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With a brooder so limited in space, you will need to get these chicks installed in a coop by the end of the second week or they'll be flying out and losing themselves somewhere in your house. Yes. It's happened. A lot. They fly.

You didn't mention what type of heat source or the dimensions of your brooder. If it's a heat lamp, it can be much too hot, especially in a very small brooder container where the chicks can't get far enough away from it to shed excess heat. Try raising the lamp so a thermometer reads 80-85F on...

What are you giving the chicks to eat? Including feed and treats. Are the chicks being given chick grit? How warm is the brooder beneath the heat source and at the farthest point from it? What is the heat source? What are the dimensions of your brooder? How many chicks?