Ok without heat lamp? - Page 3

Some hundle, some scream...mine always screamed until I put on the light and then they were quiet :)

They should be fine with the lower wattage bulb. I have a broody hen who's been taking her chicks outside in 40 - 50 degree F weather, cloudy or sunny. They're two weeks old and don't seem to mind the cool temps at all, and are often outside for hours - sometimes snuggling with mom for warm.

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Originally Posted by gracejr 

Chicks are 2.5-3 weeks old. (Got them from TSC on the 13th, not sure exact DOB)
Their heat lamp bulb broke today. The glass completely separated from the metal spiral part you twist into the lamp... Paid $20 for the stinkin' thing not even 2 weeks ago!!
The brooder is in the house, open/wire grid sides. Do you think they'll be fine without a lamp for the time being? I won't be able to get in town to get a new bulb until at least Wednesday.

I am happy for you that your chickens are doing well.  I was under the impression from you post that you were asking it they would be fine without a heat lamp.  You did not say you were using a lower wattage bulb.  

If that was your question what I would agree that they would be fine at that age.

I am sorry if I offended you and apologise.  

I live in Mid-Missouri my chicks are now just under 4 weeks old.  This is my 2nd try,  I have a 4x8 coop simple construction.

In the beginng I used a 100 watt bulb in a light  bell hanging in one corner of the coop.  One night three days after I got them

it got down to 30f I got up at 4:30 a.m. worried that they had died from the cold when I looked in the coop it was 32f and only a

couple were under the light the rest were running around playing and scratching in the wood shavings ( I have 13 Rhode lands)

Last week I went to a 60 watt bulb the night temps still get down to the low 40s.  I have never seen them act or huddle as if they

were cold and I check on them a lot.  They have also feather out very nicely.