Alert: deadly unmarked bulbs

[mstricer]

Okay I have 4 different boxes of lamps I use for heating my brooders. One is a 100 watt flood light and the other 3 are brooder bulbs. NONE of them say Teflon on it or anything remotely, telling me that. So how do you find out? I would guess I'm would be fine since my chicks were in a plastic tote with the lamp on top of it. I think what killed OP's birds was a shatter-proof covering, which is unsafe for birds, here is an article.
http://blog.mcmurrayhatchery.com/20...nt-bulbs-a-potential-danger-to-your-chickens/

 

[duckinnut]

I googled heat lamp teflon coated and it came right up. Trying to post a picture of one but having no luck. My name is Bill just not Gates. Tried to post the link just struggling here tonight. The ones I think that they are referring to are used in the food industry over like a buffet table. The teflon backing is used to channel the heat down because of the sockets they use versus the big heat lamp shade that we are accustomed too.

Like I posted in another post, the coating is very visible. its on the lower part of the bulb towards the screw end. If you go to www.webstaurantstore.com and search for teflon coated heat lamps it comes right up and sure they were the problem

if you quote your post it shows up same with mine.

So does it have Teflon ?

Okay I have 4 different boxes of lamps I use for heating my brooders. One is a 100 watt flood light and the other 3 are brooder bulbs. NONE of them say Teflon on it or anything remotely, telling me that. So how do you find out? I would guess I'm would be fine since my chicks were in a plastic tote with the lamp on top of it. I think what killed OP's birds was a shatter-proof covering, which is unsafe for birds, here is an article.
http://blog.mcmurrayhatchery.com/20...nt-bulbs-a-potential-danger-to-your-chickens/

 

[3GChicks]

I am so sorry for your loss. What type of bulbs was it that was in there?

 

[mstricer]

Like I posted in another post, the coating is very visible. its on the lower part of the bulb towards the screw end. If you go to www.webstaurantstore.com and search for teflon coated heat lamps it comes right up and sure they were the problem

No it covers the bulb.

 

[duckinnut]

No it covers the bulb.

What does? The teflon on the bulbs are on the lower part of it. Not on the crown but on the neck portion headed down to the screw

 

[mstricer]

I think that everyone is getting confused by what the OP's article said and what she called the bulb.
She said the bulb was called Covershield, which is a brand name, in the same post she posted an article on Teflon poisoning. I do believe I posted another article that sounds exactly what she is talking about and it came from McMurray Hatchery (http://blog.mcmurrayhatchery.com/20...nt-bulbs-a-potential-danger-to-your-chickens/) Here it is in case I didn't. (If you read the entire article it could be talking about her, except it was written in 2011)
Covershield it is a covering that goes over the bulb and can get really hot, enough to send out gases.

 

[Princess Guinea]

Thank you all. The last link to mcmurray hatchery is right on. However, in our research we have now found that often the bulbs are not marked. the culprit bulb was shatter proof and in the future we will avoid those like the plague!

We thought that shatterproof was safer for all the reasons you can imagine.

The one most striking and terribly heartbreaking observation I have made throughout this ordeal is the behavior that each bird sought out it's favorite flock mate or offspring and died next to that bird. This is overwhelming. It is also confirming that within this flock there was true affection and caregiving that extended over years.

 

[mstricer]

I'm so glad you came back to confirm. Was you box clearly marked "shatter proof"? That will help a lot for those to know what not to buy.
I too believe that birds have a strong connection to each other. I also witnessed this when I sold a lot of my older flock, just a one of my girls went broody, her sister was devastated looking for the others that she free ranged with, it was sad. But not as sad as your story.
Michele

 

[Princess Guinea]

The box was marked shatterproof but no where was it marked Teflon either on bulb or on box.

Again thank you all. A happy post script, one of the Orpington girls had disappeared late last Summer. Then in September she showed up with seven chicks. Six of these late babies refused to stay in the coop. They instead bunked with our three llamas! They were not in the coop on that fatal night. They had burrowed into the hay and survived. We have one rooster and five hens left. They are renegades for sure but it's a start.

 

[Sphinx]

I am so sorry for your loss. How devastating.

I'm glad you posted about it. I will definitely be much more aware when making bulb purchases in the future.

We get very cold nights here, and sometimes my chickens NEED some supplemental heat.