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Brooding
with Infra Red Lamps
 It is the light rays
from the heat lamp that gives the warmth to the birds. There are three
important things that have to be remembered in brooding with heat lamps:
- Put in a room heater and use it every time it is
necessary to bring room temperature up to 75-80 degrees. This could be in
the daytime or in the night time. To brood baby chicks, the room
temperature must be at least 75 degrees and then the heat lamps will do
their job.
- The heat lamp must be 18" from the floor to make
the birds comfortable and warm.
- Raise the heat lamp 6" a week in order to maintain
the same comfortable position and that is as they grow bigger, the lamp
goes up.
Heat
lamps do not warm up the brooder house, but the ray of light does keep the
birds warm.
A single heat lamp will accommodate 50 baby chicks. A
cluster of four heat lamps will accommodate 325 chicks or 250 turkey poults.
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