My local hardware store only had the kind of dimmer you have to wire in, so I had to order it off Amazon and I'll have it tomorrow. Since I have raised it, they do seem to be going under it a lot more. It still feels really hot.
I did lose one chick this morning. He was barely hanging on...
The brooder is out on my front porch. It's about 80 out there right now. I did raise it up and a few more of them went under there, but most of them are just huddled in the corner.
This is my first night with chicks, but I am using the Premier heat plate. I just went out to check on them and noticed them all huddled into a corner instead of under the heat plate. I touched it and it felt very hot. I couldn't keep my hand on it. There was one chick laying under it that...