Heat Lamp Explosion

[bdfive]

I'll look at the bulbs on McMurray. Do they have decent life? Thanks for posting again on this subject. It's an important one. By the way, the Java male is coming up on 2 years old now and is a beauty but wild as all get out. I do believe he's accident prone with all the mishaps.

 

[bdfive]

I know this is an old post, but wanted to be sure to post a warning here about 'shatter-proof' bulbs. They are coated in PTFE, which is Teflon, and very toxic to birds. Many manufacturers, but not all, now have warnings not to use for poultry. Some say 'plastic coated'. Just had someone in my 4H poultry club go through 2 sets of 7 poults before figuring out it was the new heat bulb.

Google it and you will see that word is getting out to poultry growers not to use these new shatter-proof bulbs.

Murray McMurray has a great article about this and they sell a 'splatter proof' bulb that is coated in pyrex glass so that it will not explode when a hot bulb contacts water. Totally different than the 'shatter proof' ones.

I went to McMurray website and can't find the splatter proof bulb???? Looked through products and did search. Can you help?

 

[threewildboys]

I went to purchase also, but apparently they no longer carry them. Was told by someone else to go there. The only splatterproof ones I was able to find were also SHATTERPROOF (teflon coated). Ugh. Anyways, look for some thing that says pyrex glass, but not plastic or PTFE coated. Good luck. I have a peacock and hen that I'm hoping will breed this year! I'm not nearly prepared, though.