Brooder heat source?

[Another chicken lover]

Does anyone have a recommendation for a good heat lamp with temperature control? It looked like I am going to have to build a brooder that will comfortably hold 15 to 18 chicks. Nothing on Amazon that is big enough gets decent reviews and for the price, I’m thinking I could build my own. What I’m running into, is not finding a heat source that has a probe and temperature control adjustment. My chicks are due to hatch in 7-8 days.
Thanks in advance.

 

[nuthatched]

Most people just raise and lower the lamp.
Or you could get a pet heating pad without auto off, just make a cave for them.

 

[Another chicken lover]

Yes, I have used the lamp over large bins with every batch of 2 or 3 day old chicks I have purchased.

But for chicks I am incubating, I was wanting a fully enclosed and heated brooder.

I am a retired union carpenter. I built my coop and run so I have the skills to build a brooder. I just can’t find the heater I want

 

[Ridgerunner]

I think you are looking at it wrong. The entire brooder does not need to be one perfect temperature. You need one spot that is warm enough in the coldest of temperatures and another spot that is cool enough in the warmest temperatures. Whether you are brooding indoors in a climate controlled area or outside subject to temperature swings, keep it simple. My chicks spend a lot of time in the cooler parts of the brooder but go back to the warm spot when they need to warm up. They can handle that.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Does anyone have a recommendation for a good heat lamp with temperature control? It looked like I am going to have to build a brooder that will comfortably hold 15 to 18 chicks. Nothing on Amazon that is big enough gets decent reviews and for the price, I’m thinking I could build my own. What I’m running into, is not finding a heat source that has a probe and temperature control adjustment. My chicks are due to hatch in 7-8 days.
Thanks in advance.

You'll have to check out the different models but maybe an Inkbird thermostat.
Plug your regular light into the outlet and it gets its readings from the probe.

 

[Another chicken lover]

Thank you!!

 

[MsDoris]

Does anyone have a recommendation for a good heat lamp with temperature control? It looked like I am going to have to build a brooder that will comfortably hold 15 to 18 chicks. Nothing on Amazon that is big enough gets decent reviews and for the price, I’m thinking I could build my own. What I’m running into, is not finding a heat source that has a probe and temperature control adjustment. My chicks are due to hatch in 7-8 days.
Thanks in advance.

I use the top of the incubator from farm innovators that I dont use anymore just putting on top of plastic tub and keeps nice and toasty...can titrate down in temp every week..see pic..

 

[NNYchick]

I purchased a sweeter heater a couple years ago and I love them so easy to clean, different sizes to accommodate your needs, I can see under them, really easy to move up as the chicks get older. I have used them in my coop brooder too, originally that why I bought my first one because the mama heating pad would get filthy when used in the coop. They aren’t real cheap but it’s an investment and good quality.