I got my brooder set up about an hour ago and turned on the light and have a thermometer under where the light is shining down. I have a 75 watt infrared heat lamp bulb directly on top of my brooder top (made of pine and hardware cloth)...It seems I can only get it as warm as 88 degrees after the first hour...will it warm up more as its on, or is that as warm as it's going to get? Should I get a higher watt bulb (this one was $10, I hate to spend the money on another bulb)?
In this pic I have the light a little higher, but now it's resting on the hardware cloth...
In this pic I have the light a little higher, but now it's resting on the hardware cloth...
give it a little more time to heat up properly. Is it really cold in the room it's set up in? That might be causing a delay in heating up as well. I wouldn't make anymore adjustments for a couple hours though.
