Lighting for indoor chickens

[Iditarod]

Hello I am new to chickens but not to birds ) I love my 2 babies 1-Black sex link and 1 Lavendar orpinton. Recently we were informed that they will be doing heavy construction near our home and we will need to keep our 1 month old chickens in doors for up to 3 months because of the noise and lots of dust, right now they are still in a large brooding box with a heat plate. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions as the best lighting to use since they will be in a room with very filtered sunlight. Any advice would be great. I purchased them a big cage to house them in but I am just worried about the lack of UVA/UVB and full spectrum light from the sun. I had parrots for a large majority of my life so I know the importance of the daylight. Hope everyone is having a great day )

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC. Any possibility of a smaller outside pen where they could spend a couple of hours after the 'work day' is completed ?

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Welcome to our FUNomenal Community! Best wishes and have lots of fun!

 

[Leahs Coop]

Hello, and a warm welcome to Backyard Chickens! It's great to have you here with us and I hope you'll enjoy it here as much as we all do! Sorry, I can't be of much help with your question. But hopefully someone will come along soon!

 

[ronott1]

Hello I am new to chickens but not to birds ) I love my 2 babies 1-Black sex link and 1 Lavendar orpinton. Recently we were informed that they will be doing heavy construction near our home and we will need to keep our 1 month old chickens in doors for up to 3 months because of the noise and lots of dust, right now they are still in a large brooding box with a heat plate. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions as the best lighting to use since they will be in a room with very filtered sunlight. Any advice would be great. I purchased them a big cage to house them in but I am just worried about the lack of UVA/UVB and full spectrum light from the sun. I had parrots for a large majority of my life so I know the importance of the daylight. Hope everyone is having a great day )

It does not matter much what type of light you use in the room. They will not need the brooder plate soon.

I would use a white to yellow colored led light for them and leave it on for 14 hours a day

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
I agree with @sourland. Try to find a space outside that they can stay for as long as possible every day until the dust settles.

 

[007Sean]

Howdy and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[Iditarod]

Hello, and a warm welcome to Backyard Chickens! It's great to have you here with us and I hope you'll enjoy it here as much as we all do! Sorry, I can't be of much help with your question. But hopefully someone will come along soon!

awwww thanks ) I appreciate ya !! And the warm welcome is nice )

 

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[DobieLover]

Thanks for the advice but unfortunately "no" they are painting and putting tar on road and just a mess haha That is why the only safe place for my girls is the basement. Again only for a few months. It will be a pain keeping it clean but I built a coop and small run in basement for them haha friends think I'm crazy but they are my pets and I would do anything I can to keep them safe. No different than a dog or cat haha thanks again

They are actually very different from a dog or cat.
I've never heard of a road project lasting for months in the area of just one home to the point where tar fumes were prevalent the entire time. Sounds like a huge undertaking. I'm hopeful you will be able to get them out into fresh air and sunshine much much sooner than months. Good luck.