Use either heat lamps or reflector floodlamps.
Ceramic brooder bulb.
They are primarily used for reptiles but can and do function just as well for chick brooders.
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Use lower wattage bulbs when possible.
They give one major advantage over the regular red 250 watt bulb.
Heat lamps are preferable because of their longer life.
They do not provide light to your chicks just heat and so chicks are used to day and.
250 watt bulbs are the most likely to scorch the lid of the brooder and cause premature socket failure.
Ceramic heat emitter bulbs are just what they sound like.
200 chicks for a 4 4 foot brooder.
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