ROOM TEMPERATURE

[KEarthman]

What is the ideal temperature of the room you have your chick brooders in? The individual brooders each have their own heater for the chicks.

 

[2ndTink]

I don't know what the ideal is but I like between 60 and 70, when they get away from the heat source it gives them a cool but not cold area to be in.

 

[TwoCrows]

I don't think the room temp it's is hugely important, if brooding indoors any temp you are comfortable in is fine for the chicks. The most important thing is you want to brood them in a room with temps that don't widely vary much, as the brooder temp will vary as well then too. No drafts and steady room temps and chicks will do fine in their heated brooder. Make sure to keep the heat off to one side of the brooder so the opposite side is cooler, chicks need cool spots along with warm spots since they can't yet regulate their temperature.

 

[Ridgerunner]

What is the ideal temperature of the room you have your chick brooders in? The individual brooders each have their own heater for the chicks.

My ideal conditions are that your brooder have one spot warm enough in the coldest conditions and cool enough in the warmest conditions. If your room is climate controlled that is usually not that hard to manage, temperatures stay pretty constant. In any case your brooder needs to be big enough with sufficient ventilation that one area can stay toasty warm while the other side cools off.

If you are outside subject to weather temperature swings can be an issue. My coop and brooder can go from below freezing to the 70's Fahrenheit in a day. In summer it can be hot. As long as one area is warm enough and one area is cool enough they can handle it. I find that they are very good at determining where they need to be as long as they have an option. They typically spend a lot of time in the colder areas, going back to the warm area when they need to warm up.

I don't worry about the temperature of the room where the brooders are, my chicks are confined to the brooder. I am concerned with the temperature and temperature swings in the brooder.

 

[saysfaa]

The colder the better.

At least for chicks that will live in my climate. Early exposure to cold results in better development of the thermogenesis muscle tissues that will help them through the winters for the rest of their lives. There may be other advantages but that one is enough for me.

Put the food and water at reasonable distances from the warmth but distinctly in the cold. And have well sized and very reliable warming places.

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

Our house is about 73 maybe 74/75 on the warmer days. My chicks are in the house for 2 ish weeks depending on the time of year. During the warmer time of year they are moved to my second coop within 3 weeks.
I have chicks right now they are a bit over 7 weeks, were moved outside at around 4 weeks and i live in Wisconsin so we have had some cold days and are doing well with a heat plate . I like to brood outside(in a coop)because they get use to the weather