How long can chicks go without heat?

[Alex S]

As you can see above I'm wondering how long day-old chicks can go without heat. I'm worried they will get too cold when I'm driving home from the feed store. Plus I will want to pick them up and play with them in the future. Is there any certain time frame they can go without sustainable heat?

 

[Mamatomany123]

As you can see above I'm wondering how long day-old chicks can go without heat. I'm worried they will get too cold when I'm driving home from the feed store. Plus I will want to pick them up and play with them in the future. Is there any certain time frame they can go without sustainable heat?

A drive home will be fine. I pick mine up to inspect them and get them used to it and they do fine. Chicks dont stay under heat constantly. They warm up then run around, warm up again then run around.

 

[rosemarythyme]

They can handle a few hours without heat, though I wouldn't deprive them of heat that long repeatedly. The drive home should be fine, unless you're going a long way - if that's the case some hand warmers would work nicely as a heat source.

 

[Alex S]

They can handle a few hours without heat, though I wouldn't deprive them of heat that long repeatedly. The drive home should be fine, unless you're going a long way - if that's the case some hand warmers would work nicely as a heat source.

Its about a 30 minute drive..

 

[alpinewelsummer]

2nd on the hand warmers idea, if it's cold out where you are. If it's not cold out then they'll be just fine 30 minutes.

 

[Alex S]

2nd on the hand warmers idea, if it's cold out where you are. If it's not cold out then they'll be just fine 30 minutes.

Great! It probably will be cold out but I'll turn on the car heater

 

[rosemarythyme]

30 min drive isn't bad, my last batch had about a 30 min drive and some of them had just been delivered to the store an hour before that, so they definitely weren't fully warmed up yet, but they all did just fine.