2 of 4 chicks gasping Help!

What is the warmer side temperature? They should have about 80 degrees in the warmest spot, and a cooler side less than 75. Decrease by 5 degrees each week. How far away is the heat lamp? Being too warm can cause gasping. Is there any pasty butt problems? Respiratory problems may cause bubbles in one eye, gasping, sneezing, or nasal drainage.
Its around 80-82 degrees. I have turned it down since your last comment and its about 80. The heat lamp is maybe 4 feet high and they're ground level. They also get outside of the brooder daily in a room around 70 degrees probably for an hour, the two who are gasping come outside the most, while the others stay inside their brooder. they have been sneezing a little bit. No draniage or bubbles though. The SS did have pasty butt a few times around 2 weeks old but we managed it and she hasn't gotten it since then.
EDIT: Took them outside today at 72° and the wyandotte started gasping as well, but just once.
 
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@PnppleUpsdDwnChk how did things end up for your chicks? I have a batch of 27 1-week-old chicks, I have one Polish chick that has been gasping for the past couple of days. It can definitely get away from the heat, but chooses to stay under the ceramic heat element most of the time. None of my other chicks are exhibiting these symptoms, so I suspect it is something wrong with this particular chick, but I figured I would ask.
 
@PnppleUpsdDwnChk how did things end up for your chicks? I have a batch of 27 1-week-old chicks, I have one Polish chick that has been gasping for the past couple of days. It can definitely get away from the heat, but chooses to stay under the ceramic heat element most of the time. None of my other chicks are exhibiting these symptoms, so I suspect it is something wrong with this particular chick, but I figured I would ask.
Hello, my chicks are about 8 1/2 weeks old now, and still doing fine, but also still gasping they all started gasping. My adult chickens have MG, and so I treated them for that regardless because they all stayed in the same cage and just finished treatment yesterday. Theyre all doing wonderful but still no idea what it is/was but hoping the treatment helps them. I waited to start the treatment for the chicks as i had just treated the adults and wanted to go again because i saw no improvements after a few weeks. Hope your chicks do okay too
 
Hello, my chicks are about 8 1/2 weeks old now, and still doing fine, but also still gasping they all started gasping. My adult chickens have MG, and so I treated them for that regardless because they all stayed in the same cage and just finished treatment yesterday. Theyre all doing wonderful but still no idea what it is/was but hoping the treatment helps them. I waited to start the treatment for the chicks as i had just treated the adults and wanted to go again because i saw no improvements after a few weeks. Hope your chicks do okay too
Thanks for the quick response!
 

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