The day before receiving baby day-old chicks is the time to set everything up and get the temperature in the brooder stabilized at 95°. When they arrive, immediately move them into the brooder and make sure they're finding the water (they need water as soon as possible). The first time we raised day-old chicks, we thought taking care of the predator-proof, smelly, dusty part was easy – we put them in a barn stall.