LED spotlight for quail

[s3agull]

Hi,

I'm interested to raise some quails for egg production. Can anyone recommend the type of light to be used please. Is LED type good and energy efficient? I read somewhere that some people used Christmas light, would that be enough to help quail lay eggs?

 

[TwoCrows]

Welcome to BYC and the quail forums!

You could try solar lights. The brightest ones you can buy. I use them around the aviaries and poultry areas to scare off night time critters. They are bright enough to light a quail pen, but not so bright that they might keep the quail awake all night. (you never want to completely light the pen with bright light 24/7. Not healthy for the quail). My solar lights have been going now for 6 years and I have never replaced a battery or a light bulb. My lights are not up in the quail's faces, so I am not 100% sure this is enough light, but I do know that Christmas lights do nothing for my quail. You would need to place a light at the corner of the pen so that it is somewhat lit up at night. I would also add some leafy branches to the corne of the pen so the quail can hide a bit from the light if they need to.