Just had my brooder caught on fire *once again* and fill the house with smoke because my lovely cats knocked it over this time. Definitely my fault for not being able to secure it today while setting it up but still awful and I’ve always had paranoia about a heat lamp starting a fire or...
Hi there, I kind of looked up this topic but didn't find the most accurate information I was looking for. I have a few questions.
I have 4 week and 3 week old chicks, they are all mostly feathered out by this time, can I take away the heat lamp? They are inside my home in the corner of my...
I just bought 4 new baby chicks today that are about 1 week old. Maybe 2. I have them in my garage with fans blowing for air circulation. Do I need a heat lamp on them. It’s about 96 degrees outside here in MO. So garage is going to be warm too. What should I do?
Are heating plates really less risky than heat lamps? Or are they similar in risk in terms of spontaneously starting a fire? Which one is guaranteed to be 100% safer?
Also, I have a red heat bulb that is 250 watts 120 volts plugged into a short extension cord into a wall socket. The wall socket...
Is there a good solar powered heat lamp out there? I have no power at my barn. We just built a barn on our peice of property. We have water but no electricity yet. Can I possibly find a good solar powered heat lamp to get chicks? Or could I put multiple solar panels together and they run a heat...
We moved our chicks outside about 3 weeks ago with excess outside and a coop with heat lamp mostly during the night. They are now 7weeks old and it's still getting down to low 50s and high 40s (life in the mountains!) Not sure if saying the breeds will mater but we have Cochins, polish, and...
I have a question, has anyone put a heat plate (We have the yellow mama hen one) into an eglu house?
I'm hoping to move my chicks from this hatch outside sooner this time round, and set up an outdoor brooder for them. My idea is to put the eglu on our patio with slabs under and slabs on the...
Hi! This is my first post, and I was wondering if anyone knew if a standard infrared heating lamp secured to the roof of their coop is sufficient for regular laying. The sun goes up at 7ish am and i want to keep the light on full until 9:30 then use an automatic dimmer to mimic a sunset in their...
Bringing home baby new chicks and we are using a heating bulb. I’ve attached pictures but if keeping the bulb above the mesh top (to be done today) will that be too cold for the chicks ? Not sure how close to the bottom to position the heat lamp. The tub is 13” high. Thanks in advance y’all !!
I have 4 week old chicks that do not have a light during the day and are eating and acting fine. My questions are do they still need a heat lamp if the room they are in never goes below 60 degrees? they have been going out during the day for a couple of hours ( i keep them in the coop everyday...
I have 3 four week old chicks that I am about to transfer to a tent in garage from their small brooder. At night I plan to put heat lamp on, but do they need it if the outside temp is above 80 degrees? And probably warmer in garage. Thank you for any info.
Our heat lamp bulb just burst and the stores that sell the bulbs are closed for the day so we put a heat pack wrapped up in a towel in with the chicks, is this enough warmth to keep them warm?
The lowest temperature we will experience today is 7 degrees Celsius, currently it’s 15 degrees...
7 days old chicks today. Heat lamp has been above them ~15 inches, thermometer shows 93 degrees. I wanted to transition to a brooder plate, so I warmed it up on medium setting and placed it in the brooder. I turned off the heat lamp for around an hour. When I came to check on them, they were all...
I have set my heating lamp up on a piece of wood. it doesn’t feel hot to the touch it’s been a few hours. do i need to worry about a fire getting started?
Eggs are in the incubator, now on Day 4. In the meantime I need to get the brooder set up in the hope that I manage to hatch some of them! I've only hatched under a hen before so this is new to me. I have the coop that has been the creche area for the last two hatches and I'd like to put the...
So... wondering if I should put a temp heat source in my quail aviary to offset a polar vortex this week? Weather forecast in Celcius and setup in images - appreciate your feedback!
The other day I got an order of day old hen chicks from a hatchery online. This is my first time raising poultry but I think I have a lot of good info in general. One tiny thing Im curious about is whether I should keep the heat lamp on 24/7. I want them to have a consistent source of heat but...
I recently got a larger order of chicks shipped to me. I made a mistake in using a brooder plate that was too small.. I should have used a heat lamp (which I switched to right away for the first week) but I lost a couple of chicks due to smothering the others underneath. My mistake, I am...