Heat lamp question

[Larry in Hawaii]

Our new girls are 2 weeks old today and for the most part they like being under the 100 watt bulb above there cage...from time to time they will lay away from the heat. My question is how long to leave the heat on...yea I know, it's a loaded question.

We live in Hawaii and in this part of the Island it's warm...day time 75-90 and at night into the low 60's so we are warmer than most of the Country. I read that some people put their chicks outside with temps in the 40's. So how long is long enough for them to need the heat lamp?

Thanks for the help,
Larry

 

[curious chickee]

I stopped using it during the day at three weeks and night at four weeks. Our days are about 80 and nights about 50. Make sure your spot is draft free.

 

[curious chickee]

They are getting too hot, under heat lamp mine was getting about 100 degrees with a 75 watt lamp which is I used it only at night and for such a short time

 

[tsmith91]

I kept mine in a spare bathroom with room temperature at 75 they seemed comfortable with that so I never really used a heat source and they did great you could try cutting it off and see how they do

 

[Larry in Hawaii]

We have the girls inside in a large cage (pen) I built that is placed inside a large room where we keep 16 cats (we have a dog and cat rescue as well) with a 100 watt bulb hanging over the top and we keep watching and so far they are not getting hot...there is room for them to get away from the heat when needed. And by the way, there is a wall between the chicks and the cats...a screen door where the cats can watch everything going on.