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That's kind of what I was thinking to. With the one light, they all take short cat naps by the light then they run to the other side to eat and repeat. What's been really nice is that when they wake up and run to the other side to eat they also poop over there. It's making clean up pretty...

Ok, changed the light bulb to a plain old 100 watt. The temp is now about 95 deg directly under the light. We also moved the light to the "chick end" of the brooder. (I think they were afraid of being on the door side of the brooder. ) They are now all asleep near the light. My concern...

Quote: They are NOT being COOKED. Read the entire post before you post. No place to hang it from. Can only lower it inside, not raise it up. I'll try a lower wattage but the rest of the brooder will be room temperature. There's plenty of room in that for 7 chicks. Not really...

Quote: Agree. 110 is too hot but that's only directly where the bulb is pointing. The other end of the brooder is 85. I'm not making them stay in that heat just wondered if I should allow them to get so far away to. This is an open air animal cage with cardboard on the side. They are...

The brooder is set up with a 125 watt heat lamp. Directly under the light the temperature is 110. The further away you get the lower the temperature. The chicks like to hang out away from the heat (in the 80 deg area). Is this ok or should I change the set up so they can't move too far away...