The 7th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-A-Long!

[chattery41]

Hoping this Pemier 1 brooder plate will be WAY cheaper to use than this 250 watt heat lamp. Also ordered a couple stock tank de-icers for my bucket waterers so i can quit with the constant 70 watt bulb i'm using now.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Chickens ? EE, OE, BCM, Lav Orp, a Porcelain D'Uccle , and a bunch of mixed. 31 adults(including 6 roos) and 27 in the brooder. So at present 58 but i plan to hatch for the EHAL also.

Sorry I meant brooder plate

But that's quite a mixed flock you have there!!

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Hoping this Pemier 1 brooder plate will be WAY cheaper to use than this 250 watt heat lamp. Also ordered a couple stock tank de-icers for my bucket waterers so i can quit with the constant 70 watt bulb i'm using now.

I see now, sorry :/

I have the Brinsea and it uses way less electricity than the lamp, I'm sure yours will too

 

[chattery41]

Sorry I meant brooder plate

But that's quite a mixed flock you have there!!

Oh haha, sorry. Yea it's a Premier 1. @ronott1 really seems impressed with his so i thought i would try it.

 

[ronott1]

Oh haha, sorry. Yea it's a Premier 1. @ronott1 really seems impressed with his so i thought i would try it.

My second eco glow is failing now so I will likely be getting another premier1 plate next month. This time the wire broke next to the brooder plate. The wire is too small!

 

[Jessimom]

My second eco glow is failing now so I will likely be getting another premier1 plate next month. This time the wire broke next to the brooder plate. The wire is too small!

I'm so sorry about your Ecoglow failing, what a hassle!! So far, my first heating plate is working out great and it's a Premier1. Other than all the chicks hiding under it - it's like an empty brooder when I first walk into the room, then as I stand there quietly, they come back out.

 

[chattery41]

My second eco glow is failing now so I will likely be getting another premier1 plate next month. This time the wire broke next to the brooder plate. The wire is too small!

So sorry Ron. Apparently u are meant to have only Premier 1 Brooder plates. They should start giving u commission.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Quote: Well shoot, you got my hopes up and everything. I think it was Nate that hatched emu's 2 years ago.

He he he I got my new bator yesterday so NOW I am ready to do this thing.

Oh my gosh, that thing is freaking HUGE!

Quote:

You should know that I'm incredibly skilled at sticking my foot in my mouth. I've had many years of experience!

But hey, I got outta paying the $25 fine. Haven't heard anything from Bama since I hugged him...

 

[NTBugtraq]

I've scheduled a setting for 2/23, so I won't be in on the special day, but I'm still interested in following the thread. I just ordered 2 Primier 1 heat plates after reading the convo here, my current hatch of 96 is due to go into the brooder sometime after the 27th.

 

[cree57i]

Chicken math at work! Glad to enable you at any time. Did you find what you were looking for on the middle TN thread?