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

[NTBugtraq]

I set them close to what I THOUGHT was the chicks back height and waited awhile and had to lower it a bit but u can lower it easy. Just have to pull a tab on each corner and u can do that from the top by just curling ur fingers under and pulling. I love this thing but i didn't want to spend $30 for a top so i just put a tote lid on top and i can take it off and knock the poo off or rinse it for free !. lol I have 25 chicks brooding right now but i got the biggest one so i should be covered for whatever i hatch.
Good luck with yours

I am going to learn by dead chicks, which sucks, but I don't see any other way. I got 2 large plates to pretty much fill the brooder, so there shouldn't be cold spots, but with the temps being what they are I can't be sure.

 

[lacymorgan]

Taking orders for mix dz hatching eggs if anyone needs any. Can ship this week and last two weeks In Feb. Feb 28 for the hatch a long. 55 plus 25 shipping for one dz or 100 plus 25 shipping for 2 Breeds are Cream Crested Legbar, Isbar, Welbar. Fly tie, Black Copper, Lavender split to black and White Marans depends on who is laying that week. Right now I am getting a few from each

 

[mlm Mike]

Quote: Thanks @Sally Sunshine you snuck that into a long multi quote cause you didn't think I'd see it.

 

[chattery41]

I am going to learn by dead chicks, which sucks, but I don't see any other way. I got 2 large plates to pretty much fill the brooder, so there shouldn't be cold spots, but with the temps being what they are I can't be sure.

Why dead chicks ? If they can all get under the plates they should be fine as long as there is no cold wind voiding out the heat. You know they make a thermostat plug for these Premier 1's right ? Just plug the plate into it and i guess u can set the heat.

 

[NTBugtraq]

Why dead chicks ? If they can all get under the plates they should be fine as long as there is no cold wind voiding out the heat. You know they make a thermostat plug for these Premier 1's right ? Just plug the plate into it and i guess u can set the heat.

I already have the thermacubes, they are great, but they cannot make things heat more than they are capable of. I experimented last week heating my brooder with a single 175w infra red, it didn't work. I know the plates warm to 125F, what I don't know is whether they can heat the ambient temperature in my greenhouse high enough to keep the chicks toasty in week 1. I bought 2 large in hopes this will work, but I am hoping to put 75+ chicks out there...

 

[Cynthia12]

A chicken siggggnnnnnn

 

[JoyfulPromise]

I already have the thermacubes, they are great, but they cannot make things heat more than they are capable of. I experimented last week heating my brooder with a single 175w infra red, it didn't work. I know the plates warm to 125F, what I don't know is whether they can heat the ambient temperature in my greenhouse high enough to keep the chicks toasty in week 1. I bought 2 large in hopes this will work, but I am hoping to put 75+ chicks out there...

We have the Premier Heat Plates too and LOVE them! We have two large plates that we have used for 100 broiler chicks and they work just fine! With broilers you have to be a little more careful to keep the height a little higher than you think you need to, because the broilers seem to give off more body heat than layer chicks and can suffocate themselves by crowding in the middle of the plates. Once we figured that out we haven't lost a one under the plates. We also have one small heat plate from Premier that I have used for smaller batches of laying chicks and once for 10 turkey poults. I think you will be very happy with the heat plates! I highly recommend them!

 

[Cynthia12]

 

[NotAFarm]

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I set them close to what I THOUGHT was the chicks back height and waited awhile and had to lower it a bit but u can lower it easy. Just have to pull a tab on each corner and u can do that from the top by just curling ur fingers under and pulling. I love this thing but i didn't want to spend $30 for a top so i just put a tote lid on top and i can take it off and knock the poo off or rinse it for free !. lol I have 25 chicks brooding right now but i got the biggest one so i should be covered for whatever i hatch.
Good luck with yours

Ditto what @KYTinpusher about the press n seal.....she mentioned that on a previous hatchalong and I tried it....works great. I was using old pieces of bed sheet that I had cut to size and put holes in for the legs. Easy to remove and spray off, wash, reuse. The press n seal can be wiped off and lasts quite a while.

 

[chattery41]

I already have the thermacubes, they are great, but they cannot make things heat more than they are capable of. I experimented last week heating my brooder with a single 175w infra red, it didn't work. I know the plates warm to 125F, what I don't know is whether they can heat the ambient temperature in my greenhouse high enough to keep the chicks toasty in week 1. I bought 2 large in hopes this will work, but I am hoping to put 75+ chicks out there...

I put cardboard around the perimeter of the plate to keep the wind out as i have mine in my coop and it's old and drafty. Just checked them again and they are doing great , hopefully yours will be fine. It's a regulator i seen as an option with the plate. Don't think that would raise it too much higher because they say to set the height even with the chicks back and i don't know if they could handle more heat in direct contact like that.