Why I Prefer a Heat Plate Over a Heat Lamp for Chicks
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@homesteadgmad8223 14 күн бұрын
Great video!! I had never HEARD of heat plates...They way you explained the benefits have convinced me to make the switch! Thank you! 😊
@lauritan66 14 күн бұрын
For years I used bulbs with too high watts for my old fixtures under a porch for plants in the Winter, probably about five nights a year. Once I realized it I bought the better fixtures and marked the old ones. It never occurred to me to match correct fixtures to bulbs. Thank goodness I didn’t burn the house down! Whew!
@brightstarr57 14 күн бұрын
I don't have chicks but have used red lamp in pool house to keep pool equipment warm when it is below freezing here down south. The heat plate is a wonderful idea! Thanks for sharing! Very informative!
@carolclemons640 14 күн бұрын
I started using the heating plates when my neighbors barn burned down from heat lamps she had for her goats. I quit using heat lamps completely and made adjustments to my barn to keep my goats warm in the winter. Luckily I'm in Florida so we don't get snow or extremely cold Temps. I have brooded many turkeys and chicks with the plates, never had a problem
@reibersue4845 14 күн бұрын
I live in TN and NY neighbors keep goats outside using calf pens and dog houses for their goats. No heat at all in the winter and the goats do fine.
@blessedbloominghomestead9134 14 күн бұрын
Our last batch of 50 chicks, we used the heat lamp at one end and the heat plate at the other. Most of our chicks slept under the heat lamp, but we did have a few under the heat plate. Since our brooder is outside in the old pen, I don’t know if they slept all night for sure, but when we would check before bed, they’d all be asleep. We used the red lamp.
@marking-time-gardens 14 күн бұрын
Thank you Heidi! Great information on this heat plate for the chickens. Definitely will be switching to these instead of the heat lamps! Blessings Kiddo! 🌻🐛🌿💚🙏💕
@momsaccount3069 14 күн бұрын
Very cool , unfortunately we aren't allowed to have chickens in my borough. We do live really close to a framer market. Most of that produce comes out of Lancaster Pa. They also have fresh meats and eggs. Worth paying the extra for sure. God Bless❤
@margaretpollard2179 14 күн бұрын
Thanks, Heidi...heat lamps scare me...too many fires I have personally heard of. Your chicks are very cute...the one is a wee-bit of a camera hog! 🤭 I'm looking to move so I can get more chickens! Thanks for all you share with us! You & Patrick ate such a blessing! Shalom!
@trishthehomesteader9873 14 күн бұрын
Thank you Heidi and community! Blessings all! 💜
@debbiekrueger5576 14 күн бұрын
I used our electric heater for a week then it warmed up here to the 80s & they haven’t had additional heat source since. They’re a couple weeks old now & doing fine. I used red lamp last year, I’ve heard it still interrupts their sleep patterns. I intentionally bought these chicks in warmer weather to avoid using external heat source & so far they’re healthy & happy
@megmcginnis239 14 күн бұрын
Thank you for the information. Our chick broader is outside away from the house. It's a large wooden rectangle shaped box. The Roof is hinged so you can raise it up. I use the red heat lamp and has worked well. I section off the space and then enlarge it as the chicks grow and need more space. Eventually I open one end and have a totally enclosed area all around so they can go out side . But I like the heat tray you showed. Definitely a good thing. God bless.
@Mel59841 14 күн бұрын
I learned an easy tip. Put a little bit of jiffy cornmeal on their food and it helps keeps their bottoms clean!!
@darleneschreiber9415 14 күн бұрын
🐤 Cuties! 🥰
@voiceofmanywaters3720 9 күн бұрын
Me too~ I only use heat plates when I am not using a broody...which I prefer over all:)
@dblake3427 14 күн бұрын
I have used both the red & clear lamps over the years, Heidi & found my chicks awake at times when I checked at night. It always bothered me, though, having them in light 24/7 as in nature, they would be in the dark, under their mother. This year, I got just two chicks and set up as usual. The 3rd day, one had died and the day after, the light burned out! I saw your warmer on Amazon & liked it but decided to try & make do with one of my seedling warmer mats. Using a large birdcage (cardboard around the lower half all around), I wrapped the heat mat in a large, heavy plastic bag and placed it on just half of the cage floor. The whole floor & mat were then covered in pine shavings, so half the floor was a cooler area to migrate to. 'Til she lost interest in it, I also upended a small box in one corner over the heat mat so she could huddle there if she wanted more warmth or was frightened. I was very worried at first having just the one chick but she has done well & is now almost 9 weeks old.
@farmwife6926 14 күн бұрын
Love my heat plate.
@hoosierpioneer 14 күн бұрын
When I used red lamps, I found I needed a regular light in the daytime too. That way it hets them on a day/night cycle so they can sleep.HOWEVER I'm with you on using brooder plate instead. The bulbs got way too hot most of the time.
@chrismaryb.7409 14 күн бұрын
Thanks Heidi 😊 ❤❤
@mschele64 4 күн бұрын
Very cool! I made my own version with a couple of seed starting heat pads and some chicken wire. I shaped the chicken wire into a cave with the back & sides sitting on one heat mat and the front edge arched about 3 inches high. The second mat laid across the top of the “cave.” When they were cold they went further back, closer to “mama’s” warmth. I was able to reshape the front as they grew to make it taller. It worked great, but got pretty messy. The plates definitely look like a great investment!
@conniemoore3207 14 күн бұрын
I have heat plates too.
@kds1332 14 күн бұрын
Good morning I had never heard of a heat plate before looks like the chicks liked it too
@hoosierpioneer 14 күн бұрын
Some companies call them brooders, not plates, in case you search.
@valeriebennett1011 14 күн бұрын
Thank you! If you have the time please post an updated picture of the chicks. I'd love to see the colors and patterns that are coming out. I had an Easter Egger roo, several barred rock hens several americana hens, and a couple of gold sex links. It was so fascinating to see all the patterns and colors that came out from their chicks.
@RainCountryHomestead 14 күн бұрын
Yes, I need to do that soon. The brown one has developed a little tuft of feathers on top of "her" head (I feel pretty certain that one is a female), just like her mama :)
@davidmurphy2754 13 күн бұрын
We use a heat plate and it works great! Definitely reduces the fire risk
@stephenrobb8759 14 күн бұрын
For the times when electricity is not available. >>> When a hen isn't available. I use pots of heated water set on bricks , and suitable folded blankets stacked on the lid of the pot.to hold the heat in. Using 2 ... large stock pots... swapping the colder one to the wood stove or a burner on the cook stove as needed.
@NoName-jr2eo 14 күн бұрын
We've always used a red heat light with our chicks. It does work much better than a white light.
@RainCountryHomestead 14 күн бұрын
So do they sleep through the night with the red?
@reibersue4845 14 күн бұрын
@@RainCountryHomestead I also use the Red heat lamp. I bought it because the books I have didn't have a brooder plate option. And once I learned of the brooder plate, we'll let's just say, I'm too thrifty to be redundant. The chicks do sleep at night, just not always huddled together. Some just drop where they stood and aplay out like they are dead. Scared me at first, I thought I had roasted some chicks, but checked the temp at their level and it wasn't too hot plus there were cooler places in the brooder they could go. I did do redundant safety measures including multiple points of fixating the lamp as well as putting wire around the lamp outside of the lamp and a smoke detector in the room next to the brooder and had it in my bathtub.
@dawncierelli1510 14 күн бұрын
I raised chickens the last 6 or 7 years and I have never heard of a heat plate
@RainCountryHomestead 14 күн бұрын
I had only heard of them for the first time this year. I did not even know what they were when I saw them in brooders I was shopping around for before I just decided to go with a cardboard box again
@breakablehandlewithcare 14 күн бұрын
Great idea ✨
@breakablehandlewithcare 14 күн бұрын
Hi Heidi ❤
@mschele64 4 күн бұрын
When I followed the link just now, there was a 20% off coupon to use toward the 12x12. That makes it just $5 more than the 10x10. Yay!
@RainCountryHomestead 4 күн бұрын
Nice!
@mariadi1069 14 күн бұрын
I'm using exactly the the same thing
@herbal_patty 12 күн бұрын
And I have been using heat lamps for over 10 years and never had a fire. I take advantage of the clamp not being solid and clamp the wood where I have a drywall screw sticking out.
@doodlesthegoose7085 14 күн бұрын
I love my new heat plates for chicks. I bought them for the 30 chicks I had starting in February. Unfortunately, I took my trifield meter and tested it. The EMF's were really high - in the danger zone. This was on the ELF mode. I look forward to seeing how these now adult chicks fare.
@sgmarr 13 күн бұрын
Have you done EMF test on red heat lamps? Need a comparison, to make better Judgement.
@doodlesthegoose7085 13 күн бұрын
@@sgmarr No but I may have to try that experiment. I just cleaned out my coop so I have easy access to that equipment.
@tc12487 14 күн бұрын
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@mojoflyingsolo639 14 күн бұрын
I use a tote with the top that is cut out and I attached hardware wire on the top. I used a red lamp but I have them in the basement so I could not hear if the slept through the night. I would position the lamp over one end of the tote and with the wire there was not fear of a fire because it was never in the brooder. I now just buy chicks and put them under a broody hen. I have five chicks running around with my mother hen right now.
@MichaelR58 14 күн бұрын
Good video, thanks for sharing YAH bless !
@pammohler3253 13 күн бұрын
I use the heat plate 🌸🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🌸
@sugarshell1973 14 күн бұрын
First time chick mama here...I bought a large like 19" x 15" I believe for my 8 lil peeps. Question the little brown chick you have there with the chipmunk looking marks, do you know the breed of bird that is? My local feed mill only states brown dual purpose and I'm trying to figure out what breed they are exactly and mine look a lot like that one in your vid. Other breed I got was the buff orphingtons...so adorable
@RainCountryHomestead 14 күн бұрын
I cannot say what all breeds are in her as she is mixed but she is part olive egger for certain. These chicks are about 6 weeks now and pretty sure I know which ones are males and which are females, though I may find out I am wrong in a few months, haha! But, if she is indeed a she, then she should lay olive eggs from what I understand, just like her mama
@sandrasstitches6108 14 күн бұрын
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@TheresaDarylsWife 14 күн бұрын
I been using heat plates for years
@TheresaDarylsWife 14 күн бұрын
I have 1 you have and a bigger one
@RainCountryHomestead 14 күн бұрын
I had no idea until I was shopping for brooders (before just deciding to go with a cardboard box, haha) that they even existed and did not know what those were shown in the brooder photos I was looking at
@linak7155 14 күн бұрын
A heat plate. 🐤🐥It is great that the legs are adjustable so that it could be raised higher as the chicks get bigger. I like the clear plate that goes on top. It makes it easy to clean as the chicks get bigger... By the way, I really like ur hair perhaps you could do a video about hair care...
@RainCountryHomestead 14 күн бұрын
I have several I have done over the years, here is the last one I did: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l811gtCrns6dYKM.html
@linak7155 14 күн бұрын
@@RainCountryHomestead thank you, I will watch now. 👍
@herbal_patty 12 күн бұрын
I use the red light but they don't sleep as much as they would in the dark
@karenw9996 14 күн бұрын
I've seen channels using plates that are at least twice the size of yours, so if you ever enlarge your flock and decide to get a second plate you could perhaps get a larger one, guessing one larger plate would use less power than two smaller ones, but don't know for sure. ...can you tell I left the comment before you got to the part about sizes? The larger ones I've seen were rectangular, sounds like the ones you mentioned were all square...different brands, I imagine.
@RainCountryHomestead 14 күн бұрын
No, the only time I can tell if a person left a comment before they could have gotten to a part is if the video just published and they made a comment on a minute or so in
@alenaB 14 күн бұрын
🐣🥰🤍
@cynsim 14 күн бұрын
Thanks, I'm planning on getting chicks eventually and was wondering why some hatchery don't recommend the heat plate? If you find out why not, could you please share with us? I would prefer the convenience of a heat plate personally.
@RainCountryHomestead 14 күн бұрын
I did not know anyone did not recommend them so I would have no idea. What I do know is it worked great for my chicks and I am very pleased with it and the fact that it sets them into the natural rhythm of wake and sleep
@pammohler3253 13 күн бұрын
🌸🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🌸
@dawncierelli1510 14 күн бұрын
Just curious, how long do you keep your chickies with the heat plate
@RainCountryHomestead 14 күн бұрын
It will depend on the warmth of your area, time of year, and how many chicks. I kept mine for a couple of weeks. The older ones longer only because they were already there and I wanted to keep them all together when the new ones came along or I would have taken them out sooner
@victorialg1270 14 күн бұрын
Do the chicks stay off the top if it is higher on one side?
@RainCountryHomestead 14 күн бұрын
Not from what I have seen, I am sure it will depend on how steep the angle is though
@cass9602 14 күн бұрын
Did you end up with any little Roos? Or all pullets? Curious cause they say when you hatch your own you’ll end up with approx 50/50.
@RainCountryHomestead 14 күн бұрын
So far I believe two are roos and two are pullets, at least from what I can see at this time.
@reibersue4845 14 күн бұрын
@@RainCountryHomestead Hatched my own eggs. Beautiful eclectic barnyard mixes of Amerucuna and Buff Orphington or Amerucuna and Black Copper Marin. Ouffy cheeks just slay me! 8 eggs with 5 roos. Guess I will have a few chickens go to freezer camp in the fall.
@truejoy3779 14 күн бұрын
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