Get When To Use A Heat Lamp For Chickens Background. You start off with 95˚ f (35˚ c) for the first two weeks of the baby chickens life. Do chickens need a heat lamp?
I use a brooder lamp and infrared bulb on a timer for my old girl.
Heat lamps are deadly dangerous, routinely overheat chicks, they don't allow normal light/dark sleep cycles to occur and are confusing to use; It does get cold here. It is for this reason that i do not run power, heat or light to my outdoor chicken coops, and the reason that i absolutely do not many of them begin to kid while the cold weather is still in full swing (this year we have kiddings starting in february, when i expect it to still be too cold for. Heat lamps — the bulbs in these lamps can either incandescent (white light) or infrared (red light).