What Light Bulb Do You Need For The Brooder?

[ManuelsChickens]

I think you are overanalyzing some of this. You won't know all the answers until you get some experience with your particular chicks and setup. You know they will need certain things such as a box, food, water and a light. Some chicks will tolerate cooler temps. Some won't. See what they do. If they look really tired or weak feed sugar water. If they don't, you probably dont need to.
It's great that you are researching everything before hand but leave a little room for the process of learning as you go!

Oh Okay, I Actually Have All That Ready I Just Need To Wait Till Tuesday To Warm The Water At The Temperature That The Brooder Is.

 

[ManuelsChickens]

It is a learning curve with chicks. I am still learning what I have to run my incubator at for a good hatch. I have pretty good luck with them if I can get them through the first 24hours after hatch. Just relax they really are very hearty animals and can stand alot of newbie mistakes.Some just dont hatch well and you may loose a couple out of no fault of your own. Keep updating us.!!!

Okay I Will.

I Hope None Of Them Die! Cause I Really Have Been Wanting To Have Silkies!
Also Best Of Luck With Your Incubator. Hope You Have A Great Hatch!
I Gave Up On My Incubator Cause It Was Really Hard So I Got Stressed Out And Stopped With Trying To Hatch Chicks On My Own. It Was Really Hard For Me To Keep The Humidity And Temperature Ar Were It Was Supposed To Be At.

 

[ManuelsChickens]

I just wanted to add that in my experience, a chick light won't add as much at as $1 per day, that is how much it takes to keep my hot tub heated to 97 degrees each day.  But of course everyone's circumstances are different. 

Oh Okay.

Thanks For The Great News!

 

[joedur23]

HELP!!!! One of my chicks seems like it has pulled its leg out of sockett while hatching!!!!! What can I do to help it???????

 

[3DPhamily]

Is there a rule of thumb for brooder lights? We have a 4 ft by 4 ft 18 inch deep brooder set up. It will house our 6 chicks plus fostering 3 chicks for a friend. The brooder will be in the basement (heated by the boiler) with an average temp of about 68 degrees... We are just curious if there is a good wattage starting point based on brooder size, and do we need more than one lamp for a border that size? Or perhaps it is all trial and error lol.

 

[lazy gardener]

You will need to play with your wattage. The biggest issue is this: with a brooder this small, it will be difficult to give the chicks a cool end of the brooder. It's extremely important that the chicks have a cool space in their brooder. You DON'T want or need to have the whole brooder warm. So, use a bulb as low in wattage as possible to give them a place to warm up while keeping the rest of the brooder cool.

 

[3DPhamily]

The biggest issue is this: with a brooder this small,

Is 16 sqft too small for 6 - 9 chicks?

 

[lazy gardener]

It will be ok for them for a while, maybe until you take them outside. If you can get it so the temp is a nice cuddle temp under the light, while the opposite end of the box is 15 - 20 degrees colder, it should be ok. be sure to cover it, b/c they are quite the escape artists.