Alternatively a lamp like this gives off no light at all.
Chicken brooder heat lamp.
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No fussy machinations required to hang the heat source making brooder location more flexible.
A heat lamp suspended above the brooder is what many people use.
When shopping for heating options the one product that is consistently sold everywhere for chicks is the metal clamp lamp with 250 watt heat bulb.
Young chicks are unable to maintain their body temperature and so must be kept warm in some way.
When setting up a brooder one of the biggest essentials for the chicks is a heat source.
It s inexpensive and it works to some extent.
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.
250 watts with a heat lamp no risk of pasty butt from overheating.