Lamb heat box

farmers101

Was thinking about buying a lamb heat box for the lambing season.
Any ideas are they an advantage having? Possible to make a DIY heat box???

razor8

An old cooker is used here where rings were not working but fan was, great job

glenkeo

Hi
I made one last year, out of a large wooden box and insulted it. I bought a temperature controller on amazon (about €25) it turns on a red bulb until it reaches a certain temp then turns it off until it drops down to a pre-set temp then turns it on again works really well. Typically we had a good march so never really needed it for lambing, used it for some chicks a while back saved a few pound on esb and no fear of them over heating or too cold.

jmrc

have a large ply box about 3ft x 3ft x 3 ft high with a lift roof on a hinge. mesh false bottom about 6" from the bottom, with 1/2" mesh.
cut a rectangle hole out of the bottom and use a 2Kw fan heater here. it has all you need thermostat and thermal cut out too.
put it up on the back of a flat trailer in the lambing shed for the 6 weeks of lambing and job is a good one.

Used to use the old range in the kitchen when I was a young lad, we some times could spot the lambs that got "too much of the fire" in late summer.. due to the scorch marks!

pm me if you want pics.

AntrimGlens

glenkeo wrote: »

Hi
I made one last year, out of a large wooden box and insulted it.

What did you say to it??