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*I* would pick up another lamp. Not necessarily because of the temperature (I brood my chicks a little cooler, its not a big deal to be a little under the recommended temp), but because 80 chicks is a lot for one lamp. I can just imagine them piling under that one lamp and squishing whoever is unlucky enough to be on the bottom!

Good luck to you!
 
I have been able to find smaller watt red heat lamps at fish/reptile pet stores. If they sell snakes and lizards they usually have the small ones. I also had a semi-crazy uncle that painted his regular lights black so they would give heat, not light. I do not know of his successes or failures though, as he was usually drunk.
 
newbie2014 said:
Hello everyone... I'm brand new to BYC. Sorry to hijack this thread, but I can't figure out how to post my own?? I can only see how to reply to others. Could someone point me in the right direction?
We will be receiving 80 meat birds in the mail tomorrow and everything is set up, but my 250 watt infrared lamp is only putting out about 82 degrees directly underneath and about 70 degrees around the edges of the brooder. My hubby says they'll be fine, but I think we should get another lamp. The chicks will be in out basement for a while and it's not very warm down there. Seems like the heat from the lamp is rising and diverting away from the brooder. Any suggestions? The brooder is a medium size kiddie pool, so the walls are only maybe a little over a foot high. Thanks everyone! And again, sorry for the thread hijacking!!
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Are you using a reflector ? The reflector should be aiming all the heat from the bulb downward. I can get 90 degrees under a 60Watt flood light bulb in a clamp reflector fixture.

a 250 Watt should be able to really throw some heat.
 
farnorth said:
Are you using a reflector ?  The reflector should be aiming all the heat from the bulb downward. I can get 90 degrees under a 60Watt flood light bulb in a clamp reflector fixture.

a 250 Watt should be able to really throw some heat.
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Yep, it hangs from the ceiling. It's about 20" from the floor, but it seems like all the heat is rising. I expected it to be more concentrated at the ground. It's infrared. I picked up another lamp today but it's not making too much difference. I think we need higher walls to keep the heat in. We're going to get some tin to make a higher border tomorrow. I think that'll help reflect the heat a lot. The basements just sucking up all the heat right now.
 
I'm getting 90F under a 25W bulb in a reflector lamp. I only have 3 americauna (4 days old) and 6 OEG bantams (just under 2 weeks old), so they fit under it pretty well but have room to move out from under easily and they do.

Look for party lights in the hardware store, you can find 25W red bulbs there, and ours also has reptile bulbs in the pet section but the 75W I had started with was way too hot, had to change it out before putting chicks on the brooder box.
 
I wasnt able to find an appropriate red light at the local Walmart tonight (either the wattage was too low or the bulb had something on it that could give off poisonous vapors). So I improvised; I purchased a BLACKLIGHT bulb.

Has anyone used BLACKLIGHT bulbs in their brooder with any success? Does anyone see a problem with using this kind of lightbulb? I have the brooder in my bedroom and have an overhead light on during the day usually which is enough to help them see, but I want them to be especially warm down in the brooder which necessitates a lightbulb in there. Plus I didnt want a light so bright that it would bother my sleep at night.
 
Amycat said:
I'm getting 90F under a 25W bulb in a reflector lamp. I only have 3 americauna (4 days old) and 6 OEG bantams (just under 2 weeks old), so they fit under it pretty well but have room to move out from under easily and they do.

Look for party lights in the hardware store, you can find 25W red bulbs there, and ours also has reptile bulbs in the pet section but the 75W I had started with was way too hot, had to change it out before putting chicks on the brooder box.
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Home depot also sells these:

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Philips-100-Watt-Incandescent-BR38-Red-Flood-Light-Bulb-385294/100619421
 
Walmart had outdoor red floodlight bulbs, but my concern was the coating. Based on my inspection I would expect some kind of potentially harmful gas to be emitted from it. Hence I went with a 60watt blacklight bulb for my 2'cubed wood brooder. I have 8 seabright chicks in it. They arent huddled under the bulb, so they should be ok. I put a thermometer in there a bit ago to see what the temp is with this new light.
 

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