should i use a heat lamp when it's 90 outside?

[Queen of Chickens]

hi!
i have chicks hatching in about 2 days and was wondering if i could raise them in an outdoor brooder without a heat lamp since it is about 90 where i live.
Any advice would be appreciated! Thank you!

 

[nuthatched]

I don't think it's needed, maybe at night.

 

[LandonE]

hi!
i have chicks hatching in about 2 days and was wondering if i could raise them in an outdoor brooder without a heat lamp since it is about 90 where i live.
Any advice would be appreciated! Thank you!

hi if they are huddling together you should cut it on away from them but I HIGHLY doubt that will happen but at night as @nuthatched said it will probably have to be put on but don't put it too close and overheat them

 

[HollowOfWisps]

A heat lamp in 90F temperatures will cook them.

 

[Debbie292d]

hi!
i have chicks hatching in about 2 days and was wondering if i could raise them in an outdoor brooder without a heat lamp since it is about 90 where i live.
Any advice would be appreciated! Thank you!

90-95 is what they should be at when hatched, so during the daytime that's perfect! Saves electricity and it's good for them. As soon as the temps start falling though I'd get them back under heat. You'll see when as they'll all be huddling up together.

 

[AGeese]

90-95 for the first week, then drop by 5 degrees each week there after. Simple thermometer takes the guess work out of this.

 

[Bantams182]

We put our chicks in a brooder in an outside shed, I only used a hot water bottle for the first week early in the morning, I built a wooly hen for them to get in or under for the first week, then I stopped using a heat source all together, took the wooly hen out at 2 weeks, we have 10 chicks they did just fine , they were moved to their own coop/run at 2 1/2 weeks. They are doing great, we are in central Alabama.They are Buff Orpington chicks and are now 4 weeks old

 

[LandonE]

We put our chicks in a brooder in an outside shed, I only used a hot water bottle for the first week early in the morning, I built a wooly hen for them to get in or under for the first week, then I stopped using a heat source all together, took the wooly hen out at 2 weeks, we have 10 chicks they did just fine , they were moved to their own coop/run at 2 1/2 weeks. They are doing great, we are in central Alabama.They are Buff Orpington chicks and are now 4 weeks old

precious little babies