People heat lamp

[sloallie10]

Could you use a people heat lamp for rasing baby chicks???? (like the ones at costco?)

 

[AngelzFyre]

Yes,
The bulbs are the same kind, just may be a different fixture.
Most of the poultry heat lamps have guards on them in the front to prevent them touching anything and usually have a clip to clip them onto something above the brooder or in a coop.

 

[SoccerMomof7]

Okay I am confused, what is a people heat lamp?

 

[ranchhand]

You can use them, but be sure to keep a thermometer in there, too. Also, make sure it's a HEAT lamp, amd not a SUN lamp!

 

[SoccerMomof7]

I want a sun lamp. I am so white!!!

 

[Mahonri]

Some of the "people lamps" use bulbs that get no warmer than 75 degrees... and that's too cold for chicks. use a thermometer and get the right bulb... you don't want to cook chicks and you don't want them dying from the cold.

 

[ranchhand]

Quote:
Ah, be glad you don't hang out in the sun too much! It really ages the skin. I grew up sailing, and I am paying for it now with all sorts of interesting wrinkles!

But, no regrets! Just please, enjoy yourself as you are!

 

[SoccerMomof7]

Well most people would consider me albino (I am sure it is misspelled), I have never had a tan and when it is garden season I keep Banana Boat in business!