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I have an old pillowcase stapled over one of my nestboxes. It actually worked - they prefer to use that box over any other. I did it because the box was too brightly lit otherwise and it's not moveable. So it's a curtain of sorts, but not in a frilly way.

I'm not sure that anyone is recommending no heat (or no heat lamp) for chicks - I think the point was that it doesn't have to be 95 degrees and that quite a few people overheat their chicks and keep them under heat for too long. The little fluffballs do of course need some heat somewhere...

As I mentioned earlier - once I got the ecoglow I realized the error of my ways with heat lamps etc (although I had already moved to a 100W bulb). They stay under the ecoglow for a day or so then they stay out in the 60-70F house almost 100% of the time until it gets dark.. then they huddle...

Quote: X2 I don't keep chicks in the house any longer than 1 week and then it's in the chicken house for them. I deplore the house chicken thing and since I have been doing this I do feel my birds do much better in the long run and develop better and never get sick. Letting birds be birds...