Hover Brooder Questions

[jaj121159]

What size bulbs is best for a hover brooder? Should I use red bulbs? Do chicks get burned?

 

[Paul Ewing]

I plan to make one this year and will vary the bulbs by the outside temp. I will be putting two in a 4x4 hover for backup more than anything. In temps like now (10-20s F) I would use 250W ones. Moving into later I would replace them with regular 100W bulbs. I buy red lights in the 250W because they are readily available, but I haven't seem them in 100W so I go with regular ones. I haven't noticed any problems using the regualr white bulbs.

 

[Firefighter Chick]

tell me if i'm wrong, but i think the color red is due to the visual spectrum of chickens. I have enough room in my brooder for the chicks to get out of direct brooder light if needed