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Lamps keep your chicks under light 24/7. If you have them inside, they will be peeping and running around all night long, which is not good for your sleep either.
Plates allow them to sleep the through the night and be more active during the day. They also teach the babies about cooping and snuggling together as a flock - as opposed to just falling flat where ever they are when they get too tired to keep running around.
If you are worried about the cold while they are tiny, you could keep them in the house for the first week or two then move them outside as they get more size and feathers (with a plate or always on heating pad on low, inside and outside, until they are 6 weeks) They are fun to watch and you are more likely to handle them if they are in the house with you, which makes them more friendly and docile as adults, and you more invested in their health and friendship.
Plates allow them to sleep the through the night and be more active during the day. They also teach the babies about cooping and snuggling together as a flock - as opposed to just falling flat where ever they are when they get too tired to keep running around.
If you are worried about the cold while they are tiny, you could keep them in the house for the first week or two then move them outside as they get more size and feathers (with a plate or always on heating pad on low, inside and outside, until they are 6 weeks) They are fun to watch and you are more likely to handle them if they are in the house with you, which makes them more friendly and docile as adults, and you more invested in their health and friendship.