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