its 80 degrees at night here do I really need the heat lamp all nite looked at a post for the wool hen might try that
You can probably judge that by the behavior.
In my Ideal Dozen I used different wattage reptile night bulbs to control the heat and had a 60w in there for the past week because two of my Langshans are still fairly naked and nights were in the mid-60's. At 4 1/2 weeks my chicks are not without heat at night -- it seems that the naked Langshans are cuddling up with their fellows to stay warm.
I stopped the heat when I saw that they weren't under the bulb first thing in the morning.