Question on hand/pocket warmer fillers...

[Crusty McPottydoodle]

ceramic pie weights will work.

 

[NancyDz]

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Also available at may feed stores in bulk. Chickens love it too...

 

[Whispering Winds]

What were those pillows made of a few years ago . . .that molded to your neck/head . . .was it buckwheat? Would that work? What about oatmeal. I have been laughing about all the smells, dirty feet . . .nice to have hanging around your neck!!!

 

[ebwy]

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Also available at may feed stores in bulk. Chickens love it too...

LOL I was living in London when I was told where to buy it - chicken food isn't a common purchase there, although it is getting to be more popular.

I'll have to keep an eye out when we get chicken food for some

 

[CoyoteMagic]

Do ya'll have a pattern for making these?

 

[AkTomboy]

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The ones I have seen were buckwheat and I have seen people using that also for warmers

 

[verthandi]

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The ones I have seen were buckwheat and I have seen people using that also for warmers

I have to keep making new ones as I send them in the boxes with new chicks that people pick up here and they hold the heat fairly long for the people to drive home. They've also ended up in brooder boxes occasionally if I only have a few chicks, they love cuddling on top of them.

They are also the best thing I have ever used on myself for a headache.

 

[ebwy]

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no, but it's just a long rectangle, fold in half, sew up the sides, turn out the right way around, fill, sew up the top.

 

[CoyoteMagic]

I can manage that!

 

[speckledhen]

I use those small hand towels and fill them with rice. Sometimes, when I have one of those awful up-the-back-of-the-neck headaches, one of those is just the ticket.