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 Post subject: Incandescent Light Bulb Shortage
PostPosted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:22 am 
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With the energy saving light bulbs creeping in and the incandescent bulbs quickly dissapearing has anyone found a good replacement bulb that will give of the same heat as an old 25 watt light bulb , I have a good little set up that runs on 25 watters and have stock piled for the future but I am wondering what others are thinking or doing . :idea:

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 Post subject: Re: Incandescent Light Bulb Shortage
PostPosted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 11:00 am 
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Hey Ian,

I've stockpiled too, but don't know of any alternatives for when they run out! :shock:

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 Post subject: Re: Incandescent Light Bulb Shortage
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Can't get them from Coles or Woolies anymore around here but I can still get them from Bunnings. I figured I would need to move onto the proper brooder lights once I can't get the incandescent anymore and I go through my stash.

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you could buy reptile lights? but they might cost a bit more.

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 Post subject: Re: Incandescent Light Bulb Shortage
PostPosted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:18 am 
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Good to know bunnings are still selling them I'll have to have a look next time I'm near a Bunnings . Thanks .

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 Post subject: Re: Incandescent Light Bulb Shortage
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Use a good broody hen and you will not need any bulbs.


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 Post subject: Re: Incandescent Light Bulb Shortage
PostPosted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 6:08 am 
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That is the long term plan Hero , But I'm still building up slowly to the point where I have enough broody's and spare broody pens to do the job , one day I'll get their though . The thing I do like about a simple 25 watt brooder is I cut down on pens and I know my Peachicks are always nice and warm and dry .I have to agree though Good Broody's are worth their weight in gold to me .

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 Post subject: Re: Incandescent Light Bulb Shortage
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FWIW, 40 - 100 W bulbs are 29c each this week at Supa IGA (possibly IGA, too).


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Or a Broody that layed Golden eggs [smilie=18_13_1.gif]

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PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2009 10:04 am 
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we HAD stockpiled but when we moved they all got accidentally left behind :shock: :o :( [imagine emoticon for smacking ones forehead here as well :lol: ]
so some 300 X 40 - 50 & 75 watt bulbs just went to waste

will go off topic 'sort of' now - so my apologies in advance - but it is still 'technically' ON topic if the discussion is abt keeping chicks warm one way or another

here we have converted to CERAMIC INFRA-RED bulbs
they come in 150 200 250 watts and if used correctly they are much more cost efficient than the old incandecent
150 warms up to 50-75ish chicks a 250 warms up to 150-200ish chicks and as the bulbs dont emit light the babies learn to sleep well and I have found they are much calmer as adults than birds I raised using incandecent

You can buy the lamp they screw into cheaply enuff - we cut one lamp cover open so it would lay semi-flat and attached it to a larger piece of light weight stainless steel forming a metre in diameter cover [slightly lower on outside edge of course] on legs abt 45cm high - it is in the grower shed and they just fall asleep under it without any fuss at all - the other lamps we kept as we bought them and set them up in brooders and the starter shed at intervals so the entire shed is warm giving the chicks free run during the day = you just have to make sure they are not too low as the chicks will overheat while they sleep just judge by using the back of yr hand at chick head height - if in 1min yr hand is really hot = raise the lamp

Moral = when one is silly enough not to ensure that bulbs one has hunted down over a period of months are left behind = one has to think along new lines -
so 'one' now uses infra-red bulbs

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