Hours of light

[carladababe]

I guess I'm just not getting it, even with the earlier help from another post. How many hours of light do I give my chicks? I have read 24/7 light/heat lamp on for the first 48 hours to the first 7 days, then start turning the light off for 1/2 hour to 1 hour, keeping a nite light on. Do I taper down the number of light hours until reaching a goal, like 14 hours on, 10 hours off? Can anyone help me with a schedule? Much appreciated, I pick up my chicks Thursday and I'm starting to get a good case of the nerves.

 

[the Precious Ladies]

When I raised my chicks last year, I just left the heating lamp the whole time- the heating light was red and they all did fine

 

[taprock]

I have never heard how much light only the temperatures needed. Ours had light 24/7 until the room temps where warm enough... In June that was quicker than this time of year. We did not use the red brooder light... It was too warm in the small container we had.