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That is something I'm thinking of trying also except... possibly trying one of these that are used for outdoor pet beds. Not sure on these as I'm reading reviews right now. My reason for wanting some heat coming from below is that I will be brooding outdoors in an otherwise unheated hen house...

And a pretty cheap "fix' too!

I use a "Lamp Dimmer Control" when I use a 250 w bulb. That way I can set the temperature/intensity wherever I want without moving the light at all. Works great and I can set it cooler during the day or warmer at night depending on needs. Can get them at Lowes or hardware...Here's a sample...

I'm going to try this for out in the hen house so I wanted the larger one. You can still control heat by raising and lowering the bulb height. As far as the brand, strangely enough the other brands all had poor reviews so I chose this brand. You probably could get away with the lower...

I called several of our local stores and they only had the smaller wattage. I had to order one through Amazon to get the 250. I put a link in an earlier post to the one I bought. I chose that brand because ALL OF THE OTHER BRANDS had bad reviews...

Okay...I just bought one of the ceramic heat emitters. I'm going to set it up out there w/a thermometer under it to see what readings I'm getting. Don't have chicks yet...this will just be the test run. Here's the one I got...

Yes, Fred...I was thinking that if I got my "kiddos" now (fall), they'd be ready to lay in spring. Is my thinking correct? I was hoping to avoid waiting until next August before the new batch started laying. Am I just trying to "fool with mother nature"?

I wanted to see if anyone has used the ceramic heat emitters (250 W) while brooding in the henhouse that is NOT HEATED. I'd love to be able to use those since they don't put out light at night. I'd run a dim red lamp so it wouldn't be totally dark at night, but just enough to get by. So far...