MHP when they go back outside.
@lpyrbby as long as you keep the chicks, and any electrical connections, dry they should be fine.
Totally wind free under the heater is essential too.
Totally wind free under the heater is essential too.
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