Need Advice for Traveling Brooder

[drom]

Hello,
I will be picking up some chicks and will have a 6 hour drive back. I need to set up a mobile brooder with a heat source. I did find one web site that has a "travel cuddler" which is a water bag with cover and a thermostat that will hold heat for 4 hours.

Does anyone have any ideas for a heat source I can use to set up a travel brooder?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Smitty's Farm]

Do you have an adaptor that can plug in your cig lighter?

That's what we use for computers on car trips, but I'm going to use it to plug in a caeramic heat lamp for turkey brooder traveling. I have a 3 hr trip next week for pick up.

I'm just going to take a clear tote container, a screen for the top, & the heat lamp to keep them warm. I'll line the brooder w/ paper towels and non slip shelf liner on top of that. I'll also stick a stuffed animal in one of the corners. Oh yea, and a few themometers to monitar the heat.

Oh yea, how old are the baies you are picking up?

 

[drom]

Smitty's Farm :

Do you have an adaptor that can plug in your cig lighter?

That's what we use for computers on car trips, but I'm going to use it to plug in a caeramic heat lamp for turkey brooder traveling. I have a 3 hr trip next week for pick up.

I'm just going to take a clear tote container, a screen for the top, & the heat lamp to keep them warm. I'll line the brooder w/ paper towels and non slip shelf liner on top of that. I'll also stick a stuffed animal in one of the corners. Oh yea, and a few themometers to monitar the heat.

Oh yea, how old are the baies you are picking up?

Thank you, so I have been looking at adaptors on line and can't really figure out the interface types. I see the ones with the USB interface for laptops. Can I buy one that has an electrical interface that I could just plug a small heat lamp in to?
The chicks are due to hatch I think around the 21st of this month and I suppose I will be picking them up when they are a few days old. I haven't worked out the logistics with the breeder yet but will be calling her when I figure out how I am going to transport them. There are 6 eggs, so not sure how many will actually hatch.

 

[coltsrox]

my brother and sister just put the heat on and drove them being in a box course that was only a 45minute drive!

 

[drom]

Oh-I found one:

 

[Yanna]

What about the heat packs you find at the drugstore that give you "instant" heat? You could easily pick up a few of those and keep one wrapped in a towel, replenishing as necessary.

Just a thought.

 

[Smitty's Farm]

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Yes, that is very similiar to what I have. We bought ours at radio shack. I don't remember what we paid for it, b/c we've had it so long.