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    Brooder surface temperature vs ambient temperature

    Thanks for the reply! I will be spending a lot of time observing and handling my chicks the first few days and weeks and I will definitely see how they react and move around. I appreciate the hints.
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    Brooder surface temperature vs ambient temperature

    Thanks so much for the advice! I planning on putting my heating pad over the chicks so hopefully that will be very close to the heat plate. I probably should have just gotten a brooder plate but most of them looked a bit small. Thanks again!
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    Brooder surface temperature vs ambient temperature

    I am raising my very first set of 10 chicks this year in March. I built a brooder from a heating pad - making a little cave open at one end, a temperature sensor, and a relay to turn the heating pad on and off. I read that chicks should be kept at 95°F the first week, 90°F the 2nd, 85°the third...
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    ChickenDave New Member

    Hi, I’m ChickenDave, a newly retired mechanical engineer who is planning on raising about 10 chickens for eggs. I’m looking at 6 Rhode Island Reds and 4 Aracauna or Ameraucana (I like blue eggs). Right now I’m looking for DIY coop designs. I have lots of room so space is not a consideration...
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