One of the many important factors that determine the success of brooding day old chicks is heat.
It is advisable for farmers to buy a thermometer to monitor the temperature of the brooding house.
The perfect temperature for brooding day old chicks is between 35°c and 37°c.
Temperature higher or lower than this can cause mortality and high temperature can affect calcium absorption in chicks.
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However, farmers without thermometer can determine the heat effect on the birds by how distributed they are in the brooding pen.
Below are different diagram that perfectly illustrate the behavior of chicks in response to the temperature of the pen.
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