Keeping baby warm?

[Kiki]

There's no roof on the tub

Can you just take the heat lamp bulb out of the heat lamp and put a regular bulb in it? A regular light bulb, not an LED bulb, produces enough heat.

 

[Oob Child]

Where is the incubator? Why not lower the temp in it and use it?

Why does it need to be separated?

The incubator is the heat source for the others..
It's partially open and the chicks just go in and out if they need heat
It seems to work ok and it has worked for other hatches I've done

The chick is twice the size of the others as it hatched early and it keeps pecking at the others and stomping on them. It's already injured another chicks leg.
If I try putting it in a cup it just jumps straight out.

 

[Oob Child]

Can you just take the heat lamp bulb out of the heat lamp and put a regular bulb in it? A regular light bulb, not an LED bulb, produces enough heat.

I'll try that

 

[Oob Child]

Okay.
It is still trapping too much heat. It needs more ventilation.

I have the heat lamp a whole meter above the cage and it keeps melting the bottom. I'm just going to try find another one that's not as hot.

 

[Kiki]

I'll try that

I would never use a heat lamp bulb. I only use regular light bulbs. Heat lamp bulbs get waaayyy too hot.

 

[Kiki]

I have the heat lamp a whole meter above the cage and it keeps melting the bottom. I'm just going to try find another one that's not as hot.

Throw the lamp in the trash before you kill something or start a fire.

 

[Oob Child]

I would never use a heat lamp bulb. I only use regular light bulbs. Heat lamp bulbs get waaayyy too hot.

I agree. I asked a pet shop worker about it in person and she had me buy a $40 reptile bulb that burns straight through everything

 

[Oob Child]

Throw the lamp in the trash before you kill something or start a fire.

I'm going to return it. I still have the receipt and the box

 

[Kiki]

I'm going to return it. I still have the receipt and the box

Return what? The light bulb or the lamp?
If you have a clip lamp which I'm guessing is what most people buy when they buy a heat lamp just put a regular light bulb in it.

I'm using a regular light bulb right now in a little clippy lamp and it gets plenty hot enough. I promise you.

 

[Kiki]

I agree. I asked a pet shop worker about it in person and she had me buy a $40 reptile bulb that burns straight through everything

For the future, remember that just because somebody works at a pet store or any store for that matter does not mean they know anything about what they sell.