brooder temp 10 day old chicks??

[daniellenoel]

I have 2 chicks about 1- days old..
we had been keeping them in a cardboard box with heat lamp and temp remained around 95
A family in my class build them a new cage... very cute
all sides have chicken wire- i have the heat lamp on one side where it keeping a temp of about 90
the other side(food/water) seems to get a bit colder mroe like 80-85
Any suggestions on how to make it a more even temp? OR are they oak with one side warm and the other a but cooler?
I am very new at this, so any advice would help

Thanks

PS
they do seem to like it more under the light...

 

[suzeqf]

i found that my young ones like it around 80-85 and i have 1-3 weeks olds and 2 5 week olds banties that are small that for some reason prefer to stay with the little girls i had them in with the big girls and i think they had to "fight" to much for food and water and the little ones like my silkies and banty chicks love to cuddle with the bigger ones

 

[catchthewind]

I'm new too, but from what I've gathered here and from watching my own chicks, it's actually a good thing to have cooler and warmer areas in the brooder. Then the chicks can choose where to go. If it's a wire side though you do need to watch for drafts. Might be a good idea to put cardboard or something around the bottoms.