Alert: deadly unmarked bulbs

[flowergirl60]

Oh I am so very sorry for your devastating loss.

 

[felidaet]

I just came across this thread. Thanks for posting. I always buy a new heat lamp before I get chicks. I bought one last weekend at a very reputable feed store. Sure enough it turns out to be a bad one. I am glad I don't have the brooder setup yet. I will call the feed store in the morning and ask to talk to the manager. I hope he will listen. Luckily I have plenty of time to buy another bulb before I get my chicks (Apr 6).

 

[Desirai]

that is so horrible.... I hope you complain to the company. they need to have a warning that it is toxic to birds (although probably humans too, but they won't put that on there)

 

[Princess Guinea]

Please and Thank You. Your support is helping us. Thank you all. Please if you can distribute this information to your feed stores and clubs. That would go so far in this "chick-days" time of year! The links to informative articles appear in my first post on this thread. I have been updating it often!

 

[TonySorrento]

I have re-read thru this thread and I still have not seen how to tell if it is a bad bulb????

 

ANY bulb that is shatterproof?

 

My bulbs say explosion proof ... Job Smart red heat bulbs .. they are red then silver dissolving into clear glass

 

I bought mine at TSC also ... 

 

[Princess Guinea]

You are right. How do you tell. I can't recommend the right bulb. What you are looking for as dangerous to your birds is a coating. So look at your bulb, scratch the outside, if it comes off be suspicious

 

[TonySorrento]

You are right. How do you tell. I can't recommend the right bulb. What you are looking for as dangerous to your birds is a coating. So look at your bulb, scratch the outside, if it comes off be suspicious

You can see the red and the shiny silver ... it appears that they are colored INSIDE the bulb ... I took a knife to the outside and it wont scratch ...

 

[Princess Guinea]

Below is a picture of the offending bulb. After the failure the coating is obvious . Don't get hung up on the brand. We have been told by a distributor that they send bulbs from many manufacturers out to sub-contractors for coating. The danger key is the coating.

This bulb had a coating on the bulb. Other bulbs may only have the base with coating and some have coating only on the glass of the bulb. When they failed the coating separates from the bulb. The only way to inspect your current bulbs is to remove them and check if they have a coating. Even if it has not yet failed - it may - remove them. Remember it is not one bulb manufacturer: It is many and many are not marked as having a coating..

The image of my chicens huddled together and their caring way makes us committed to getting the word out - please pass this thread along - Princess Guinea





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[Cebarmlds]

Princess Guinea your story breaks my heart, bless you for warning others.