EmmaDonovan
Crossing the Road
Do one-day-old and two-day-old chicks need light at night so they can find their way to food and water and back to the brooder plate? It's an outdoor brooder so we don't have any artificial lighting in it.
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As long as they are all tucked in first few nights knowing where their heat is they should be fine. But this isn't only for first night if they were under heat lamps to begin with, they may need some tucking in to get to know where their heat plate is at first also. GOOD LUCK.Do one-day-old and two-day-old chicks need light at night so they can find their way to food and water and back to the brooder plate? It's an outdoor brooder so we don't have any artificial lighting in it.
No. If it is dark they aren't going anywhere. Chicks stay under broody hens all night and a hen does not have any artificial light. They do not go looking for food and water at night. If you supply light they will but they will be fine without light.Do one-day-old and two-day-old chicks need light at night so they can find their way to food and water and back to the brooder plate?