Extracting Broken Front Tooth

Winter Solstice Light in the aviary

has always been known that light is a very important sport in ornithology. It depends a good percentage of successful breeding .

There are three aspects of light to consider:

photoperiod.
Quality.
Quantity.

1. Photoperiod:

During the breeding birds we must try to 15 hours of light and 9 hours of darkness. In winter, as we latitudes 8 to 10 h. natural light. To reach these ideals 15 hours depends on the brightness of our aviary and if we advance or not breeding. There are breeders that photoperiod increase very rapidly once the winter solstice, but it is best to get 4-5 minutes 15 hours daily increasing, accounting for 24-35 minutes per week for 2 months. There are automatic mechanisms in the market that you know all too well.

If Our aviary is naturally lit and do not want to accelerate the entry, but the light enters through a window and the sun does not give in every corner of the aviary, we'll just take into account the quality and quantity of light.

During the night is very interesting to be left on a low energy lamp, with 7-10 W. will not affect the photoperiod and instead provide enough light to find the nest hasty exit if (thunderstorms, fireworks, etc.).

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2. Quality:

usually a matter of consumption have been used fluorescent lamps. Go perfectly, but have the disadvantage of strobe effect, ie does not produce constant light due to its frequency characteristics , but apparently we do not notice it, but if you notice the birds and some, especially those which are more nervous ( wild and exotic) can be negatively excited. To see the strobe light source can look at the mobile phone camera, you will observe this phenomenon perfectly.

incandescent lamps do not have this effect, but its consumption is much higher. To minimize the effect may use several fluorescent strobe (will mate with each other) and / or combined with incandescence.

Another important consideration is the color of light, or color temperature measured in degrees Kelvin (° K). The lower the color temperature, the light will be warmer:

· Incandescent: 2700 ° K.

· Fluorescent and energy saving lamps warm: 3000 ° K.

· Fluorescent and energy saving bulbs cool white, 4000 ° K.

· Fluorescent Daylight: 5000 ° K.

· Fluorescent cold light of day: 6500 ° K.

· -white fluorescent light: 7000 ° K.

is the ideal temperature of 6500 ° K as it has been reported to produce a certain amount of ultraviolet light. While those of 7000 ° K produced a white color, but give less lux and provide no UV.

are commercially available, although hard to find, special lighting for aquariums, terrariums and specific birds ( Arcadia Bird Lamp ®) that provides 6500 ° K light and adequate proportion of UVA and UVB. The tanks are usually of small size (low lux) and terrarium emit excess UVB.

3. Quantity:
The amount of light is measured in "lumens " and "lux" (1 lux = 1 lumen / m²), with the lux lumens per unit area. Necessary, during breeding, from 500 to 1000 lux. The ideal light, solar, provides about 100,000 lux. It is a composite light across the spectrum: visible, infrared (IR-A, IR-B IR-C) and ultraviolet (UV-A and UV-B).

We must not confuse the color temperature to the ambient temperature. This, here in Europe, measured in degrees Celsius or Centigrade (° C). The temperature on the breeding season must be over 15 ° C and below 35 ° C. Moisture in the aviary during the breeding should be between 60 and 80% relative humidity. This aspect of moisture greatly influences the incubation and hatching.