Dec 20, 2016 · . Kick the Heat Lamp: Better, Safer, and Healthier Options to Heat Your Brooder! When setting up a brooder, one of the biggest essentials for the chicks is a heat source. …

Jul 1, 2020 · The 125w heat lamp bulb is hotter in the front (where light beam is) than the 100w bulb, but the 100w bulb is hotter on the sides being basically the same temp all the way …

Apr 15, 2011 · The 100 watt bulbs didn't put out enough heat for me, and too much light which was irritating to the chicks. The heat lamps worked well, and used it from last summer (we had …

Jan 3, 2010 · An infrared lamp should be aimed at the floor, the floor absorbs the light, changes it into heat, which rises upward to heat the room. If the rays shine directly on an animal, they …

Nov 20, 2010 · The red bulbs are usually 250w and the white are 100w. The red ones will get a lot hotter. It doesnt' matter which one you use but the red one you can't hang to low because it …

Mar 13, 2016 · Hello everyone! I have a question about heat lamp bulbs. Right now I am using a 250 watt infrared heat bulb, and while they were inside the plastic tote, it seemed to work fine, …

May 25, 2010 · I have put heat lamp bulbs through several batches of chicks and havn't had one go out yet! Instead I end up breaking it.

Mar 11, 2010 · I got a metal heat lamp holder from a friend but she only had a 50W bulb with it (they used it for reptiles). So it is not nearly hot enough, it hardly heated the brooder a couple …

Mar 8, 2012 · Heat lamp as in Clamp Lamp? I never use Red Heat Bulbs, they cause eye damage to most reptiles. I use regular house light bulbs for chicks and my reptiles.

Mar 12, 2009 · Just so people don't get confused, the red heat bulbs also provide infrared wavelength light. They are an infrared bulb that is made in a way that they produce some …