would this work for baby chicks?
1148658
As long as it's on the ground. The design is faulty-the feed does not self-feed well. I have to push it down from the reserve section, even when it is full.
867489
maybe . if she squeezes.it is a very small hutch. i dont use it anymore for my two chickens.
752757
Yes, but I'm not sure how you would mount it to be aimed at the baby. I'd suggest a clip on fan instead.
2029416
This is the first time I've used the Brinsea EcoGlow Brooder on chicks. If someone's chicks were burned, I'd say they had the radiant heater is set too low. The top(radiant heater)has different levels (3 if I remember correctly). If the chicks are moving freely about the brooder, you know every is alright. Strange though, if the "EcoGlow" was too hot, the chicks would have avoided the unit.
783101
No, they cannot really fit under it and there isn't much room inside for adult chickens either. After I bought it my neighbor told me it was really for chicks not full grown hens. I plan to build something bigger. Hens like to perch a couple of feet off the ground.
2059904
I would put more than 2 or 3 adults....I used it for some chicks when they were transitioning to outside last spring.
2163451
I really don't think that this incubator(1602n) is designed for multi-level hatching/brooding. There are a few reasons for this. First, this is a still air incubator, the temp should be set to 102 at the top of a single layer of eggs. The temp will be lower or higher at different levels in the incubator. So if you set the temp for one shelf, the other one will either be too hot or too cool. Second, There isn't enough height to have baby chicks on a second level, they will be too close to the heating element and could actually touch it and get burned. I am unclear if the chicks are hatching from the eggs that are currently on lock down, or from a different hatch day. But probably your best bet is to let the chicks fall through and deal with them after the hatch is done, unless they are in imminent danger. Opening the incubator during lock down will lower the humidity and endanger the rest of your hatch. Next time plan your hatch wisely, leave some room in the incubator for the hatching babies and all eggs should be set to hatch on the same day. Good Luck with the hatch
2250324
As many as 25 newborn chicks can cluster under and immediately around it. However, within one week that number will drop to about 18, and after two weeks to maybe 12. So, plan ahead. The good news is that by two weeks your chicks will not need as much heat, so maybe just being near the brooder but not actually under it part of the time will be okay.
1848939
The openings along the top are about 2 in apart. My full grown roosters eat from this without any problem. I have never seen ducks eat, so I don't know if it would work or not. My baby chick's are a little too short to reach inside, but once they ate about 4 or 5 inches tall, they can reach. It worked for feeding 9 birds. Now I have over 30 birds, so I bought another one that is about 3 ft long.
1154479
I didn't use mine for chickens. You would have to make nesting boxes and I would say no morethan 3 small or 2 larger
250319
Well, not sure what you mean by "small", but if you're talking newly-hatched to a few weeks old, we've found this one to work quite well for us over the last couple of years: http://www.amazon.com/Miller-Manufacturing-806RED-1-Quart-Feeder/dp/B001D1KXGQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1417563659&sr=8-2&keywords=chick+feeder Hope this helps answer your question! :)
65435
Yes they will work for chicks, as long as they are at the height that chicks can reach them. Chickens are curious so they will peck at everything. Eventually they would figure out where the water is.
190893
Its really far to small for that, to be honest. We used it to raise our new chicks till they were large enough to be with the others. We had only three and moved them at around 16 weeks. It has maybe a three foot by two foot space to be outside. You would need to move it at least everyday if not twice a day.
1477325
If you're talking about chicks from a few days to a few weeks old, yes, I think it would be too big. While the legs will fold up, it still might be too tall. When our chicks were little, we used a small, plastic feeder that was much smaller and designed for chicks. We purchased this one after our birds were a few months old. HTH!
1242440
Brinsea website indicates it is suitable for gamebird chicks so I would assume that would include turkeys.
1713489
Yes this will work for a baby because it has 3 spray settings and 1 of them is soft. I use it for my baby girl.
1617058
Hi. We hatched out chicks last month. When the time was up, it just kept running. We had it running for an extra day and it did not shut off until we turned it off. Good luck with your hatch!