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The heat lamp actually be the reason for the dead chicks away from mom. They instinctively try to get as near a heat source as possible. If the chick felt more heat from the lamp than the hen, it would try to gravitate towards the heat lamp rather than snuggling up under mom.

Is it possible that the other birds in the flock are pulling the chicks out from under mom and killing them? Broodies, especially first timers, should at least have some sort of space sectioned off to protect the newly hatching chicks.