jaslyman
Chirping
- Mar 12, 2016
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Hi all!
We have six four-week old chicks, who moved into our unheated garage a week ago from the inside of our house. They've been using the MHP their whole lives... but when they moved to the garage, it's a different brooder with a different setup for the heating pad. Somewhere in my prior posts, there's a picture, but it's basically an angled wire shelf with the heating pad on top. height at the back is probably just 3'' or so.
The night-time temps have been low 30's, but we've got some upper 20's coming soon. Here's my question: pretty much every night since moving into the garage, when i go out to check on them after dark, they're huddled up on top of the MHP. I gently pick them up and move them underneath and then settle in and stay there for the night. But do i need to? Can I trust them to figure it out on there own?
I do wonder if they learned to sleep on top when they were inside, since the room was warm enough and they didn't need the extra heat.....
I realize I'm probably overthinking this, but any advice would be welcome...
jason
We have six four-week old chicks, who moved into our unheated garage a week ago from the inside of our house. They've been using the MHP their whole lives... but when they moved to the garage, it's a different brooder with a different setup for the heating pad. Somewhere in my prior posts, there's a picture, but it's basically an angled wire shelf with the heating pad on top. height at the back is probably just 3'' or so.
The night-time temps have been low 30's, but we've got some upper 20's coming soon. Here's my question: pretty much every night since moving into the garage, when i go out to check on them after dark, they're huddled up on top of the MHP. I gently pick them up and move them underneath and then settle in and stay there for the night. But do i need to? Can I trust them to figure it out on there own?
I do wonder if they learned to sleep on top when they were inside, since the room was warm enough and they didn't need the extra heat.....
I realize I'm probably overthinking this, but any advice would be welcome...
jason