{"id":10217,"date":"2022-09-30T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialagri.com\/agriFM\/?post_type=podcast&p=10217"},"modified":"2022-09-30T22:26:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T21:26:27","slug":"chick-body-temperature-from-hatchery-to-farm","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/socialagri.com\/agriFM\/podcast\/chick-body-temperature-from-hatchery-to-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Chick body temperature: from hatchery to farm"},"content":{"rendered":"In this podcast, Dr. Juan Carlos Lopez tells us about his article Chick body temperature: from hatchery to farm <\/strong>to discuss why temperature is essential for chicks, methods to measure the temperature, and more. Dr. Juan Carlos is a Veterinarian from the University of Tolima in Colombia. He has a master\u2019s degree in Avian Pathology from the Austral University of Chile and a PhD in Immunology from Lincoln University in New Zealand. He has long experience working in incubation and has several technical publications.\r\n\r\nBODY TEMPERATURE AT HATCH<\/strong>\r\n
\r\n\r\nUpon hatching, the birds are poikilothermic animals: their body temperature will rise or fall depending on the environmental temperature, requiring a metabolic effort by the birds. It will take around 4 days for chicks from adult flocks and 5 to 6 days for birds from young flocks for the thermoregulatory system to behave homeothermically \u2013 constant body temperature.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n
\r\n\r\nThere is a range of body temperature known as the comfort zone, where the birds are comfortable with the temperature surrounding them. The best way to \u201cfind\u201d the comfort zone is to measure the birds\u2019 cloacal temperature.\r\n\r\nThe ideal temperature should be between 39.5 \u2013 40.5\u00b0C (103 – 105\u00b0F) the first three to four days after hatching. However, at 7 days the cloacal temperature tends to exceed 41,1 \u00b0C (106\u00b0F).\r\n\r\nIf the cloacal temperature is above or below this range, adjustments should be made to the ambient temperature.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe following questions were discussed during the podcast:\r\n