Safe heat source and Brooder set up?

[WoodyM]

"I did more research and found something called a heat plate. Do you have any experience with these?
We use a heat plate we bought off Amazon and just prop it up on the edges of cinder-blocks, raising the height as they get older with bricks. Works great and they can get away.

 

[Welsh Ducky]

10 healthy chicks arrived! All active, eating and drinking! The Easter Eggers are so cute with their muffs!

 

[Parront]

Ok thanks! Just curious, would exhaust from the car hurt them or would the just not like the car driving in and out?

I brooded chicks in my attached garage. I parked outside while the chicks were in the garage, just for this reason! I had lots of parking outside for the one month in the summer we had chicks in the garage.

 

[Welsh Ducky]

I noticed all the chicks are quite except the speckled sussex chick won’t stop! She’s got food water and heat, and no pasty butt. Why is she crying?

 

[Parront]

I noticed all the chicks are quite except the speckled sussex chick won’t stop! She’s got food water and heat, and no pasty butt. Why is she crying?

Heat? Some need more than others.

 

[Parront]

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10 healthy chicks arrived! All active, eating and drinking! The Easter Eggers are so cute with their muffs!

You might have too much heat, from the pic. Is any one panting? Open beak, fast breathing, away from the lamp?

 

[Welsh Ducky]

You might have too much heat, from the pic. Is any one panting? Open beak, fast breathing, away from the lamp?

No they aren’t. They lamp was there because their heat plate was warming up, I have the lamp unplugged because the plate is hot enough now. The lamp was just temporary until their plate was ready.

 

[Welsh Ducky]

Heat? Some need more than others.

I have their heat plate at a slant so they can pick the right warmth spot

 

[Parront]

I have their heat plate at a slant so they can pick the right warmth spot

Just the first step in the series. A lot of loud chirping is usually distress. Cold. Hot. Food. Happy chicks sleep, play and scratch around eating and drinking.

 

[Parront]

I noticed all the chicks are quite except the speckled sussex chick won’t stop! She’s got food water and heat, and no pasty butt. Why is she crying?

You might try dipping her beak in the food and water. Some are slow to learn . . .