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thank you. It has been a few years since I brooded chicks in doors. Now my broody hens do all the work. Somehow I thought babies eat like pigs and grow like piglets but maybe I am misremembering.Measure the temperature at the bedding level. If the air temperature is 95°F, the bedding temperature is much hotter. They don't start going through a lot of food until they are older.