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  1. rosemarythyme

    Brooding chicks outdoors, will heating plate work?

    If it's consistently 90F or higher, they likely won't need anything past the first few days, if even that long. They'd still need option of heat at night most likely, though I know the South this year has gotten some pretty high overnight temperatures too.
  2. rosemarythyme

    Brooding chicks outdoors, will heating plate work?

    Not sure as I've never tested them. Hopefully someone who has tried it can confirm/deny if those will work well enough. My guess is it'd work in warm/hotter conditions, but not be enough heat output in cooler conditions. I would not double stack any heating implement.
  3. rosemarythyme

    Brooding chicks outdoors, will heating plate work?

    This is the main reason you see mama heating pads outside instead of plates, because the heating pad can be used in lower temperatures. My guess is as long as the temperatures are moderate, and you test the plate ahead of time, they're probably fine to use in an outdoor brooder. But I'd test...
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