just got heat lamp, its too hot? chiks are lying face down, thats a bad sign?, vid in abit

[juangotachicken]

I duno how to make higher

the heat lamp curently balanced on top of two boxes

my dad this stuff

u can see in the pics here

I have to hang it from wall?


the brrooder is still in same room as fire place

theres no thermomter here, but I guess I can look for

thers pharamcery here, but 80 dolars for one

maybe next suburb, the other suburb too far awy 2 hours drive

was thinking just turn it off, they were ok last few days maybe

I duno

maybe there alright now, they aint dying, there just sleeping? I duno

 

[Chicalina]

Just try and get it balanced in the right place where they don't huddle under it and chirp with cold or lie down as far away as they can get while panting and wing spreading. They should have a good mix of sleep and activity and not excessive chirping. If you can't adjust the height, then get a lower watt bulb, or plug it in with a dimmer switch.

Alternatively, a lot of people recommend a heat pad over a wire frame, or a ceramic dull emitter reptile lamp which doesn't bathe them in bright light 24 hrs a day.

 

[Chicalina]

a pharmacy will sell a basic human medical thermometer for just a few dollars

 

[Chicalina]

if you cannot afford new stuff, search the house light fittings for light bulbs that are 40 or 60 watt and swap them with the one in the brooder. Not LED or longlife bulbs though

 

[The Happster]

What is your brooder made of?
If you can, get a few cardboard boxes, cut some sides out and tape them together to make a bigger brooder.
They need to be able to get as far away from the heat lamp as they like.

Don't turn the heat lamp off completely for too long. Those chicks look under a week old and they can chill quickly.

 

[Birdsong 82]

Local feed and hardware stores have good cheap dial thermometer or even dollar store. If anything like that is near. I try to get a couple non digital and throw 2 in there. Batteries wont die cause no batteries

 

[Chicalina]

your setup looks a bit dodgy with that lamp balanced there like that. If it falls in, the whole thing will go up in flames, along with your house. Make sure it is really secure and can't be knocked off.

 

[Birdsong 82]

Is there and area with a shelf in the house? I've clamped my light to a low shelf once and moved the brooder under it when the lamp needed to be raised at least till I found another way

 

[juangotachicken]

this is the lamp

https://www.discountlight.com/be_fr/philips-par38-ir-100w-e27-230v-clear


I lifted up lift using extra box, I duno if sstirdy

I held the chiks, they r hot

here is pic, look dead

 

[juangotachicken]

heres pic, its higher now, need to be more higher?