lights and quail health

[arlia1625]

I have 4 female quail they moved to our pen a few weeks ago they are all over 3 months old but there not laying. I think it's because of the light source in their pen they only get around 6 hours a day so I am going to get lytworx 500 warm white led fairy party lights and add a timer to them. I'm not sure if that is the right light for the pen. I have tried to look at different sites but they are too confusing I was hoping for some help.

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[GC-Raptor]

I don't have quail. But for my chickens I use a 2700 Kelvin (warm) LED.
My coops are 18 and 22 square feet. I use 250 Lumens.
I turn on lights at 5 am daily year-round.
I don't add light after sunset. Earliest sunset is 4:19. Latest sunset is 8:29.
My chickens lay year-round except during winter molt.

2700 to 3000 K works better than 5000 K to increase egg laying. GC

 

[NY Coturnix]

I bought a string of 20 ft white Christmas lights that I use from Walmart. I think they were $5. They work fine for mine.

 

[arlia1625]

thanks, I'm thinking of adding little mirrors into the quail pen so the light there already will be reflected into darker parts.

 

[bhaugh]

How much light are you getting each day? If your getting plenty then it could be other things or the birds are poor producers. I used to keep my Vegas birds in the shade 24/7 and they as they laid based on time of year. How many birds to space, males to females etc?

 

[Outta Here]

I don't have quail. But for my chickens I use a 2700 Kelvin (warm) LED.
My coops are 18 and 22 square feet. I use 250 Lumens.
I turn on lights at 5 am daily year-round.
I don't add light after sunset. Earliest sunset is 4:19. Latest sunset is 8:29.
My chickens lay year-round except during winter molt. View attachment 2739538
2700 to 3000 K works better than 5000 K to increase egg laying. GC

I know this is a very old post, but can you explain why 2700-3000 works better, since actual daylight is around 5000K? I have a shop light at 5000K but am researching what's best for layers.

 

[neo71665]

I started out with LED c9 Christmas lights for my chickens but wasn't really enough. I have a 3k led shop light in there now.

I doubt fairy lights are gonna do much of anything in there. They give little to no light output.

 

[GC-Raptor]

I know this is a very old post, but can you explain why 2700-3000 works better, since actual daylight is around 5000K? I have a shop light at 5000K but am researching what's best for layers.

My guess is because sunlight is so intense compared to a lightbulb.
I'll see if I can find the website I read about it tomorrow. GC

 

[Outta Here]

Thanks!...I did some research and came up with industrial chicken brooders/layers that never see real daylight do better with some red spectrum in the light, hence the lower Kelvin rating. But I wonder if our chickens who do live outside most of the time under 5000K sunlight would do ok with the same when we need to light their coop?

 

[GC-Raptor]

I know this is a very old post, but can you explain why 2700-3000 works better, since actual daylight is around 5000K? I have a shop light at 5000K but am researching what's best for layers.

Thanks!...I did some research and came up with industrial chicken brooders/layers that never see real daylight do better with some red spectrum in the light, hence the lower Kelvin rating. But I wonder if our chickens who do live outside most of the time under 5000K sunlight would do ok with the same when we need to light their coop?

I found the info on lights from Hy-Line, a high production hybrid chicken.

Other info I've found on lighting inside the coop and the bulbs I use.

For supersize coops evenly space bulbs so you can read a newspaper in the darkest areas of the coop when it's dark outside.
Install bulbs so they don't shine inside nests, chickens like a dark place to lay.
Of course you can use the 800 Lumens bulbs inside if needed. GC