What kind of light

[Doubletap]

I am about to get my first quail. I've read that they need 11 hours of light per day. To get this I understand many people use lights to "lengthen" the day.
What kinds of light should I use?

 

[Overeasyplz]

JJ used LED christmas lights but he's in florida. I use a 60 watt bulb in one of those metal lamp housings. Initially it was to provide some warmth and keep water bottle from freezing but it keeps birds happy and laying eggs.

 

[worldling]

Any full spectrum (White) light LED or incandescent will do. I have had no luck with florescent! It doesn't have to be real bright either.

 

[JJMR794]

Not 11--- 14

 

[kingmt]

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Why not florescent? It worked well for me last year. I used the blue ones that are called the day light ones. It is mostly in the blue spectrum like the LEDs are. I try to stay away from incandescent lights because red spectrum bothers my eyes & makes it harder to see. I have read where people on both sides of the fence say more blue then red then more red then blue. I don't know if one is better but the florescent works well for me. It does take a few minets to heat up & start working in the winter so add the warm up time to your total light time.

 

[Kullas]

i strung up a set of large bulb clear christmas lights all down one side of my pens

 

[JJMR794]

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Why not florescent? It worked well for me last year. I used the blue ones that are called the day light ones. It is mostly in the blue spectrum like the LEDs are. I try to stay away from incandescent lights because red spectrum bothers my eyes & makes it harder to see. I have read where people on both sides of the fence say more blue then red then more red then blue. I don't know if one is better but the florescent works well for me. It does take a few minets to heat up & start working in the winter so add the warm up time to your total light time.

FLOURESCENT WORKS WELL WITH SOME BIRDS, BUT NOT ALL. THE DAY LIGHT FLOURESCENT IS DESIGNED TO MIMIC FULL SPECTRUM LIGHT.

FULL SPECTRUM FOR LAYING (BLUE)
RED FOR STOPPING SQUABBLES AND FIGHTS

 

[JJMR794]

From an economic stand point led and flourescent use less electricity to operate and are there by cheaper...

 

[worldling]

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Why not florescent? It worked well for me last year. I used the blue ones that are called the day light ones. It is mostly in the blue spectrum like the LEDs are. I try to stay away from incandescent lights because red spectrum bothers my eyes & makes it harder to see. I have read where people on both sides of the fence say more blue then red then more red then blue. I don't know if one is better but the florescent works well for me. It does take a few minets to heat up & start working in the winter so add the warm up time to your total light time.

I was talking about normal everyday florescent lights/bulbs. The kind you find in one of those $10 shop lights at home depot. Not the $25/bulb 10,000 Kelvin High-Intensity Purified Super Daylight Lamp with rare earth enhancing phosphors, that fits into my $150 fish tank cover.
That may work better than the $1.50 7 watt night light I used instead of the regular florescent,but... The bean counter in me found the night light to be a more cost effective solution to supplemental lighting for coturnix. Bobwhites/other species may need fancy high priced lighting. I just don't know about them.

 

[kingmt]

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I'm not talking about the fish tank lights ether. On your next trip to Walmart pick up a package in the hardware & two bulbs will set you back about $5 & they screw into a E26 fixture. Most people in the USA have this fixture in their house. If needed also pick up a a reflector & base with clamp for $10.

Now if your counting beans then we are up to about $15 & you can get the LED Christmas lights strains for $7. Where the bean counting comes in is the reflector is used over & over + it is 100 illumination watts & makes for a great outside light for me to see to do my work while only using 13 watt of power. I'm guessing those candelabras in night lights cost about $5 each, pull about 25 watt, & you can't see anything.