Safest brooder?

[aart]

The Premire website says the small heat plate is effective for up to 20 chicks (I've ordered twelve). Do you think that is accurate?

No... plate capacities are as bad as coop capacities...get the big one!

I read through a lot of articles while we were planning our brooder, and really was convinced I did not want to use the heat lamp. I read articles about building a mama-hen cave set up with a heating pad, and showed them to my husband, to ask if he could build that, and he read the articles too, and said to just buy the brooder plate. So we have this:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008HVM56Q/?tag=backy-20

And everything has been working fine with it.

Wow, was that really$90?

 

[Doublete]

Agreed I have the 12x12 one for “20 chicks” HA. I’m ordering the bigger one this week which is I believe 11x24.
Because it’s maybe for 12-13

 

[Doublete]

Btw the Brinsea one is MUCH more expensive and to me not worth it (it’s smallwr and won’t work outside to a lower temp)
Premier 1 is a fair price

 

[aart]

I’m ordering the bigger one this week which is I believe 11x24.
Because it’s maybe for 12-13

get the big one!

This one is 16x24"...says 50 chicks, but that's BS.

 

[TwoShepherds]

I'm glad I ordered the large one. I might have ordered medium had it been available, but I think In the long run I'll be glad I bought the bigger one. Hopefully it will last them until the weather is warm enough that they don't need it anymore. Also, I had a question about how fast shipping would be, and it was really easy to get a hold of the Premiere 1 customer service person, and she was really helpful.