heat lamp bulb exploded!!!

[therealestchicken]

i had the producers pride heat lamp and some reptile bulbs i bought on amazon, the bulb exploded on my baby chicks, i checked them all out they are okay i feel so bad! poor things, i moved them out of their box and cleaned it quickly but now i dont want it to happen again i switched to a reptile lamp instead of a chick lamp which has where i can control the temp, not to mention that bulb popped after only 2 days of having it on my poor babies, will this happen again? i have another one of the same bulbs

 

[TeresaW]

Oh no! That must have been so scary. I'll be purchasing some heat lamps soon. I just put some in my Amazon wishlist. They are the ones MyShire Farm recommended. I'm assuming he wouldn't get them if they tended to explode. It's these:

https://www.amazon.com/Westinghouse...show_all_btm?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews

 

[Huntmaster]

Did water drip or get splashed on bulb that would cause it to explode? It would only take a very small splash of water to do harm.

 

[therealestchicken]

Did water drip or get splashed on bulb that would cause it to explode? It would only take a very small splash of water to do harm.

no water was near the lamp

 

[Stravager]

An extreme temperature swing can also shatter bulbs, such as opening a very drafty door on a chilly day.

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

I have never had that happen before and neither have I seen much talk about the topic. I hope your chicks are okay! I agree with the replies above, water and temperature changes can cause the lamp to explode. It can also explode when the lamp's bulb is touching a wall. Make sure they are not touching anything.

 

[therealestchicken]

I have never had that happen before and neither have I seen much talk about the topic. I hope your chicks are okay! I agree with the replies above, water and temperature changes can cause the lamp to explode. It can also explode when the lamp's bulb is touching a wall. Make sure they are not touching anything.

we do have the brooder near a door but it was about a 100 degrees outside today, i dont know what caused it, that was the weirdest thing, thank god it didnt happen while i was sleeping! maybe its cause i had it running 24/7

 

[aart]

no water was near the lamp

How far away is the waterer?
One little drop flicked off a chicks beak could do it.

 

[Kiki]

we do have the brooder near a door but it was about a 100 degrees outside today, i dont know what caused it, that was the weirdest thing, thank god it didnt happen while i was sleeping! maybe its cause i had it running 24/7

If it's a 100 degrees outside you don't need any type of added heat on the chicks.

 

[therealestchicken]

If it's a 100 degrees outside you don't need any type of added heat on the chicks.

we have our chicks inside our house which is about 76-78 degrees i meant when the door opened the sudden heat came inside but i dont think that caused it