Brooding plate for outdoor brooding box

[txbirdlady]

Hi y'all!
So I just built an outdoor brooder box and will be getting chicks soon. I have a Titan brooder heat plate, but I'm worried that it won't keep the chicks warm enough at night when the temps still drop down into the 40s. What do y'all think? Pics of brooder box

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[txbirdlady]

Hi y'all!
So I just built an outdoor brooder box and will be getting chicks soon. I have a Titan brooder heat plate, but I'm worried that it won't keep the chicks warm enough at night when the temps still drop down into the 40s. What do y'all think? Pics of brooder box View attachment 1708721View attachment 1708726

 

[imnukensc]

They'll be fine. Put my 2 week olds out last year when the temps were in the low 30s with a Premier1 plate.

 

[ChickNanny13]

MHP works too

 

[PolergirlOH]

I did it in OH in subzero temps and my chicks thrived. Draft free but uninsulated coop. I can’t speak to any brands but Premier 1 but my heat plate rocked.

 

[PolergirlOH]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...nsulated-coop-premier-heat-plate-ftw.1296262/

 

[blackdog043]

They will be fine. I currently have 11, 15 day old chicks in my coop brooder, using the mama heat pad. My lows have been in the lower 30's, highs in the 50's.

 

[rosemarythyme]

My MHP worked fine in the 40s. I don't have any experience with plates to know if yours has any temperature restrictions.