egibsch
Chirping
- May 31, 2020
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We are newbies! Looking for brooder placement input.
We have 6 one-week-old chicks in a brooder in the house right now and our coop is in the building phase.
We have 4 chicks coming June 15 and another 3 coming July 6 (chicken math got us...)
We are using a heating plate (rentacoop brand).
Can we have the brooder in the garage? It gets warm in there especially when it is hot outside. It will get up to the mid-90's today and the garage will probably be over 100. That is a very warm temp for us this time of year, but I also know that a good 75 or 80-degree day will still have temps in the 90's in the garage.
I assume they would be fine outdoors as chickens or 'naturally', but wanted to get input for the chicks at this stage, especially since we have them coming at different times. TIA!
We have 6 one-week-old chicks in a brooder in the house right now and our coop is in the building phase.
We have 4 chicks coming June 15 and another 3 coming July 6 (chicken math got us...)
We are using a heating plate (rentacoop brand).
Can we have the brooder in the garage? It gets warm in there especially when it is hot outside. It will get up to the mid-90's today and the garage will probably be over 100. That is a very warm temp for us this time of year, but I also know that a good 75 or 80-degree day will still have temps in the 90's in the garage.
I assume they would be fine outdoors as chickens or 'naturally', but wanted to get input for the chicks at this stage, especially since we have them coming at different times. TIA!