| Show brooder house temperature I 1 the temperature in a brooder house where a brick brooder is used should range from 70 to 75 degrees the thermometer thermometer should be placed on the wall one foot above the file floor aud and three feet from the brooder where possible and the readings should be taken at that point it is well to remember says a north carolina state S t ate college calle e authority that a bucket of water should be kept on top of the brooder at atall all times this raises the humidity and aids in early feathering of the chicks A wire guard above the bucket of water will prevent the chicks falling in |