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For young chicks you will need more than just a heat lamp in a coop, they need protection from drafts, and to be confined to an area close to heat, food and water. You can easily make a brooder cheaply, I use large appliance cardboard boxes for my young chicks then just burn them when finished...

That depends on where you live. Chicks need supplemental heat until they are fully feathered, usually around 6 weeks of age; by that time they are around half their adult size, so need considerably more room. You might want to look in the Learning Center at the raising chicks and keeping...