Red light vs. Black light?

[Exotica]

Hello!

I'm not sure which light I should use? I have a red heat lamp light bulb and I have a 60 watt black light bulb.
I live in Southern California and the it has been around 100 F during the afternoon. Maybe about 80 F at night.

With the black light the max temp is 90 F but I have a two silkie chicks that are barely three days.
Should I switch to the red light? Do red lights eliminate pecking just because it's red?



I actually have 8 in there and have switched them to a box twice long. When they grow older, I have an even BIGGER box.

 

[MeepBeep]

With the other birds to cuddle with 90° should be fine...

The best indicator is the birds themselves, if they are all piled directly under the light they are cold if they are spread out a bit they are just right, and if they are rarely under the light they are too hot...

The reason some heat lamps are red is to reduce the amount of visible light so that there is still a sense of darkness at night...

Red light is supposed to be soothing and prevent the birds from seeing 'blood' if there is an injury, but at the end of the day I believe most studies found it to actually have minimal effect over all, and have found that similar responses and behaviors can be had by just dimming normal colored light to a lower intensity...

 

[Exotica]

With the other birds to cuddle with 90° should be fine...

The best indicator is the birds themselves, if they are all piled directly under the light they are cold if they are spread out a bit they are just right, and if they are rarely under the light they are too hot...

The reason some heat lamps are red is to reduce the amount of visible light so that there is still a sense of darkness at night...

Red light is supposed to be soothing and prevent the birds from seeing 'blood' if there is an injury, but at the end of the day I believe most studies found it to actually have minimal effect over all, and have found that similar responses and behaviors can be had by just dimming normal colored light to a lower intensity...

Oh.. so it doesn't really matter? They seem happier with the black light since I believe the red light is just too hot for them with our weather right now!

 

[MeepBeep]

They seem happier with the black light since I believe the red light is just too hot for them with our weather right now!

Put a thermometer directly under the light on the bedding, it should be no more than 95-100° if it is move the light further away...

If it's in the 90s or 100s during the day you can turn the light off, or move it real far away... As I said look at the birds, they will tell you if it's hot enough by where they lay and sleep...