Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Bee and me]

She's sleeping in my son's hand.
My family has really embraced the chicken thing.
We love them

 

[Duck Drover]

What about paper boxes?

The plastic totes can work well but you have far too much heat and the chicks can't get far enough away from it. We have great success using a Victor Ultimate Flea Trap as our heat source in long plastic tubs. It is just a night light bulb inside a dome that holds the heat as if it was coming from a mama hen. We use the lids over a portion of the tub to trap heat on that side and let heat escape on the open cool side where the food and water are kept. The ducklings will sit on top the flea trap as they get too big to fit inside but the chicks mostly flop next to it as they grow until we can take them out.

I have the large Brinsea brooder plate that works great too but it takes up half the tub space so I really need it in pool or trough instead. The flea traps seem to work just right. Notice how happy these hatchlings are in their flea trap (with shelf liner instead of the sticky paper).

 

[Bee and me]

Lol! They look do happy. I will have to look up the flea trap. I have never heard of this.
Thank you.
B

 

[Bee and me]

Ok, I get it. What a creative use of a household item.
I never would have thought.
Thanks again,
B

 

[theceltichorse]

Well, my last hatch is finished. Very pleased with the results and my Brinsea. As well as with the eggs GardenWren shipped (from TN to WA!). Out of 20 eggs, 19 hatched. Last egg was DIS, had not absorbed the yolk sack. Fully formed. I just wish I knew why it didn't make it. I will say, that egg had the worst air cell of all of them!

Here are a few pics of my babies!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Ok, I get it. What a creative use of a household item.
I never would have thought.
Thanks again,
B

almost forgot I have one of the shallow plastic kiddie pool from walmart, I used for chicks raining mine
this last spring... We drilled holes on the lip and I used zip ties to put chicken wire around it
putting a t to holding it up so the wire didn't not fall in on them

 

[Bee and me]

almost forgot I have one of the shallow plastic kiddie pool from walmart, I used for chicks raining mine
this last spring... We drilled holes on the lip and I used zip ties to put chicken wire around it
putting a t to holding it up so the wire didn't not fall in on them

you all are very crafty.

 

[junebuggena]

Ok, I revamped thier home.I got a huge box for the bigger chicks and a medium box for the littles. I cut a hole in the side of the big box and stabbed lots of holes in the smaller box. Now the small chicks and the big chicks can see each other. They like to watch one another through the holes.
Good news: my Welsummer is looking much better. She is smaller but she's moving around.
I have put dandelion clumps and fruit in thier box to distract from pecking each other's eyes. It is working!
Thanks everyone for your well wishes.
B

Glad she's doing better. It's much more common for chicks to die from overheating than chilling. If they get a bit too cool, they can always snuggle with each other, but there is nothing they can do to cool off if the brooder is too warm.

 

[pennyJo1960]

@Bee and me so glad you have been able to make things work.
need is the mother of invention

 

[Leigti]

Ok, I get it. What a creative use of a household item.
I never would have thought.
Thanks again,
B

I agree, I had never heard of it either. But if I get checks again I might have to try it. I'm glad you're a little chick is doing better.