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[Debbie292d]

Hiya, and welcome to BYC!!

You've gotten lots of good advice for your chicks!! Good luck with them!

 

[muddy75]

Welcome back to BYC!

 

[sourland]

Welcome back to BYC, and good luck with your new flock.

 

[JenWatts]

Hello and Welcome Back to BYC. It's good to have you in this poultry loving community. If they huddle together tightly they are to cold if they spread far and wide make sure they are not to warm. Having an accurate thermometer would me most advised.

Thank you! I forgot to order a thermometer! I'll order it now!

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, and

 

[JenWatts]

Hello Jen, and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
With that kind of heat I would not use a galvanized tub. The chicks need a lot of ventilation and you won't get good air movement in there.
But if you have no other alternatives, yes just the brooder plate at night and probably only for the first two weeks. They will not need that heat in the daytime. They're going to need cooling and fresh air in the daytime.

 

[Tookie]

Hello, and welcome back to BYC!