Ausmumof3 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 It’s about 2.30am and our power just dropped out. Have 10 day old chicks in the brooder outside. It’s currently 28 Celsius (82 F). Powers supposedly coming on. It’s not meant to go below 26 (78f) overnight and it’s too hot for comfy sleep. would you move them inside? I could wake up dh to start the generator but he will not be happy about being woken up. I know they can survive it indoors because we’ve had it happen before but I’m not sure about in the brooder outdoors. It’s pretty warm and they aren’t cheeping at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saraha Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 I wouldn’t worry too much. You can always check on them and reevaluate if they seem in distress or in danger of suffocating each other from huddling up too tight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 19 minutes ago, saraha said: I wouldn’t worry too much. You can always check on them and reevaluate if they seem in distress or in danger of suffocating each other from huddling up too tight Thank you. I have brought them in. I’m 99pc sure they were going to be fine - if anything they feel a touch too hot. But there’s a lot of thunder in the distance and I’m worried about a sudden temp drop when it gets here. This way I’ll be able to sleep if that’s at all possible with the humidity. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Too late now I know. When I was a kid I would regularly hand read baby chicks. I never gas a brooder, just used a hot water bottle. And made a sort of tent over the chicks at night with a towel 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Yeah I think it is hard to give advice without seeing the set up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Melissa in Australia said: Too late now I know. When I was a kid I would regularly hand read baby chicks. I never gas a brooder, just used a hot water bottle. And made a sort of tent over the chicks at night with a towel I did think about a hot water bottle but we just switched recently from gravity fed storage to an instantaneous system that needs power so that was out. Interesting to know you managed to raise chicks that way all the way through though not just as an emergency measure. I’ve had a couple of times when I’ve wanted to separate chicks and been short of a lamp so I’ll keep that in mind. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 2 hours ago, mommyoffive said: Yeah I think it is hard to give advice without seeing the set up. It’s pretty basic, just a large well made packing box from DHs old work and a wire cover and a light. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Familia Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 So, they are doing ok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 33 minutes ago, Familia said: So, they are doing ok? Yep. All back in the box and running around happily thankfully. Power outages are the most stressful part of chick raising! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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