Author Topic: Ecoglow has stopped working!! (Read 2032 times)

KahlanA · « **on:** May 07, 2015, 07:56:26 am »

Argh!!!

I have four pekin bantams under an ecoglow, the light is on but it has stopped working!!

it's cold to touch. They're 4 and a half weeks old, is there anything else I could use instead as I'd rather not get a new one. Or any method to try and fix? Thank you

nimbusllama · « **Reply #1 on:** May 07, 2015, 09:14:01 am »

Hi there.... this is from an earlier post I did.... hope it helps!

I have in the past brooded small numbers under an ordinary light bulb in a cardboard box in the house. However I am not sure if this would work with modern energy saving bulbs. I simply taped down one top flap of the box and fitted a lamp fitting through a hole in this flap. The other half of the box had a wire grid above it and the food and water were in this side. I have reared at least 2 broods successfully .... one of quail and one of bantams. Good luck with them, any questions come back to me.

Clarebelle · « **Reply #2 on:** May 07, 2015, 01:33:41 pm »

are they in the house? if they are, they will probably be ok without heat at 4 1/2 weeks? Are they huddling in the brooder?

Carey boy · « **Reply #3 on:** May 07, 2015, 04:47:01 pm »

Put a hot water bottle in with them till you get it fixed.

Dave

Victorian Farmer · « **Reply #4 on:** May 08, 2015, 11:30:14 am »

B and Q plastic box heat lamp fitting and a hole half way up saw dust .Works as a hospital box .Remember a bulb will onley last a short term .A ceramic heat lamp bulb is a must . http://www.google.co.uk/#q=ceramic+heat+lamp+bulb&tbm=shop&spd=3524949946291319954