 |
| Photo by Tracey R. Simmons |
Last year, I purchased the Comfort Heating Plate, but never
used it because my chicks no longer needed a heat source. I wanted to find
something that would be safer than a heat light. (I knew of a house that had
burned down because of a heat light. The humans survived, but the baby animals
died in the fire, so I have never been fond of the idea of using these heat
lamps.)
The Comfort Heating Plate was developed in Holland. It is a
safe heating system for chicks and other kinds of birds. I call it an
electrical/mechanical hen, because it simulates the heat a mother hen would
produce. The chicks are able to get underneath it like they would do with a
hen, which then surrounds them with warmth.
 |
| Photo By Tracey R. Simmons 2017 |
The heating plate is easy to use, and has a double safety
system. Best of all, it is economical, using very low energy, saving 75% on
electrical cost compared to a heat light. (I just received my electricity bill;
and I did save!)
The heating plate is easy to use, and has adjustable legs.
As the chicks grow, you raise the plate by lowering the legs. The instructions
that come with it, explains at what height the plate should be for the chicks,
since it is the bottom side of the plate that is warm.
 |
One yellow chick under the Comfort Heating Plate
Photo by Tracey R. Simmons 2017 |
In addition, you can purchase a clear dome to go over the
top of the plate. I highly recommend you get this dome, because within a few
days, my chicks were trying to get on top of the heating plate. The dome
stopped them.
I am very please with the Comfort Heating Plate. I would
suggest to anyone keeping chicks to purchase this as a safer source of heat. It
comes in different sizes. I purchased the 30x30cm size, which will work for
20-25 chicks.
(I was not paid anything for rating the Comfort Heating
Plate. I just wanted to tell others about it, because of the safety issues I see
with the heating lamps, plus the cost savings the Comfort Heating Plate provides.)
 |
| Photo by Tracey R. Simmons 2017 |
