Just got my chicks and im worried about the heat

[pattgal]

So i just got my chicks today, I noticed they were cold so i turned on the lamp. its a 175W bulb ( the real deal) and i can barely get the temperature to 90. whats going on
i set up a blanket over the box as a bandaid solution (it is not completely covering the box) so that some heat is allowed out. so far so good i have been able to regulate the temp to 95 this way.
but i am totally dissapointed with this lamp. last week i found out the kids i was suposed to stsrt babysitting can't take the bus to my house so now im stuck having to go to their house wich means i wont be home tommorrow to watch my babies
help

 

[geojane42]

We have space heater on one side of the cage so if they're cold they can go hang out over there. Seems to do the trick.

 

[backdoorchicken]

can you lower the lamp?

 

[JROOSTER]

I bet if you lower the lamp it will get warmer. I also think that 90 will be fine for your chicks, they will make some heat of their own.

 

[pattgal]

HA! no I can't lower the lamp more because we are using an old dresser and the space between drawers isn't big enough. So its pretty close.
But I found out the lamp has different settings on it (dumb moment for me) I thought it was nothing but an on/off switch but you clic it a couple of times and it gets more powerful
they did good all night, and all day after that.