There were 17 chicks to start & they all fit under it with room to spare. We checked the temperature of it & it was working properly & they were using it just fine. Perhaps the height was not ideal? I had it that their backs were against it but do you have yours set lower that their backs are...
Yea she had the brooder plate in for them. It's odd because they were shivering at her house & when I brought them home they seemed to slowly stop shivering so that's why we thought they were cold.
We got chicks Wednesday of this week & we had a weekend cabin trip planned so my sister who's had chicks before took care of them for us over the wknd. She unfortunately had one die on Friday & I thought maybe it was stress from shipping then when we came to pick them up on Sunday I found...