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The heat plates are specifically made to warm the chicks when the chicks are in contact with them rather than to warm the area the way a heat lamp does. This is why most of use set the plates on a slant so that the chicks can choose how tightly they want to contact the plate and thus adjust...

I raise my chicks in an outdoor brooder, leaving their plate on at all times so they can use it or not use it as they choose. This is my brooder as of last week: