Can you use a normal lamp for baby chickens?
Can you use a normal lamp for baby chickens? Lamp Wattage, Color, and Safety Use a 100-watt bulb for small brooders and a 250-watt bulb for larger brooders. A red light bulb will reduce the chances your chicks peck at each other. However, as long as the chicks aren't crowded, a regular white bulb should be fine. Be sure to use a lamp with a ceramic socket. Do heat lamps bother chickens? NEVER use a heat lamp with chickens! Another safer heat option to raise the temperatures inside the coop a few degrees is an oil filled radiator, BUT the...