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    5 day old chicks sleeping away from heat plate

    The room itself is around 70 degrees. They are in a large cardboard box- open top. No holes far down as I wanted to prevent drafts. They have sunlight from windows and I keep a light on during the day then at night they have a nightlight. They can definitely see- it is not pitch black. I had the...
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    5 day old chicks sleeping away from heat plate

    My chicks are 5 days old today. Yesterday, I noticed a couple sleeping away from the heat plate but would eventually go in and out. Today when checking in on them on the camera I noticed they started sleeping on the opposite side of the brooder away from the heat plate in a big pile on top of...
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