Lamp help

[Tenesexx]

Remember that your chicks still need daylight, or daylight lighting, for @ 12 hours per day, because they need a day/ night cycle.
Mary

I'm I allowed to put them near a window for that lighting and then turn on their night one the repltile one at night?

 

[aart]

I was wandering wether I can use reptile lighting as in the bulb and the actual lamp source or does it have to be brooder lamp I just want a little extra heat for my quails as a heat plate doesnt seem enough to me and what watts should it be at if I want that extra bit of heat?

How old are your bird, in weeks?
Posting pics of their housing would help immensely here.

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[Tenesexx]

How old are your bird, in weeks?
Posting pics of their housing would help immensely here.

Also....
Where in this world are you located?
Climate, and time of year, is almost always a factor.
Please add your general geographical location to your profile.
It's easy to do, and then it's always there!
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They are 2 days old and I live in england it's pretty cold here sunny but cold

 

[aart]

They are 2 days old

They definitely need heat then.

For chicken chicks, but probably applies to quail too:
Here's my notes on chick heat, hope something in there might help:
They need to be pretty warm(~85-90F on the brooder floor right under the lamp and 10-20 degrees cooler at the other end of brooder) for the first day or two, especially if they have been shipped, until they get to eating, drinking and moving around well. But after that it's best to keep them as cool as possible for optimal feather growth and quicker acclimation to outside temps. A lot of chick illnesses are attributed to too warm of a brooder. I do think it's a good idea to use a thermometer on the floor of the brooder to check the temps, especially when new at brooding, later I still use it but more out of curiosity than need.

The best indicator of heat levels is to watch their behavior:
-If they are huddled/piled up right under the lamp and cheeping very loudly, they are too cold.
-If they are spread out on the absolute edges of the brooder as far from the lamp as possible, panting and/or cheeping very loudly, they are too hot.
-If they sleep around the edge of the lamp calmly just next to each other and spend time running all around the brooder they are juuuust right!

The lamp is best at one end of the brooder with food/water at the other cooler end of the brooder, so they can get away from the heat or be under it as needed. Wattage of 'heat' bulb depends on size of brooder and ambient temperature of room brooder is in. Regular incandescent bulbs can be used, you might not need a 'heat bulb'. If you do use a heat bulb make sure it's specifically for poultry, some heat bulbs for food have teflon coatings that can kill birds. You can get red colored incandescent bulbs at a reptile supply source. A dimmer extension cord is an excellent way to adjust the output of the bulb to change the heat without changing the height of the lamp.

 

[Folly's place]

There are two different issues, as @aart says. Heat, they need what they need to be warm, at least until their feathers come in. And light, so they have day and night. The heat lamp does one thing, and the white overhead light, or daylight, does the other.
Both are essential!
Mary

 

[Tenesexx]

There are two different issues, as @aart says. Heat, they need what they need to be warm, at least until their feathers come in. And light, so they have day and night. The heat lamp does one thing, and the white overhead light, or daylight, does the other.
Both are essential!
Mary

Injust added their new red lamp a reptile one 60 watt and they get scared when u turn it on go running jumping and chirping what do I do

 

[rosemarythyme]

Injust added their new red lamp a reptile one 60 watt and they get scared when u turn it on go running jumping and chirping what do I do

They probably need time to get used to it. New things are scary!

 

[Tenesexx]

They probably need time to get used to it. New things are scary!

Ah okay thought so