Does this set up look ok?

[Mamatomany123]

Wow love their tv!

That's not a tv. It's a heat panel

 

[viennaproto]

Looks awesome!! Keep up the good work mama

 

[rosemarythyme]

They will get to know us all very well. And it makes it easy to know that everything is ok because we can check on them constantly the first couple of weeks.

I read posts “I went out to check on the chicks and found 6 dead...”. That is unlikely to happen if they are near you because you would know there was a problem way before that.

So do what is comfortable for you.

This is part of the reason I feel comfortable having them outside. For the first couple of weeks my brooder is not too far outside of my living room window - was unintentional placement at first, but came in handy because I can easily glance out to see what's happening in the brooder.

 

[SurferchickinSB]

Wait, people brood in the house?? How to deal with the smell???by 2 weeks I kicked mine out of my garage to their coop and brooded in there. I cant imagine having them inside.

I kept mine in the house until they were two months old and I had eight! I just couldn’t let them be outside in their coop and their run at night, so I would bring them in the house. I don’t think I let them sleep outside alone until they were 2 1/2 months old! When they were two months old they were just way too big to bring in the house, their brooder was a baby crib and I put up a 2x4 and would set them on it at night, I kept it outside my sliding glass door bedroom at night with the door open! LOL!!!

 

[AngieDawn]

This is part of the reason I feel comfortable having them outside. For the first couple of weeks my brooder is not too far outside of my living room window - was unintentional placement at first, but came in handy because I can easily glance out to see what's happening in the brooder.

I’m guessing there are a lot of factors involved.
It was 30 degrees here And the wind was blowing 20mph this weekend and there was no way I would have left my chicks that are less then a week old outside dependent on one source of heat.
I was encouraging the original poster to do what she wanted as there was a post or two that made it sound like she was doing something wrong by having them inside.

 

[SurferchickinSB]

The chicks are pressing against that heater (not completely convinced that a vertical one is the best choice, but as long as it gets hot and the chicks can use it, guess it works) to get their needed heat, so the air temperature isn't what's keeping them warm, it's the surface of the plate that's doing it.

They actually need relief from the heat which is why it's ideal to see them warm up by their heat source, then run off when they're warm enough.

Yeah, that’s what they do naturally when they are raised by a mama chicken. They go underneath her when they get chilled but then they ran around as much as they can until they get a little cold and then they go back underneath her

 

[AngieDawn]

As an addendum to above.
I imagine if you are in Texas or California where the average high temp in January is in the 60s Or 70s then you have more choices then someone who lives where the average high temperature is 40.

It’s just a bad practice to say that if it works for you it will work for someone else.

 

[rosemarythyme]

As an addendum to above.
I imagine if you are in Texas or California where the average high temp in January is in the 60s Or 70s then you have more choices then someone who lives where the average high temperature is 40.

It’s just a bad practice to say that if it works for you it will work for someone else.

I have my location listed, so... yeah, not in either of those states.

I did not criticize OP's setup but I WAS concerned that they'd accidentally overheat the chicks by trying to keep heat in, hence my advice.

My answer to your post here was to point out why it can work to have a set up outside, nothing more or less.

 

[getaclue]

I wait until mine are feathered out, and don't need any heat, before I put them out in the coop. If the space is large enough for them, and they are cleaned regularly, the smell isn't too bad.

 

[AngieDawn]

I have my location listed, so... yeah, not in either of those states.

I did not criticize OP's setup but I WAS concerned that they'd accidentally overheat the chicks by trying to keep heat in, hence my advice.

My answer to your post here was to point out why it can work to have a set up outside, nothing more or less.

That’s what I was pointing out.
That everyone does not have the same situation and there are many different methods to the same result (healthy adult chickens).

in my case the weather isn’t cooperating to even consider moving mine out because they aren’t even a week old and there has been a freeze warning over the weekend.
I just chose Texas and California as examples of more favorable weather conditions for outside options.

Most of the brooder plates I researched don’t even recommend their use unless they are being used indoors where the temperature is 50 or 60 degrees.
So your options become increasingly smaller if you live in a cooler climate.