Table 3. Effects of light wavelength on layers

Light wavelength Experimental hens Observations References
LED: 650±10 nmFIR: 15±10 μm Hy-line Brown (week 30—39 and 45—54) LED + FIR → ↓ serum cholesterol, HDL-C, triglyceride LED + FIR → ↓ E. coli, Salmonella, total microbes in feces LED + FIR → No effect on laying performance or egg quality Lim et al. (2023)
Red (630—750 nm), blue (450—490 nm), green (490—570 nm), and white LED Hy-line Brown (week 47—53) Red LED → ↑ egg-laying rate Green LED → ↓ egg number, ↑ egg weight Blue LED → ↑ eggshell strength All → No effect on feed intake or efficiency Kim et al. (2018)
Blue LED (week 1—18) → Red LED (week 19—31) and normal LED Hy-Line W-36 (week 1—31) Blue LED → ↑ body weight during pullet phase Red LED → ↑ yolk %, ↓ albumen % during laying phase Poudel et al. (2022)
White (400—760 nm) and green (560 nm) Brown-Nic k layers (week 48—56) White LED → No effect on egg production, egg quality Green LED → ↑ yolk pigmentation (a*, b*) Green LED → ↓ serum albumin Yenilmez et al. (2021)
White (400—700 nm), blue-green (435—565 nm), yellow-orange (565—630 nm), continuous yellow-orange, and continuous blue-green LED Jinghong layers (week 1—20) Blue-green LED → ↑ immune function Yellow-orange LED → ↑ bone density Yellow-orange LED → ↑ reproductive development Wei et al. (2020)
White, green, red, red-green LED Lohmann LSL lite layers (week 33—50) Red LED → ↑ egg production, ↑ feed efficiency Green LED → ↑ body weight White LED → ↑ egg mass Raziq et al. (2020)
Red and white LED White Leghorn (week 18—72) Red LED → ↓ plasma corticosterone Red LED → ↓ H/L ratio, ↓ asymmetry scores White LED → No effect on production, egg weight Archer (2019)
Red (660 nm), green (560 nm), blue (480 nm), and white LED Local mountainous laying hens (week 19—63) Red LED → ↑ egg shape index, ↑ fertility, ↑ hatchability Green LED → ↑ eggshell strength, ↑ pigmentation Green LED → ↓ total egg production Blue LED → No effect White LED → Maintained standard production and quality Li et al. (2014)