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Many of the BYC members that were here ten or more years ago went through a discovery period where we learned that brooders on the floor with overhead access were terrifying to our baby chicks. I experimented with cardboard appliance boxes elevated onto tables with access cut into the sides...

Good responses. Is this your first brood of chicks? If not, you probably know that that plastic tote will be too small for this number of chicks by age two weeks. They will be trying to escape to find more room and adventure. If the weather is bad, think about the playpen idea from @TaylorGlade...

Where is your brooder located? Is it by some chance in a busy part of your house where the chicks see you all the time? Have you tried removing yourself from within sight of the brooder to see if this chick stops the loud chirping? Does the loud chirping get even louder when the chick spots you...