My chicks and ducklings like the top of the brooder plate also. I had a small gap between the edge of the brooder plate and the brooder wall. I stuffed a washcloth in the gap and placed no slip shelf Liner over the top of the brooder after coming in to find a chick stuck in the gap one time and another time a chick couldn't get off the top of the brooder plate because it was too slippery. This solved the problem instantly though. Enjoy your fluffy babies! My first girls were 2 SLWyandotte's, 2 Barred Rocks and 1 Buff Orpington, so it seems like we made similar choices in breeds