Sam Houston
In the Brooder
- Oct 27, 2023
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I purchased this heating plate to be used with my first set of chicks. So far, it has worked great, but we have only had them for 5 days total. The temperature at the edges is around 85-90 degrees so I assume the interior is around the perfect temp. At night, I put towels over their stock tank brooder to keep the heat in as it has been reaching temperatures of around 50 degrees F here. When I measure the temperature of the brooder outside of the heat plate at night I see they are around 60-65 degrees F. In the next few days, we will be hitting temperatures of 30 degrees F at night. Will the chickens be safe under the heating plate at these temperatures? I have seen some concerns about heating plates only operating correctly over 50 degrees F ambient temperature, but I see no such warning for this heating plate.
I purchased this heating plate to be used with my first set of chicks. So far, it has worked great, but we have only had them for 5 days total. The temperature at the edges is around 85-90 degrees so I assume the interior is around the perfect temp. At night, I put towels over their stock tank brooder to keep the heat in as it has been reaching temperatures of around 50 degrees F here. When I measure the temperature of the brooder outside of the heat plate at night I see they are around 60-65 degrees F. In the next few days, we will be hitting temperatures of 30 degrees F at night. Will the chickens be safe under the heating plate at these temperatures? I have seen some concerns about heating plates only operating correctly over 50 degrees F ambient temperature, but I see no such warning for this heating plate.