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Plugged the light in this morning and spent most of the morning adjusting the height to get the temp directly under the lamp to 90-95° The chicks did not arrive today, but they are at my local distribution center. Fingers crossed for early tomorrow morning. We'll leave the light on overnight.

Thanks, this brooder is smaller than the one we've used the last 3 or 4 groups so I think waiting until tomorrow morning should be fine. The post office is maaaaaybe 5 minutes from my house, so im not going to have much time between getting the call and getting the chicks home.

Its been a few years since we brooded chicks, and in the past we've done it in the garage. This time we're using a sterilite tote in the basement so I'm not sure how long it'll take to get up to temp. We're getting a blue laced red wyandotte, a rhode island red, a cream legbar, Meyer's cookies...

We got the email from our hatchery that our chicks have shipped :wee I'm crossing my fingers they'll be here tomorrow, it's 410 miles from us to the hatchery (the drive takes 6 hours, obviously they'll be in transit longer than that but still hoping to get a call tomorrow late morning or early...