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Just be advised that with each passing week, they'll want less and less heat. They won't like much warmer than 80-82 when they are feathering out at 4 weeks and by week 5, most folks eliminate the heat altogether, especially this time of year, in preparation for taking them to the coop or grow...

Actually, it is best if the hot spot is 90 degrees, but you don't want that temp over the entire brooder. Chicks need room to leave that kind of heat and control their body temperatures. They need cooler places to go. Mother Hen's body heat is what we mimic in brooding, but even she doesn't...

Thermometers are unreliable. Just watch your chicks. If they were holding out their wings, they were hot. If they were active when you got rid of the lamp, they liked the coolness much better. With 70-75 ambient temperatures, they need very little extra warmth. Raise the lamp or get a lower...