2 hours after arrival, poking in and out with heating plate.

[curlycropchics]

So I have read a couple posts that I've been recently put up about heating of the brooder plate, how high it should be, how low it should be that it should be angled so that the chicks can kind of find their right temperature. I just picked up my chicks about 3 hours ago and I've been watching them and adjusting the brooder plate up and down and all over the place most of the chicks stayed under for maybe about half an hour with no peeps except for one who is a chatty Kathy and won't stop. And now it's run out grab something to drink or eat and then run back under So does that mean it's too warm you think?

Some of them never come out, and there's probably three culprits who run out grab water and then run back under.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

So I have read a couple posts that I've been recently put up about heating of the brooder plate, how high it should be, how low it should be that it should be angled so that the chicks can kind of find their right temperature. I just picked up my chicks about 3 hours ago and I've been watching them and adjusting the brooder plate up and down and all over the place most of the chicks stayed under for maybe about half an hour with no peeps except for one who is a chatty Kathy and won't stop. And now it's run out grab something to drink or eat and then run back under So does that mean it's too warm you think?

Some of them never come out, and there's probably three culprits who run out grab water and then run back under.

They sound like they are doing fine. If these are standard size birds then about 2 inches is good. You can also make the front a little higher than the back, so the chicks can decide how much heat they want. If they are peeping, then they are cold. If they are not , then they are likely fine. They will naturally come and go as they please. You can lift the plate up if you need to check on them.
Good luck.

 

[curlycropchics]

Oh thank you so much!! I have been fiddling with it here and there. I just checked on them and it's silent and not one of them out. Wait spoke to soon my Rhode island reds are always moving...I got two and they never stop moving lol. Super curious.