Enough heat for chicks?

[Lotusbird]

Hi everyone This is my second year raising baby chicks, last year I raised 6, adding 3 more that are coming in a few hours. So, I turned on my heat lamp, and it just died. I have a 100 watt reptile bulb plus a 25 watt heat plate I can use. The chicks will be housed inside, temps kept between 65-68 in a small area, about 3 ft. Will that be warm enough for them?

 

[SueT]

What temp do you mean? 95F is good. They only need an area to get warm, it can be ambient temp elsewhere.

 

[Lotusbird]

Will the 100 watt heat lamp plus the 25 watt heat plate be sufficient to provide enough heat for their 3 ft. Area, there will be 3 of them in a 2/3 ft area .

 

[nuthatched]

If the heatplate is for chicks, the the heat plate is plenty.

 

[rosemarythyme]

With your ambient temperatures the heat plate is all you'll need.