Heat lamp

[MallardDuckling]

I cannot find a bulb for my future ducklings ANYWHERE that's 100 watts or less! I've check with the few TSC stores that are near me, they only carry 250 watt bulbs.

I remembered I have reptile bulbs for heat.

They're called Exo Terra Heat Glo Spot Lamp. I've had may reptiles over the years and I went out and bought all available wattage they had for this bulb, 50 watt, 75 watt, 100 watt, 150 watt.

Here's the description I got off a website about the bulbs. Luckily, I'm very organized and all my sites that I find something I need/want off I save to faves in a folder. I was able to find this in my reptile folder.


It emits infrared heat waves and is a typical heat lamp.
Spot lamp has built in reflector to direct the heat in any direction required.
Will not disrupy normal activity day or night.

WouldI be able to use this for ducklings without causing harm, being too hot etc.
If not, does anyone know any stores I can get bulbs from for ducklings? I may be getting ducklings tonight, so I'm scrambling to find a bulb quick so I won't have to use the 250 watt I have.

The link is below.

http://www.tortoisesupply.com/ExoTerraHeatGlo

 

[jessiduck]

Homedepot has heat bulbs that range from 250 on down!
That's where I got mine

 

[MallardDuckling]

Really?! I never knew that. I'll check it out! Thanks!

 

[Lute]

I don't even use heat bulbs. The regular incandescent lightbulbs give off TONS of heat. I'm currently using a 100 Watt bulb right now and they're plenty warm*.





*I have 4 day old Pekin ducklings which need less heat and my week old EEs have trouble with temps over 80 degrees. Current brooder box temperature is 75 degrees.

 

[mandelyn]

I use "old" style incandescent bulbs, 100w first couple of weeks, on down to 60w. They're getting hard to find though with this switch over to energy saving type (means little heat is put off).

Was wondering if reptile heating might be a good option in the future. I won't use anything over 150w, way too hot unless they're out in a barn in March.

Those 250w heat lamps aren't meant for small broods in the house, they're for a larger space in a potentially colder area, to cover a larger number of chicks. Like 100 chicks in a stall or something. Not 4 of them in a plastic tote.

Now the reptile stuff, they're designed for small spaces without cooking the critter, so something like that should work.

 

[MallardDuckling]

I use "old" style incandescent bulbs, 100w first couple of weeks, on down to 60w. They're getting hard to find though with this switch over to energy saving type (means little heat is put off).

Was wondering if reptile heating might be a good option in the future. I won't use anything over 150w, way too hot unless they're out in a barn in March.

Those 250w heat lamps aren't meant for small broods in the house, they're for a larger space in a potentially colder area, to cover a larger number of chicks. Like 100 chicks in a stall or something. Not 4 of them in a plastic tote.

Now the reptile stuff, they're designed for small spaces without cooking the critter, so something like that should work.

I agree. They are getting harder and harder to find.
I also agree with the 250w lamps being used for a larger number of chicks in a big space. For what I need, I would have cooked duckies!

 

[ducksinarow]

I use a regular incandescent and spray paint it red. Red is suppose to keep them calm.

 

[Oregon Blues]

You can buy spotlight bulbs at the big box stores. Usually 60 watts. Sometimes you can find 100 and 150. I use the outdoor spots because they won't break if they get splashed.

I buy blue for ducklings, red for chicks. I'll also buy green if I find them in the after-Christmas sales for a good price.

 

[MallardDuckling]

I was able to find at the Lowes nearest me "Mood-lites" they're a 90w indoor/outdoor Halogen flood lamp. They come in quite a few different colors. I found, yellow, green, blue, red and my personal favorite hot pink.

Is there a particular color I should? Or does it not matter?

 

[mandelyn]

Do the halogen bulbs put off heat? I know the flood lights put off heat unless they're energy savers.