I normally raise gamefowls and I raise them outside If I don’t let a hen raise them then I’ll make sure there fully dried in the incubator and then put them in the cage outside without no heat they use there body heat and I’ve noticed they do better and get use to the weather and cold faster and it’s gets down to like 50-60 at night and the chicks do just fine chicks don’t don’t 90 degrees all the time all my hens that raises chicks they don’t sit on the chicks to keep them warm besides like one time during the day only time she’ll sit on them to keep them warm is at night and chicks can be just fine by using there body heat which is what the hen does basically so I started raising them like that and never had a issue the chicks just need to have something to get out of the wind and stuff at night which first few night you might need to move them to that side that blocks wind and stuff and If you got good quality chicks they do fine my gamefowls and all the chicks I hatch out do fine without no heat and do better then chicks I’ve raised with heat but chicks you buy from farm stores sense there not good quality or nothing they probably won’t do as good or some might pass which would most likely be weaker ones and you don’t want weaker birds you want hardy birds like how I raise them there more hardy I’ve noticed then chicks I raised with a heat lamp which the chicks I don’t give heat and keep them outside almost never get sick if they even do then chicks I raised with heat they would get sick more then the chicks that I raised without heat and they just don’t do as good and don’t get use to the cold and stuff like that like you’ll see the difference like the chicks without no heat will do a lot better when there older and stuff if you buy chicks from a farm store I’d get extra cause since there not good quality or nothing most likely a few will pass the first week so don’t get attached until there older
