Have things been busier then normal?

[BigBlueHen53]

The red spec has nothing to do with a rooster. It is a burst blood vessel in the eggs that happens regardless of whether it’s been fertilized. Fertilized eggs have a white ring around a white dot. Unfertilized eggs just have a white dot. Both are generally imperceptible unless you’re looking for it

Sorry, I had not read far enough to see this. Don't mind me, I'm up past my bedtime. Thanks for that explanation, @JuliB.

 

[Lmatt]

That's interesting. We've always had a rooster or two and never get a red speck in the eggs, I don't think that's an indication of fertilization. Perhaps @aart can shed a little light on red specks in eggs. @aart?

Turns out we were misinformed

 

[DobieLover]

Turns out we were misinformed

The red spec in eggs is due to a the yolk (most mature ova) breaking loose from the ovary where a blood vessel has crossed the membrane and a tiny spec of blood gets deposited on the yolk.
A rooster has absolutely nothing to do with this. It will happen regardless and your wife will see it much more often as the eggs that are purchased in the grocery store are candled and those showing a blood spot are not packaged for sale as whole eggs if the spot can be seen.

 

[DobieLover]

So something I’ve noticed. I purchased a heating plate with the intention of just using it. Thinking it would be a more natural way for them and prepare them for the unheated coop(when it’s time for that). But it is fairly cool in my unheated shop. So I plugged a heat lamp in for their first night. I unplugged it the next morning, but my daughter came out and plugged it back in. So I unplugged it again and asked who had plugged it back in. She told me she wanted to see the chicks and they were all under the heating plate. So she plugged it in so they would come out and eat. So I went back out to check on them and they were back under the plate. So I plugged it back in and they came back out and started eating. I have since just left it plugged in 24/7 and they are actively eating all day. So was my thinking backwards? Should I be unplugging it at night and plugging it in during the day? We had one night that it frosted and every chick was under the plate. Other nights when it’s not as cold we have found some sleep out under the lamp. So is there any reason to turn it off at night? I just worry about them getting cold at night because we don’t come out in the middle of the night to check on them.

It's normal for the chicks to spend a lot of time under the plate on cooler days. They are coming out to eat and drink but have to go under the plate to warm back up more often when the ambient temperature is cooler.
I am in upstate NY and we are expecting SNOW this Saturday. It's 31F right now. I have a camera in the coop where I have a built in maternity ward with a broody hen and 8 chicks. The chicks are 5 days old. More often than not when I check on them, I just see her sitting there with her wings spread to the floor because the kids are all under her warming up. Far less frequently, I see her scratching around for them and them darting around eating what she has found. This is normal.
I would leave the lamp off unless you are trying to bring them out but turn it off otherwise. They will develop more naturally and feather out more quickly that way.