The Bainbridge Chick Heating Plate provides gentle, consistent warmth for young chicks during the important first weeks after hatching. Designed for chicks up to approximately 30 days old, this adjustable brooder heating plate provides well-distributed heat across its surface while allowing chicks to move underneath when they need warmth.
Available in 23 x 30.5cm and 43 x 30.5cm sizes, the Bainbridge Chick Heating Plate is suitable for backyard chicken keepers, poultry breeders, hobby farms and anyone raising newly hatched chicks.
The height can be adjusted as chicks grow, helping you maintain an appropriate space underneath the heating surface throughout the brooding period.
Explore our full Chicken Incubators & Brooders Australia collection for egg incubators, chick brooders and brooder-heating equipment.
| Size | Best Suited To |
|---|---|
| 23 x 30.5cm | Smaller brooder setups and smaller groups of chicks |
| 43 x 30.5cm | Larger brooder setups and larger groups of chicks |
A chick heating plate creates a warm area that young chicks can access when they need additional heat. Chicks can move underneath the plate for warmth and move away again as required.
The Bainbridge heating plate generates constant and well-distributed heat over its surface, providing a dedicated warm zone within your brooder.
Correct brooder setup remains important. Always monitor chick behaviour and follow appropriate brooding practices for the age, breed and environmental conditions of your chicks.
Young chicks grow remarkably quickly during their first few weeks. The adjustable-height legs allow the heating plate to be repositioned as the birds become larger.
This makes one heating plate useful throughout the early brooding period rather than providing a fixed-height heat source that chicks quickly outgrow.
Choose the size according to the number of chicks you are raising and the space available in your brooder.
The 23 x 30.5cm Chick Heating Plate is the more compact option and is ideal where brooder space is limited or you are raising a smaller group.
The larger 43 x 30.5cm Chick Heating Plate provides a greater heating surface and is better suited to larger brooder setups or larger groups of chicks.
Make sure the chicks have sufficient access to the heated area without crowding and enough unheated brooder space to move away from the warmth when required.
Newly hatched chicks require supplementary warmth while they develop the ability to regulate their own body temperature effectively.
The Bainbridge Chick Heating Plate is designed to provide warmth for chicks during this early stage and is recommended for chicks up to approximately 30 days of age.
It makes an excellent companion to an egg incubator when you're planning to hatch and raise your own backyard chickens. Once chicks leave the incubator and are ready for the brooder, an appropriate heat source becomes an essential part of their setup.
A typical poultry-rearing pathway is:
Egg Incubator → Chick Brooder → Chick Heating → Feeders & Drinkers → Chicken Coop
A heating plate is one part of a complete chick-rearing setup. Poultry keepers hatching their own birds may begin with an egg incubator, move chicks into a suitable brooder after hatching, and then provide appropriate warmth during the early brooding period.
Browse Chicken Incubators & Brooders Australia for incubation and brooding equipment for backyard flocks, breeders and hobby farms.
If you are researching egg incubation, our Incubating Guinea Fowl guide provides additional information about poultry incubation and hatching for guinea fowl eggs.
Both heating plates and suitable brooder lamps can be used as heat sources when raising chicks, but they provide warmth differently.
A heating plate creates a concentrated warm area underneath the plate. Chicks can choose to move beneath it for warmth or move into the cooler part of the brooder.
Whatever heating method you use, correct brooder temperature, positioning, ventilation and chick behaviour should always be monitored carefully.
Young chicks also require appropriate feed and reliable access to clean drinking water throughout the brooding period.
As birds grow, explore our Chicken Feeders Australia and Chicken Drinkers Australia collections for poultry feeding and watering equipment.
As chicks grow and develop, their housing requirements change. The appropriate time to move young poultry into longer-term housing depends on factors such as development, feathering, environmental temperature and weather conditions.
Once birds are ready to progress beyond the brooding stage, browse Chicken Coops Australia for poultry housing options for growing and established birds.
Matching covers are available separately for both heating plate sizes. Bainbridge recommends these covers to help keep the top of the heating plate clean.
The covers are particularly useful in a brooder environment where chicks can climb, scratch and create considerable mess as they grow.
Please note: the protective cover is an optional accessory and is not included with the heating plate unless specifically stated or selected separately.
A chick heating plate is a brooder heat source designed to provide a warm area for young chicks. Chicks can move underneath the plate when they require warmth and move away from it when they don't.
Bainbridge specifies the heating plate for providing necessary warmth to chicks up to approximately 30 days old. Actual brooding requirements can vary with breed, feather development and environmental temperature, so chick behaviour and conditions should always be monitored.
The Bainbridge Chick Heating Plate is available in 23 x 30.5cm and 43 x 30.5cm sizes.
The smaller 23 x 30.5cm model is suited to smaller brooder setups, while the larger 43 x 30.5cm model provides more heating surface for larger setups. Choose according to the number of chicks, brooder dimensions and available space.
Yes. The height is adjustable so the plate can be repositioned as your chicks grow.
Yes. It is designed to generate constant and well-distributed heat over the heating surface.
No. Matching protective covers are available separately. Bainbridge recommends using a cover to help keep the heating plate clean.
The heating plates are made in Italy.
Yes. A suitable heating plate can form part of the brooder setup for chicks after hatching and once they are ready to leave the incubator. The brooder should be prepared before the chicks require it so appropriate warmth, water, feed and space are available.
A complete brooder setup typically includes an appropriate brooding enclosure, chick heat source, suitable feed and clean drinking water. As birds grow, equipment requirements may progress to larger feeders, drinkers and suitable poultry housing.
Choose the Bainbridge Chick Heating Plate size that best suits your brooder setup and provide young chicks with an adjustable, dedicated source of warmth during their first weeks.
For your wider hatching and chick-rearing setup, browse Chicken Incubators & Brooders Australia or explore Backyard Chickens Australia .
