Thanks! So, do you want them to beable to lay down and touch it or stand? Under heat lamps they like to lay down and sleep. Can they do that under a plate? I'm still running both, not confident in the plate yet.
We are dealing with the same issue. I have our brooder in the garage in Northern Wisconsin. It's been cold this week, low 30s and 20s at night. Probably 40s in garage. We had over 7 die because they were transported in the coldest week of the month. We have a 15 chic brooder plate plus a...
We set our heat plate higher in one end so it's at a slant creating a wedge underneath. Allows smaller birds to get to the lower end and larger birds to hang at the higher end.
Roosters do have their favorites too. They will pick 1 or two and mate several times per day. Most times the Hen just needs a break. We will remove our roosters for awhile and let them heal up. Spring time is the worst!