McChooky
Free Ranging
She raised them inside just like them when the house wasn't hot. She freely has tried to explain that she's only gotten these chicks late in the year because whe had to wait on the specific breed.New hatched chicks need heat and hers aren't going under the light.They pant and she takes them to another room to cool off.She's even taken chicks outside and left them all day without heat in 80 degree weather to let Ambient temperatures warm the chicks.If exposed to too much cold or heat the combination can overwhelm them and cause them to die.Am I the only one hearing you say you have raised chicks at this time of year before, using this SAME setup, and this SAME lamp, more than once, with NO LOSSES? Yet everyone seems to be telling you that your problem is that your tote is too small, the sides are too tall, and you overheated your chicks, etc. If what I am hearing you say is correct, that nothing in your setup is different, and you have raised chicks this way successfully in the past, then there HAS to be another reason your chicks died, in my opinion, and this is not your fault. I don't know the answer, but there has to be something other than your setup.