*resolved* Thanks everyone!

[EweSheep]

Or order thru hatchery for some started pullets!

 

[CupOJoe42]

If you "like" Brinsea on their FB page, you get a code for 10% off. With shipping, the Ecoglow will only cost you $69.99 and from the calculations that I've seen, it pays for itself in the electricity that you will be saving.

 

[Shikens!]

Quote:
Yeah, I always do the research on my projects. He just goes with the flow. So, I hadn't even mentioned the heat lamp until it was time to buy one. No, I dont think he really cares about chickens. The chickens are for me. The ecoglow is over 70 dollars. That is a lot of money to some people...

 

[AZSummer]

These bulbs are designed to be on for extended lengths of time. I've had mine on for a week straight right now with no issues. Before that, it was on nights for the bigger girls for a week and on a couple of weeks straight before that. Same bulb. No issues.

If he's worried about one bulb being on for any length of time, what about getting 2 heat lamps and swapping them out every 8-12 hours? Then it isn't the same bulb/lamp on the whole time.

 

[Eggcessive]

I was worried about a lightbulb too. I set up my brooder first and figured out how to hang a light over it safely and practiced while I was there to watch things. I ended up with the 250 watt red bulb and the standard farm store or walmart clip-on metal light with ceramic base, although I fould that a red 85 watt floodlight puts out enough heat when they are a week old. Get a thermometer and measure the heat on the bottom of your brooder--90-95 degrees the first week. I was paranoid so I have used C-clamps to go on the clips to make sure they won't come off, or you can use the hanger on the lamp to hang it from above. The big thing is is to be very cautious and make sure it is safe. Red bulbs are better because the chicks can sleep with them on and are less likely to peck each other.

 

[Ms.Frizzle]

Shikens! :

I have already tried talking sense into him. His response is still NO HEAT LAMPS. He says that leaving ANY light on 24 hours for weeks on end WILL start a fire, PERIOD. I tried showing him pics, I even showed him this forum. He still says no. It does not matter what type of bulbs the answer is no...

He also says the ecglow is too expensive. I dont know what to do!

Aka, he just doesn't want chickens. If no is no, make him pay the safety deposit, and try to find adult/adolesent chickens. Maybe an electric heater would work, but idk if I would try that, my understanding is that they are more fire prone. I know we don't leave ours on unatended.​

 

[CupOJoe42]

The number one cause of divorce is MARRIAGE.

The Ecoglow is a lot cheaper than separate beds.

 

[FireTigeris]

...

Inside the house?

I remeoved heat after my chicks were dry and keep them in a room w/o drafts at a stable 75*F, there were only 8 I lost none of them...

I moved them outside in March (in FL) at 4 weeks old w/o additional heat-

I only worried about them the one night it got 50*F...

they did fine...

 

[GiddyMoon]

Shikens! :

Quote:
Yeah, I always do the research on my projects. He just goes with the flow. So, I hadn't even mentioned the heat lamp until it was time to buy one. No, I dont think he really cares about chickens. The chickens are for me. The ecoglow is over 70 dollars. That is a lot of money to some people...

Building a coop, run and ordering chicks is a lot of money to some people. Point being, if he doesn't want to use a safe light, the ecoglow isn't going to cost anymore than running the light for a couple of months.

I am sorry, I had a testy first marriage of ten years..I am highly sensitive to this stuff. If he is willing to build all he has done, $70 is not a lot for his own piece of mind.​

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

I always use 100 watt bulbs- as many as are needed to get the correct temperature under the lights.

I buy brooder lamps from Home Depot for $12 (ceramic socket ONLY as they last much longer and are safer). They also have them at the feed store for $20.

I hang them at least TWO ways not including the clamp with metal wire. An earthquake would not bring them down.

I carefully check the temperature under the lamps (I have used up to three in the garage, in the coldest part of winter).

Inside the house, one lamp is usually sufficient. Make sure they are around 18 inches above the chicks.

The heat lamp bulbs are dangerous. I had one explode for me once, outside under a tarp in the rain.