Hey Chickenlover334
Do you have older chickens? Or have you ever had the opportunity to put your hand under a chicken on the nest or between two chickens on the roost. You will be surprised how warm it gets. That amount of warmth is what young chicks need and the reason the mother hens sits on them and why they snuggle under her.
Chicks on their own, even snuggling, do not have the feathers etc to keep each other warm.
You need to create an environment with temperatures similar to that of a mother hen and a blanket is not going to cut it.
If chicks do not require heat from their mother, birds everywhere are doing it wrong. You are a proxy parent for these little ones and you need to give them a heat source to ensure their survival.
Where did you get them from? I would like to venture a guess that if from a store or in a breeder's brooder, they would have had a heat source.
Do you have older chickens? Or have you ever had the opportunity to put your hand under a chicken on the nest or between two chickens on the roost. You will be surprised how warm it gets. That amount of warmth is what young chicks need and the reason the mother hens sits on them and why they snuggle under her.
Chicks on their own, even snuggling, do not have the feathers etc to keep each other warm.
You need to create an environment with temperatures similar to that of a mother hen and a blanket is not going to cut it.
If chicks do not require heat from their mother, birds everywhere are doing it wrong. You are a proxy parent for these little ones and you need to give them a heat source to ensure their survival.
Where did you get them from? I would like to venture a guess that if from a store or in a breeder's brooder, they would have had a heat source.
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I'm so sorry for you loss! That is the worst! She is in chick heaven now with all the mealworms she can eat! 
You may want to pick up a heating lamp for your other two soon, if you have not already. 
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