my brooder is only holding at 84 degrees is this gonna be okay,I havent put chicks in yet
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Are you looking at the entire brooder or only one spot? I keep my brooder in the coop. It is fairly large with a good draft guard around it to stop direct breezes, but it is also very well ventilated. I keep one small area pretty warm and let the rest cool off as it will, sometimes down into the 40's or 50's. As long as they have a place to go to warm up, they find their own comfort level. You'd be surprised how much time very young chicks spend in those cooler areas.
I don't even use a thermometer any more. As long as you can provide an area warm enough and give them room to get away if it is too hot, they'll do OK. I'd go bananas trying to keep the entire brooder the right temperature.
They will essentially wean themselves, if, if they have room to do so and the ambient air is cool enough to make difference in the farther reaches of the brooder.