Thanks for sharing your wisdom of the natural order of broodydom!!
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She doesn't turn down the heat but she does crouch in a much higher stance while warming them out on range and when they settle down to sleep for the night, the babies are no longer under her or under her fringe fluff, but are more beside her and on top of her.
If the chicks are out in the cold too much, raise the middle of the arch on the tunnel a bit and they may still take refuge under the tunnel but won't get so hot while doing so and then you won't be turning it up and down to accommodate day and night time temp fluctuations. Then, we you see them on top even at night when the tunnel is tented high, you can turn it down a notch or two and see how they react. Long about then they are needing less heat from mom and are getting enough just by sleeping next to or on top of her.
Mama changes body positions all the time to accommodate the ambient temps, the size and fledge rate of the chicks, day time to night time warming positions, etc.
Hi!In the inspiration video posted on the first page of this thread, the woman appears to be using two heating pads. One for the floor and one for the top. Has anyone tried this? Is 6 too hot for them to lay upon all night?