How to make a heat lamp stand?

[ok1242]

I have a large box that I plan to use as a brooder for about 30 newly hatched chicks. I have a heat lamp, red, 250 watt, with a hanger. How can I make a stand to suspend the lamp over the box?

 

[horsejody]

I use an old metal saddle rack. It straddles the brooder and I hang the light from the part the saddle sits on. I suppose a saw horse would work just as well.

 

[JaciesCoop]

I use an old camera tripod. That way I can move it up and down to regulate the heat.

Brooder is empty right now. Babies are due March 28th.

Jacie

 

[horsejody]

I change the temp with my saddle rack/saw horse method by putting old encyclopedias under the legs to raise it.

 

[SeaChick]

I hung a piece of rope from a hook on the ceiling and clamped the lamp to the rope.

 

[willheveland]

I use a chain with an 'S' hook and hang it from the ceiling like some of the other posts.As you need a lower temp you just go up a few links at a time.For you that sawhorse idea sounds good.
Will

 

[ChickenWing]

I put a dog chain, like the ones for small dogs ($3 at the petstore), on the lamp and hang it from a nail. Either from a sawhorse, or a joist if its in the basement. Then you just move it up/down a link of the chain to adjust the temp.

 

[Buff Hooligans]

I used a camera tripod too. Worked perfectly, and raised and lowered easily.