Acclimating to no heat

[Brooks_]

How to acclimate to no heat using a brooder plate?
When they were moved from the baby brooder to the larger one in the shed, someone forgot to turn the brooder back on. I noticed and corrected that. They just mainly huddled in a corner at night instead of using the plate so last night I thought I would just turn it off. That's when I noticed I had accidentally turned it to heater mode some weeks ago (surprised I didn't cook them). Anyway, they protested and I turned it on correctly to brooder. This morning they were all standing on it and figuring they'd be fine for the day, I turned it off. Checking them after work, they were indeed fine. I can't stay up late to turn it on later at night or get up even earlier than I do to turn it off.
They are 3.5 wks (somewhat mostly feathered-downy around the neck), they say 73F tonight. I'm tempted to just not turn it back on.

 

[rosemarythyme]

I'd leave the heat on for a few more days so you can make sure they're consistently NOT using it (but at 73F and 3.5 weeks they don't need it), and if that's the case just turn it off and remove it if you wish.

 

[Brooks_]

I'd leave the heat on for a few more days so you can make sure they're consistently NOT using it (but at 73F and 3.5 weeks they don't need it), and if that's the case just turn it off and remove it if you wish.

Thanks. I left it off but left it in. A few more days and I'll remove it.