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Ecoglow Safety 600 Chick Brooder reishi fruiting MOTHER EARTH NEWS 52 HomesteadThe EcoGlow Safety 600 Chick Brooder is ideal to raise up to 20 newly hatched chicks or ducklings (10 to 12 older chicks depending on age and size) and is suitable for any waterfowl or game bird chicks and for classroom hatches. This EcoGlow Safety 600 Chick Brooder improves heat radiation by using a metal warming plate to even out hot and cold spots which occur with plastic heat plates. And the new flared skirt design retains more heat to further