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I have both 250 watt and 85 watt red bulbs for our brooder. I like to 85 watt floodlight bulbs better as they hold a steady 95 degrees in the brooder (sitting directly on the cage top). The spare bedroom that we use as a brooder room, is the warmest room in the trailer so the 250 watt bulbs...

Almost forgot...for food, you want to get chick starter/grower. We use Dumor starter/grower (20% protein) because thats what our Tractor Supply carries. The back of the bag has a recommended feeding program... feed starter/grower for the first 10 weeks, then switching them to grower/finisher...

Quote: 1. good idea to have an extra or 2, incase you need to set up a hospital brooder (cardboard box) for an injured or sick chick. 2. same as above 3. I prefer pine shavings 4. have atleast one spare, incase of hospital brooder scenario 5. keep several spares on hand...they'll go out at...