RentACoop 10x10” Adjustable Heating Plate with Bonus Foldable Anti-Roost Cone for up to 15 Chicks

I’ve raised chickens, ducks, and guineas under this heating plate, and now I’ve used it for my tiny button quail too. Everyone has done wonderfully with it! It provides consistent warmth, is easy to set up, and has worked across multiple types and sizes of poultry.I’m obsessed and will absolutely be buying more. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Very easy to set up. Adjusting the temp by raising the plate was very easy. We kept it an angle, low in back, higher in front to give the chicks a choice - more heat or less heat. 7 chicks fit easily under it. It got tight after 4 weeks as they grew, but by then they hardly needed it.

Great heater for my coop!!!! This has been working well for my 8 chicks. They figured it out right away. I love that they are not able to perch on the top to keep it clean.

Absolutely love this for my chicks. The only thing I wish I did differently was order a bigger size. Due to me getting more baby chicks. So now I have 2 10x10s in the brooder for them. I feel more comfortable leaving my house with heat plate vs the heat lamp. Great product!

We were delighted to find the chick heater available so inexpensive. And best of all, it works so much better and safer, than a heat lamp! It’s been rocking along for a month now, and the chicks are growing daily. T has been very easy to raise it up as they grow. Previous chicks have kept us awake chirping. Not anymore! The snuggle down under the heater and don’t say a word until morning!

I was afraid of it at first because the plate felt pretty hot, but so long it's at an appropriate height they seem to love it. Felt more comfy after reading the instructions :)

I don’t like heat lamps. I was constantly afraid of fire hazards and the temperatures were fluctuating all the time with the bulbs. I lost 3 new chicks due to over heating bulbs. Hesitant to spend the money on this but gave it a shot. This was easy to set up, but there’s no way to tell what temperature it is once it is turned on. You have to rely on the chicks to tell you whether or not it’s working correctly. My four day old chicks are in my picture and they are showing that yes it was working correctly because they are quiet and cuddling all up against it. I’d say it would fit about 9 chicks comfortably. I can adjust it pretty easily. It came with a cone on top so they don’t roost and poop all over the top. I hope the plate doesn’t overheat, but all I can do is wait-and-see so far I like it a lot. Edit: I did end up using this in addition to a heat lamp, I had to put my heat lamp back in and use this as well. I think this is a great product, but I don’t think it can be used as a standalone. After 24 hours, I noticed my chicks still needed additional heat around the food source as I was using this in the garage. So I did end up adding the heat lamp back in. I just made additional precautions and the heat lamp is now used as a secondary source. I will say the chick are a lot happier, with the heat plate as the primary source for sleeping

In all honesty, this item has both good and bad points to consider. It's pretty much a trade-off! I purchased the smallest size tray because my flock is small, only 8 baby chicks. They spent their first 3 weeks in a cage inside my house, not in a coop so they were in a climate controlled environment. At first this tray was the perfect size. They all fit comfortably underneath it and it worked well. Within a week, they had grown enough, some could only fit parts of their body under the tray. The heating part always felt rather hot to me and I was constantly raising and adjusting the legs. By the 3rd week, the chicks wouldn't sleep under it at all and we moved them to the coop. It was a big adjustment. The nights here are still chilly and every time I checked on them, they were all jostling to get under the tray. Some were shaking from the cold and the tray just wasn't big enough to accomodate them all. Currently we're using the old heat lamp and that does the trick. They all have the warmth they need. If you're determined to buy this heating tray, I would suggest buying the biggest size you can afford. Chicks are guaranteed to grow! Expect to raise the adjustment on the legs quite frequently to fit the needs and temperature of your situation. The tee-pee top is a must if you want to save yourself extra work. Otherwise the chicks sit and poop all over the top and it's a hot mess! Looking back, the tray made the first week a breeze but after that, it's value diminished. For a large flock of baby chicks, I wouldn't recommend this tray at all. A pecking order is established early among every flock, even wth young chicks and the lower ranking chicks are pushed out beneath the tray while dominant chicks enjoy the heat. Once a chick gets chilled, there's a good chance it could become sickly and die. We were lucky to have a back-up, a heat lamp, otherwise I don't think all of my small flock would've made it. Sometimes you just can't build a better mousetrap!

This is amazing! No fire risk while sleeping, out, awake and chicks love it! I love it more then eco glow because you can adjust it any which way. I like 1front side higher with both back lower like an askew lean-to to get chicks who originally spent a week in a heat light brooder and then I brought them home to go under this rent a coop plate brooder. They picked it up immediately due to their instinct to squish under a hot “hen”’s butt. In lieu of a broody hen or 250watt red light, there is No fire risk! There’s even an accessory to temp control it. I just used a reptile thermometer underneath. It was so adjustable. No annoying issues with changing levels to adjust for temp even while chicks were underneath! They love it, they love it so much they heat up and the. Hop atop to congregate in a chick party like it’s a pontoon boat. So there’s a cone you can get to fit atop. I recommend this after 1 week of age because step 1 is chick party boat, yep 2 is they want to flappy-launch themselves out of the brooder and poop all over it. So get the red cone that Fits perfectly on the ‘rent a coop heating plate for chicks’
I say “Hurray for the cone!” [Pssst —->the chicks say “boooooo” to cone] because the cone keeps them safely sliding off their favorite roost so they can’t high-jump to vault their flappy dinosaur selfs out of the brooder.
I loved seeing this company was a small farm that patented their version of this plate. Not a fan of big corporate death cults so yay for the small business called “rent a coop”! I’m so happy that I’ve recommended to others already after 1 week. 5stars! My chick thinks she’s in the egg still, she’s so cozy after being underneath she is egg napping on top before I ruin her fun with the cone of course!

I love this heater. It's easy to adjust and with the extra top the babies can't poo on it.

Our chicks love it!!! And I love that it is safe! The adjustable legs are great and easy to use. The cone shaped top works to keep the chicks from jumping up on and pooping on the unit. The only two things I would change/alter - 1. I would make the top cone a hard plastic piece vs. the folding one supplied. 2. I’d put the feet to the legs of the unit on ball joints so they could also adjust. Overall great but! Very happy!

It works well , the only problem I had was that the top was made sloppy. It didn’t fit correctly.

Works great, easy to put together and read instructions, the chicks love it, better than a heat lamp and makes no noise

Worked great for the baby chickens. They did out grow it really fast but that’s more on my end. Great product for baby chicks. And way cheaper than a heat lamp bulb on your electric bill

This year I did not have to worry about temperature and having to steadily decrease it as the chicks aged. Not having a light on all the time let the chicks sleep at night. The red roof was great as the chicks still tried to climb on it, but they just slid right back down.

Works perfectly!

Now I need to see if I can find the cone to buy separately to add to this as I never got mine. Which is a bummer because now I’ve got chick poop all over the top of it other than that the plate does work

Kept my little chicks perfectly warm through a brutal winter. Easy to clean. The height adjustment is easy to use, and great as the chickens grew. The chickens would play and jump and roost on it and it never lost the height setting. Super quiet.

Worked as expected. The chicks went right to it. We never had any issue with them. They clean easily.

Quality is there and it works well. I assembled it and plugged it in and it immediately started heating. I love that it is easy to make taller as your chicks grow. The angled top keeps chicks from perching on top of it.

This product worked as stated. Adjustable heights grew with the chick's.

The fact that it’s hight adjustable is fantastic! Easy to use and won’t burn the house down like a lightbulb can… worked like a charm.

Rent A Coop’s heating plate worked well with my clutch of chicks. Easy to assemble. Easy to adjust the height as your chicks grow. The temperature was perfect. Totally suggest to buy the roosting cone. I ended up purchasing one as the poop on top of the plate was no joke.