Official BYC Poll: What Heat Lamp Setup Do You Use?

[swampfox440]

I use regular light bulbs with aluminum shield and 1/4 " hardware cloth over it to protect the bulb . Adjust the wattage and distance to control the heat that is being emitted .

 

[Sonya9]

I use a mama hen heating pad with a ceramic heat emitter for supplemental heat. I want it to be as natural for them as possible and a red heat lamp creates too much night time light.

 

[El Paso Linda]

In conditions where the temperature reaches extreme lows, many chicken owners decide to provide supplemental heat - with heat lamps being one of them. Heat lamps are a good way to warm up small birds or injured birds. Young chicks and bantams may need them in extremely cold environments. For some, heat lamps are successful because they heat up objects and not the air. Although many are worried about fire hazards with heat lamps, if the heat lamp is set at the correct height and kept dust-free, there is minimal risk.

In this poll we would like to find out: What Heat Lamp Setup Do You Use?

Feel free to choose multiple answers and please elaborate in the comment section if you choose "Other".

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Further Reading:

• A Detailed Look At The Question of Supplemental Heat
• Kick the Heat Lamp: Better, Safer, and Healthier Options to Heat Your Brooder!

(Check out more exciting Official BYC Polls HERE!)

I use a ceramic heat lamp which is anchored on the ceiling of the coop that us about 3 feet high. I also use a large heat pad on the floor for my 5 Silkies. I use it during the winter months. For my chicks, I keep them in a heated out bldg kept at about 70 degrees with a ceramic heat lamp located over their heads at about 18" along with a reptile heat pad located under the cage.
I must say, I baby my chickens, quail and game birds with heat lamps and pads in the winter and shade in the summer along with an air conditioner in my out bldg during the summer for the babies.

 

[joydix]

In conditions where the temperature reaches extreme lows, many chicken owners decide to provide supplemental heat - with heat lamps being one of them. Heat lamps are a good way to warm up small birds or injured birds. Young chicks and bantams may need them in extremely cold environments. For some, heat lamps are successful because they heat up objects and not the air. Although many are worried about fire hazards with heat lamps, if the heat lamp is set at the correct height and kept dust-free, there is minimal risk.

In this poll we would like to find out: What Heat Lamp Setup Do You Use?

Feel free to choose multiple answers and please elaborate in the comment section if you choose "Other".

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Further Reading:

• A Detailed Look At The Question of Supplemental Heat
• Kick the Heat Lamp: Better, Safer, and Healthier Options to Heat Your Brooder!

(Check out more exciting Official BYC Polls HERE!)

i use the heat plates for chicks. our temps here do not require heat in coops. i love the heat plates because there is no concern re: fire, the chicks go to bed as dusk and wake up with sun, more natural. They feather out pretty fast as they are not in heat all the time. like mother nature they go in and out of heat plate so they feel the real temp and they go under to get warm. a bonus if you are keeping them inside is that they dont make noise at night because they are sleeping. i get mine from premier one supplies.

 

[breege]

I use brooder plates, but I do have a heat lamp, red bulb, to use in emergencies.

I do as well - Love them! I keep the little ones inside the house for the 1st 2 weeks & they sleep at night w/the plates

 

[Teenadie]

I use a MHP that I made most of the time, but if I do use a heat lamp for something I just use the ones that the local TSC carries.
They are Producers Pride red 250 watt heat bulbs.

What is an MPH?

 

[MGG]

What is an MPH?

An MHP is a Mama Heating Pad. It's where you turn a heating pad into a heat source for artificially brooded chicks.

 

[The Sheperds Wife]

We use a plate brooder where they can get underneath like they would if they were with their mothers.

 

[Champchick]

in conditions where the temperature reaches extreme lows, many chicken owners decide to provide supplemental heat - with heat lamps being one of them. Heat lamps are a good way to warm up small birds or injured birds. Young chicks and bantams may need them in extremely cold environments. For some, heat lamps are successful because they heat up objects and not the air. Although many are worried about fire hazards with heat lamps, if the heat lamp is set at the correct height and kept dust-free, there is minimal risk.

In this poll we would like to find out: What Heat Lamp Setup Do You Use?

Feel free to choose multiple answers and please elaborate in the comment section if you choose "Other".

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Further Reading:

• A Detailed Look At The Question of Supplemental Heat
• Kick the Heat Lamp: Better, Safer, and Healthier Options to Heat Your Brooder!

(Check out more exciting Official BYC Polls HERE!)

I love my cozy coop heater. No lights. And they snuggle up to it like it was a mama. No worries about fire. It hot to -40 for a few days this past winter and i set it up for the chickens and will never go back to a heat lamp now.

 

[Carymcmillin]

I raise meat chickens in Michigan. The weather can be 70 during the day and 30 at night. I use 250 watt red heat lamps and have a wireless thermostat that keeps the heat at a constant. I can adjust the heat during the entire growth cycle.
I have the lights on adjustable chains so that they can be raised as lowered also.
It must work cause the chickens are doing well!