heat lamp

I bought the Brinsea Ecoglow Safety 600 chick brooder and it arrived yesterday. The heat plate is much hotter than expected. I can't hold my fingers against it for more than a couple of seconds. Touching the plate reminds me of walking barefoot on very hot sand -- you can hardly stand to walk on...

Hi there! I have four eggs under my Silkie naked neck hen. I have her in the laying box and put a separating wall away from the rest of the flock. She hatched one yesterday and I moved the chick to a brooder box inside. Now she has hatched two more, so one more egg to hatch. I have read that...

These chicks are three weeks old. Interestingly, we have two salmon favorolles and one is the biggest and one is the smallest. Sometimes in the mornings, all four of the fairly normal sized chicks are on top of the radiant heat just chilling out but the smallest is still underneath. I feel bad...

Decided to become a chick family. Read a bunch and tried to go about this right and am looking for suggestions. I built this brooder because 1) I love to build and 2) I want to do this more and wanted a good spot to raise chicks. Designed this and wanted to access chicks from side to prevent...

we got a heat lamp base for our chicks from our friends, and had to buy a new bulb, but the metal that goes around it is missing. is that a problem? it had been fine so far here is a pic of the exposed heat lamp

Hello, we are currently raising about 100 baby chicks, of various ages, and I was wondering when we should start to wean them off the heat lamps? We're raising them indoors in DIY brooders with heat lamps. I think our youngest chicks are about 2 weeks old and our oldest are probably hitting 5 to...

I took these chicks from mama hen tonight because she has a staggered bunch.. plus it's going to be chilly. I have this set up (see pictures) inside our summer dog pool. It worked for me last year, however, I didn't have the brooder & there were loads more chicks to help keep each other warm...

So I am preparing for winter, and I was wondering if I should use the clear/yellow heat lamps, or should I use a red one. I don't know if either one is better, I am worried that the bright light is probably bad for them, but then, does the red one have any disadvantages? I tried the ceramic...

Hello!! I just got two beautiful baby ducklings that hatched two days ago! They want to be with me so bad. I’ll occasionally take them out of their brooder and they will climb all up on me and sleep in between my legs. I love when they do this however I have one main concern. My concern is...

Question on where to place a brooder in the summer. I’ve always had chicks/ducklings in the spring and didn’t have this problem. It’s starting to heat up where I live and wasn’t sure if it’s safe to put the brooder outside with a top cover of course. Or is it safe to put them in our garage? It...

I have 2 hens and 1 rooster. All are silkies and love them with all my heart. I have 9 silkie eggs going to hatch on Tuesday and I have my rooster in a dog cage in my coop because roosters love to kill chicks because they don't know they are apart of their flock. My rooster, Koa eats the grit...

Hello friends! We have negative temperatures coming, and a couple days next week are going to be -15 with single digits of the high reaching up to 6°. We have recently built a new coop however, it is not insulated yet. Do I need to put a heat lamp or a small heater in there during those nights...

I have baby silkies that just reached 2 weeks old yesterday. I’m starting to think about if I should begin taking heat away from them in about a week. They are under the heat lamp 24/7 but I do take them out for about 15-20 minutes every day. They walk around just fine and love being out! I am...

Hey fellow chicken keepers! I know that most people recommend against heating the coop for different reasons, but how cold can it get before Chickens Start freezing to death? I have chickens that are supposed to be cold hardy and we have a decent coop however, it’s supposed to get down to 1°...

Hi all! I have 6, 6 month old chicks in Oklahoma City. Their coop is approximately 4x4x4, elevated about 2 feet off of the ground with ventilation at the top along roof. I’m trying to figure out if they need a heat lamp this winter... It doesn’t get super cold here in the winter, at least not...

16 chicks, came early august, how long do you think they will still need a heat lamp. (keeping in mind October/November upstate NY temperatures, despite an insulated coop).

So I might be getting chicks soon and I live in Texas and right now it is 90 degrees fahrenheit during the day and about 60-70 degrees fahrenheit. Would they need a heat lamp since it's already hot out. And since it's even warmer inside the house then outside? I'm getting around 10 buff...

My chickadees are starting to have head feathers poke thru at 4 weeks. Tonight I turned on my cozy coop heater per usual and they were as far away from the heat as possible and it’s on low. We get in the 50’s in the night. Should I leave the heat on anyways? Can they go outside permanently now...

Hi! I'm expecting ducklings & goslings in June and am looking at different options for heat lamps in my brooder. I've raised ducklings in the past, but usually received them earlier in the year around April. In the past I've used standard red incandescent heat lamps with the general metal dome...

Newbie here. We have had chickens for a year and are having our first eggs hatching very soon! We started hearing (one? several?) peeps this afternoon from our silky's clutch of five. My question is, if there is a decent chance one or more hatch tonight while we are asleep, should I leave a heat...