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Hcalkins said:
Ahh ok I see now before the picture werent showing! How do you use a heater with that?
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Whatever you chose, be sure their heat is on one end, and the other end is where you put the food/water and should be ambient temp there. Having a thermometer will help you immensely. When you first put them in there at a day old, they should be at 95F, and can go down 5 degrees per week after that.

Here's a link to the original Momma Heating Pad, otherwise known as heat cave: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...d-in-the-brooder-picture-heavy-update.956958/

Here's a link to the same thing done a little differently in case you need more ideas. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/how-i-made-a-mama-heating-pad-plate.74953/
 
Debbie292d said:
Whatever you chose, be sure their heat is on one end, and the other end is where you put the food/water and should be ambient temp there. Having a thermometer will help you immensely. When you first put them in there at a day old, they should be at 95F, and can go down 5 degrees per week after that.

Here's a link to the original Momma Heating Pad, otherwise known as heat cave: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...d-in-the-brooder-picture-heavy-update.956958/

Here's a link to the same thing done a little differently in case you need more ideas. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/how-i-made-a-mama-heating-pad-plate.74953/
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I’m getting conflicted Information on the heating w I need? I’ve seen 25w-40w but also have seen 250w as well? Which do you think would be best?
 
Hcalkins said:
I’m getting conflicted Information on the heating w I need? I’ve seen 25w-40w but also have seen 250w as well? Which do you think would be best?
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Are you talking a heating pad or a heat lamp?

For the momma cave, that's dependent on how high up it goes. I'd go by the one the authors suggest in their articles/posts.

For our black ceramic bulb, we had both 150 watt ones and 250 watt ones (two per split brooder), and we're sticking with the 150 watts from now on as they are more than sufficient.
 
Debbie292d said:
Are you talking a heating pad or a heat lamp?

For the momma cave, that's dependent on how high up it goes. I'd go by the one the authors suggest in their articles/posts.

For our black ceramic bulb, we had both 150 watt ones and 250 watt ones (two per split brooder), and we're sticking with the 150 watts from now on as they are more than sufficient.
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Hcalkins said:
I’m getting conflicted Information on the heating w I need? I’ve seen 25w-40w but also have seen 250w as well? Which do you think would be best?
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The size of the heat source isn't nearly so important as the end result. Aim for 90F to 95F to start with.

Button quail feather out fairly quickly, so you'll be down to run temperature in short order.

Best practice, IMO, is to watch the birds. If they pile up at the hot part of the brooder, they're cold. If they clearly avoid the warm area and look like they're stressed, it's too warm. Ideally they should move freely between the heat source and the feed & water. Really, the same clues you're looking for from any other birds.
 
Hcalkins said:
One keeps trying to escape and the one seems to not be doing so good
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Do you have any additives, like Poultry Cell, NutriDrench, or electrolytes?

Whether you do or not, I'd scramble a raw egg yolk, add just a small amount of honey and water to it, and a couple drops of the vitamins if you have any. Use an eyedropper or needleless syringe and touch the side of its beak with it. It should eat it.
 

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