Heat/Light for the chicks

[Redpop]

Does anyone have any good suggestions for fixturing the light? My heat lamp just has a clamp and I was going to just clip it to the side of my brooder but I was worried it would fall in.

 

[Forrest_Flock]

I made a little set up with my brooder box between two chairs ,and propping a pole with one end on each chair. I will clamp the light onto that pole, so it doesn't have to touch the cardboard as that could result in something unpleasant

 

[ScottyHOMEy]

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There are two grades of reflector lamps of the type we use out there. One has a plastic base, fine to focus some extra light on a bench project or the like. Those made to withstand having the fixture itself (usually being at the top of the reflector used with a high-wattage heat bulb) exposed to lots of heat, will have a ceramic base. When new, a lot of them will have a stiff wire hook from which to hang the whole rig. If absent, you might look your lamp over and see if there aren't a couple of nothces (or recesses) on opposite sides of the ceramic, into which you can insert the ends of a length of stiff wire, shaped into a sort of peaked-roof shape, from which to hang your lamps. Far more secure than the clamps, which ain't what they used to be for size or tension.

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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I use a lightweight chain and either hang it from a screw in hook or throw the chain around whatever is overhead in the barn.

 

[erinangele]

I read somewhere that because the red light is softer it is easier for the chicks to sleep.

 

[Forrest_Flock]

I was wondering if chicks COULD sleep with white light

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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Chicks and chickens will sleep with the lights on, I see some of our hens napping during the day. We have some one-week old CX chicks here and with the heat wave I've been unplugging our white lamp during the day and they are only getting a little natural light in the barn. They've been spending most of the day laying around. After it cools down I turn on the light for the night and they spend most of the night frolicking around.

 

[Forrest_Flock]

sounds a bit like our lifestyle

nah, just kidding
Any indications to if they're getting enough sleep or not?

 

[Chicky Monkey]

I put my new chicks in a large metal horse trough and laid a baby mattress holder (the metal thing that holds the mattress) over it and put fabric over the part the mattress holder wouldn't cover. I just put the infrared light on top of it and it worked great and I didn't have to worry about it falling in with the chicks...it also kept the chicks in when they got big enough to fly!