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Actually, that's way too high. 95F at first, then 90F by the end of the first week, 85F by the end of the second week. And those are max temperatures for under the heat source, and remember that the chicks should always have access to a cooler area in the brooder so they aren't in...
Chicks can go up to 72 hours without food or water, as the final bit of the yolk that they absorb right before hatching out gives them enough nutrition to tide them over for a couple of days. So if you have some chicks hatched out already and some eggs just starting to pip, you can leave your...