Light exposure and golden pheasant breeding season?

[Susan Skylark]

I run some Christmas lights in my garage for my quail (light sensitive layers) during the darker months of the year, will this screw up golden pheasant breeding/laying or not be an issue? Thanks!

 

[cavemanrich]

Let me Tag @007Sean . That is the only member (I know) that I'm pretty sure deals in Pheasants.

 

[007Sean]

It may or may not be a issue, depends on how much ambient light they are receiving from the lights?
Artifical light can and does interfer with seasonal layers.

My neighbor, who is about a 1,000 yards away from some of my pens, turns on some if his outside lights, which are directed towards my pens....not on purpose, anyway, I haven't notice any effect as far as breeding/laying is concerned but it does make them not go to roost. If he leaves them on all night, it does interfere with their normal cycadin rhythm.

 

[Zenmonkey]

To the best of my knowledge *all* birds use light to sync their hormones to the season. If there enough light to trip the quail hormones, there *may* be enough for the pheasants.

Maybe someone has done studies on thresholds for golden pheasants, but I suspect not.