An infra red bulb is the more efficient than white as it doesn t stop the chicks from sleeping which white light does and can help prevent pecking.
Ceramic heat bulb for chickens.
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Many people use heat lamps successfully and without incident.
You must ensure that it is well secured and cannot fall and come into contact with combustible materials.
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If you have no other choice a simple light bulb will work effectively to heat the coop.
They do not provide light to your chicks just heat and so chicks are used to day and night from the start.
Timers need to be used here from mid august to mid april for maximum egg production in a hen s youth.
A bulb that is ceramic and emits heat.
It also needs to be out of the way for flying birds.
Byb ceramic heat emitter bulb is perfect for reptiles and amphibians chickens and peacocks heat doghouses water wells small spaces as an egg incubator brooder and even for personal use.
It screws in to a appropriately sized fixture just like a light bulb but it is far harder to break.
It s simple plug in lightweight mountable portable heat source.
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They give one major advantage over the regular red 250 watt bulb.
The least expensive alternative is a ceramic heat bulb available as a reptile heater bulb.
A 40w light bulb will put out enough heat to raise the temperature a few degrees for the birds.
But it does get extremely hot to the touch so be careful.
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They are primarily used for reptiles but can and do function just as well for chick brooders.
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