what hapened to QuailshaQ????

[Missi]

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x3!!!

 

[Rexbandit]

Yea that's what i was playing. They need around 14hours of light right??? Also got a 3 foot fan that mounts in the wall at an auction for 7 bucks. Works great too plan on setting it up in the back wall and using it in the summer to help with ventilation and to help keep the birds cool in the summer. So all in all im pretty excited about the new setup.

 

[Stellar]

14 to 16 hours is good for light. You can set up Christmas lights, some black lights, and normal night for adequate light.

 

[Missi]

& if you set up black lights, make sure to play some techno music!

 

[TwoCrows]

You would be surprised at how little light will add to their total "daylight" hours. With my quail set up, one of my aviaries is set up along the side of a greenhouse, the greenhouse being one wall of the aviary. Well, right now I have a sick chicken in a hospital cage in the greenhouse with a 75 watt infra-red heat lamp on her at night only. This lamp is not pointed in the direction of the aviary, and is about 20 feet away from where the quail sleep at night. But as you might imagine, this red light just glows, lighting the greenhouse up like christmas! There are things blocking the light from entering the aviary, but still what little light gets into the aviary, has got the already "quieting down for the season Bob's" all in a breeding frenzy again so I have had to move some of them out and back into the breeding aviary! So it doesn't take much light to make longer day light hours.

 

[Stellar]

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Oh yes, but black lights do help them see better in actuality. The combination lighting helps them see their cage mates better, and their eggs and less egg kicking and stepping over.

 

[Rexbandit]

Wow i never would of thought of black lights

 

[The Critter Place]

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[The Critter Place]

I have a few solar lights around my aviary so I can see dark corners of the yard when the dogs are out at night.

Would that keep them laying I wonder?

 

[Stellar]

It should. As long as they are put in long days of darkness, they should lay.