Please help me with recommendations for "heat lamps"

[Sanderguy777]

First of all, I planned to do an indoor brooder box and it's about 32x22" inside.

I wanted to do an Ohio brooder, but I planned on getting a couple 40w incandescent bulbs to help keep the chicks warm.

But I read an article here that said they shouldn't have all that, and should only have a heat emitter, not a light source. I'd also rather not have a fire hazard in my house.

So I bought a heat emitter for reptiles, but I looked it up and it gets well over 200⁰f.

What alternatives are there? I know the brooder plate, but those are expensive. And the heating pads are just going to get MESSY. Are there any options that are cheap? I talked with someone that said "just keep it simple", but I feel like the possible issues the chicks get from the constant light are really bad (especially the slowing of maturity in hens).

 

[nuthatched]

I use ceramic reptile bulbs or a red bulb. There's no use worrying about fire hazard if used properly.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0C2CLRDWZ?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

 

[Sanderguy777]

 

[Sanderguy777]

I use ceramic reptile bulbs or a red bulb. There's no use worrying about fire hazard if used properly.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0C2CLRDWZ?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

Can you expand on "properly"?

Would setting in a hole on a board like I just posted cause a fire? Would I need to suspend it from the clamp and tie off the cord to make sure it CANT fall in? (I mean clamp the cord with a zip tie or something, not with a c-clamp or something LOL)

 

[nuthatched]

Can you expand on "properly"?

Would setting in a hole on a board like I just posted cause a fire? Would I need to suspend it from the clamp and tie off the cord to make sure it CANT fall in? (I mean clamp the cord with a zip tie or something, not with a c-clamp or something LOL)

I wouldn't do a hole in a board but the heat bulb housing that feed store sell. The clamps are sturdy and if there's any question, wire is a good binder

 

[Debbie292d]

We use 150 watt in a UL approved holder. For that small of a brooder it may be okay size-wise if you put it in one corner, and the food/water in the other.

We have an Inkbird thermostat too which helps regulate.

 

[Sanderguy777]

I wouldn't do a hole in a board but the heat bulb housing that feed store sell. The clamps are sturdy and if there's any question, wire is a good binder

Thanks! That's what I was originally planning, but I liked the Ohio brooder so much, I wanted to do something like that.

 

[Sanderguy777]

We use 150 watt in a UL approved holder. For that small of a brooder it may be okay size-wise if you put it in one corner, and the food/water in the other.

We have an Inkbird thermostat too which helps regulate.View attachment 3767732

Oh, good idea with the thermostat!

I don't have electricity outside, so I have to have something that fits through doors and that I can move, otherwise I'd have them outside.

 

[nuthatched]

Thanks! That's what I was originally planning, but I liked the Ohio brooder so much, I wanted to do something like that.

I'll have to see what an Ohio broider is.
Edit: here's a guide
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...-and-a-collapsible-brooder-for-storage.75918/

 

[Sanderguy777]

I'll have to see what an Ohio broider is.
Edit: here's a guide
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...-and-a-collapsible-brooder-for-storage.75918/

https://www.plamondon.com/wp/build-200-chick-brooder-two-hours-20/

This is the guide I found. Essentially an inverted box with 2 lamps. The issue is it would have to be larger than I want for my setup, which is why I was thinking of the little corner box I have in my brooder now.

The issue is whether the emitter will be too hot to be within a few inches of the wood.