- Oct 1, 2017
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I have some 6 week old chicks that we just moved outside. The coop we have for them is about 65 degrees but, at bedtime, they all fight to pile on top of each other in a corner. Some even fight to get UNDER the pile. In the morning, we have found 9 dead over the last few days. I assume they suffocated, but some appeared to have a broken neck. We have a heat lamp in the middle (away from the corners) and a space heater but that doesn’t seem to help any. What kind of behavior is this? I put them on the roost but they jump down and re-join the pile. How can I get them at stop?