Radiant Heat Brooder Panels and Brooding Baby Chicks - McMurray Hatchery
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- čas přidán 11. 02. 2020
- Chick Days are here and we're testing out some radiant heat brooder panels with some newly hatched chicks. Radiant heat brooders are a safer alternative to traditional heat lamps which can be a fire hazard. Watch as McMurray Hatchery co-owner and vice president, Tom Watkins, talks about chick brooder needs and shares some of his tips. Questions about brooding chicks? Contact us at 800.456.3280. Our customer service staff is available weekdays to answer your questions.
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This was one of the better videos I've seen, and very thorough. Even though your video title was about "pasty butt", the fact you included all the useful information about the brooder box, was especially nice!
I discovered unknowingly from watching this video, that had set up my heat source correctly (the way you did) by putting the heat source off to the side, so the chicks can find relief if they should become too warm, or, if by chance the temperature outside becomes warmer, the baby chicks won't get too hot, by allowing them a place to go in their own that's more comfortable. Having their temperature too hot, can be just as unsafe as it being too cold, (for obvious reasons), but having the heat source off to the side, is clearly the better way to go, but easily something new chick owners may not consider.
As with most living things, particularly mammals, but I'll just say anything with warm blood, if it's too hot or cold for us, how do we feel about it? Plus, when they're babies like that, they need an environment they can thrive in without the challenge of staying warm, since they are without mama hen.
I also like how you made your heat lamp so you could adjust it lower at night for them to stay warm.
My chicks are so cute and funny. They nod off and fall asleep with their faces smashed into their bedding. At first it scared me, because I thought one of them died. But when they're that small, it's just how they fall asleep sometimes, as their little legs haven't learned to balance themselves just yet.
Anyway, a really great video, and very helpful. You have a very down to earth manner about your descriptions and explanations on this potentially life threatening issue for chicks. A person who can talk about something that is (understandably) kind of unpleasant, but presents it with the right kind of emphasis so a person can feel confident about approaching this issue, says to me, that you may be a natural, when it comes to teaching others. Whoever filmed this video, did a really good job also. I don't think I'm so great at either of those, so I appreciate it and notice when someone else does well at something. Anyway, I've rambled long enough. But it's all true, so thanks so much for sharing this video. It was helpful in all the right ways~👍😎👉(and relief for happy, healthy chicks! 🐣🐤🐥).
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Awww, look at those little ones just so exhausted just having hatched. I can't wait to get my first chicks, thanks for the videos!
Heat brooder panel is great. Also not a fire hazard like the light.
Our chicks we purchased from y'all are now 3 weeks old and growing fast. They love the quick chicks water additive. Thanks for your videos.
I love your attitude towards the chickies. Thanks!
Waited and waited for you to show the adjustment on the yellow heater.
My plate warmer has registered up to 87* to 92* at about 2 inches in height from ground level. I love my plate warmer.
love watching your videos , our ducks and chicks are doing very well from our last order , lots of info here for the new chick owners ,
Great to hear!
I bought the orange heater first, and a similar plate heater as a backup, when I ran both, the orange one seemed much cooler, so, I’ll use that one as the backup. It’s important for ppl to dip every beak in water..don’t trust them to figure it out, success lies in eliminating variables, just a few hours in not getting water can affect survivability. Place food and water far enough apart that they don’t have their butts hanging in one..
I'm getting some speckled sussex from you guys. First time getting chicks from the mail! I have the yellow heating plate :)
Ordered chicks for April 2020, and I have a 16x24 heater plate for 17 chicks to grow. I cannot wait! But still cleaning up the brooder. Thanks for the video I love watching them. I have 3 chickens from last year.
From Murray McMurray!
Thank you
Webster City, Iowa? My family is from that town! I was born there! Hamilton County Hosp! How fun to come upon this vid! I’m getting chicks this week and using Fuzzy-Bird brooder heater. It’s very tricky to regulate the heat! It can get very hot! Not sure I want to use it. Thanks for the vid from Webster City! 😊
VW Farms sent me over tonight.
Can you buy the starter kits anytime of the year? 😮 ❤ these are so adorable!!
good
If these aren’t the cutest things!!
Drop the plate lower. They'll do great. Some people are scared they will cook but they won't. If they get too warm they'll come out, just like moving away from a lamp. I set mine around two inches.
where do I get those water feeders that you are showing?
I have chickens from this site
I can only have 6 chickens in my town so do I have to wait til April
Would these work for smaller flocks? I’m worried they would get cold with them…
You say that you worm your birds every year. What do you use?
Do they cheep all day and night? Just trying to figure out where to keep them. Thanks!
Only when they don’t feel safe or are hungry or cold. They like 95 degrees
How long does it take for them to start using it? I just got one and never had one before.
When you get them, dip their beaks in the food and water. Then just place them under the EcoGlow. It should be set low enough for them to touch it with their backs. We like to set the front slightly higher than the back, so it's at a slight angle. That way larger and smaller chicks can find a place along the warm panel that works for them.
We are going to be raising 36 chicks, what size plate would you recommend. I was debating between the largest up to 50 or the middle size. Just curious in your experience if it beneficial to have extra space for them under the plate or if you wouldn’t expect all the chicks to hang out under there at once.
Thanks
That larger one, or even a couple if you have room. I find that the small one is really good for about 6 chicks, 10 at the most - esp since they grow so quickly.
ecoglow 50
In the chick starter home is the a base on the bottom??
The chick starter home is the orange and white panels that create the edge of the brooder in this video. It makes about a 3.5-4' circle when assembled. The chick starter home itself does not include the header, feeder, waterer, bedding etc. To get all of that you'll want to look at a 'starter kit'. :)
Did you say their backs have to touch the heater? Looks like your little guys are not quite touching..
Have to remember that they are also getting heat from each other as well.
Those brooders need to be lowered. When under them the chicks backs should be TOUCHING. Noisy chicks are not happy chicks.
Nice video,he needs a microphone.
Can solar panels run this plate??
Why not? They are only a few watts to run, I bet a harbor freight or small Amazon solar kit would power it just fine…
How do you keep your chick from flying
how do you feel about those brooder plates being used with chicks that you ship? some hatcheries say that you must start with a lamp, and that brooder plates are not sufficient for mail-order chicks. seems like its a bit of a controversial subject. it sounds like you think that the heat plates are ok instead of using a lamp?
What I do… I use both for the first 2 or 3 days after I get em. The bulb heats the entire brooder including the floor, walls, and air… the plate gives a very warm specific spot. After a couple days, when I know they know where the plate is and see most of them actively using it, I remove/turn off the bulb. I save soooooooo much freakin money on electricity by minimizing usage of the energy-sucking heat bulbs… but I feel like they are still needed for the first couple day until chicks stop just passing out to sleep where they stand…
@@TheFrogfeeder thank you, that is really helpful. I had something along those lines in mind as well. I think its helpful to get the heater plate in there ASAP so they learn what it is, but if they fall asleep on that first day or two on their way back to heater plate, the lamp will help keep them heated.
Also, and maybe more important to some people… these plates only warm things in reference to ambient temperatures… so if you keep your brooder out in a cold shed or barn, you won’t get the same results as if you kept it in an insulated shed, room, or garage… these things are very similar to reptile heating pads in that they don’t produce a lot of heat on their own, they work in conjunction with ambient temps… example: in a barn with temp of say 75 degrees you will be able to increase that temp by several degrees under the pad, maybe hitting your desired temp, but in a barn with say 30 degree temps, you’re only gonna warm up those several degrees and still be nowhere close to where you need to be… hope that makes sense, it’s like a percentage…
@@TheFrogfeeder yeah that makes sense. we are getting a nice sized cardboard box or something and brooding in the house. thinking about an oven or fridge box. Large in all dimensions. I can make it smaller a lot easier than I can make it larger.
@@cfurner bro I’d try to stay away from using cardboard as a brooder… especially in the house
Notice how the chicks are STRETCHING to touch the plate?
My brinsea feels extremely hot! I'm worried
It should only be hot on the underside. And not hot hot, you should be able to touch it. Anything more than that would be good to contact the manufacturer. They do have an office here in the USA.