how can i keep baby chicks warm with a non-electric heat source?

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k_erdahl asked:


i have a coop with no electric and i need some alternative to a heat source for by baby chicks in the spring, summer and fall. i thought about the kerosene heaters, etc. is there a such think as a non-electric brooder?

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  • Are there any portable electric heaters designed to be used as a primary and only heat source?

    • This entry was posted on Sunday, June 20th, 2010 at 12:17 pm and is filed under heaters. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

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    No Responses to “how can i keep baby chicks warm with a non-electric heat source?”

    1. Curiosty/satisfaction Says:
      June 23rd, 2010 at 11:39 pm

      How about a Greenhouse(build a frame out of wood…
      cover it with plastic…..with the south sun on it)
      Solar Blankets(those silcver things)
      Wool (natural insulator)

    2. ladyjane Says:
      June 26th, 2010 at 9:22 pm

      A good non electric brooder is called a Mother Hen. You can’t go to a feed store and bring home some chicks to any hen as she will ignore them. Do you have a generator to hook up a heat lamp or brooder? If not, then the chicks probably won’t make it.

    3. Kaska Says:
      June 28th, 2010 at 2:45 pm

      The area they are kept in ive done this for years and it works well.
      For years and it works well.

    4. rick Says:
      June 29th, 2010 at 6:28 am

      The coop house to big in the coop house to big in.