Artificial lights count. Just ask my parakeets that go through molts every time I forget to turn off the lights in the bird room!
They don't need much light, some people even string up Christmas lights for their birds.
That's funny about Michael Jackson!
I have one prediction for you...
She looks like a female to me based on the spotted breast feathers. Males would be solid rust or tan, in Jacob's case. Jacob is a very pretty bird!
For mature quail it's very easy to vent sex. The boys have a bulbous gland on the tail end of their vent. In mature boys, it's very large and...