Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Good news! Notice how Lady F. and Betty appear to manage to BOTH be in the prime spot as far as proximity to the warming panel, through back-to-back roosting it looks like? Check out Betty's feathers vs Lady F. against the edge of the wall. Very close!

Lots of shared warmth. It's very good.

 

[featherhead007]

Yes! there is always that

But like I told Bob, roofing is a little over my head!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Even when I am logged into the cameras it is still pitch black

Yaaah this is my point; I think no, it is not pitch black to them. We can't see anything with infra-red light but chicken's eyesight is different, they can see that kind of light. Maybe I'm wrong but that's what I have thought for awhile now. They can see a wider set of light frequencies than we can.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Yaaah this is my point; I think no, it is not pitch black to them. We can't see anything with infra-red light but chicken's eyesight is different, they can see that kind of light. Maybe I'm wrong but that's what I have thought for awhile now. They can see a wider set of light frequencies than we can.

This is nothing to do with visible light floodlights, I'm talking about IR.

 

[BY Bob]

OK so it's pitch black in there unless you're logged into the App, and that's when the infra-red comes on? And it only comes on when you're logged into the App? That would be similar to my Arlo cameras because I don't have them set to come on and record when there's any motion (I still have one subscribed, you have to pay for this feature). The light comes on only when I activate the camera, I have that set to come on when I activate it. They can see that light! I'm pretty sure they can see infra-red (we can't see it but they can). So when you're logged in, if that is the only time the infra-red comes on, they have lots of light in there then.

They can see the Arlo cameras when they are on at night. They will look right at them.

 

[BY Bob]

By_bob's cameras have a flood light (sorry girls teeheehee) so he can see in colour in his coop (how he took his photo of his 4 ladies earlier in colour).

My indoor cameras don't have a floodlight option though.

I love the floodlights. They are very handy.

 

[featherhead007]

This is nothing to do with visible light floodlights, I'm talking about IR.

They sometimes use IR to kill germs in the OR , and even purify H2O

 

[rural mouse]

Yaaah this is my point; I think no, it is not pitch black to them. We can't see anything with infra-red light but chicken's eyesight is different, they can see that kind of light. Maybe I'm wrong but that's what I have thought for awhile now. They can see a wider set of light frequencies than we can.

You're right. They do see beyond the "visible" light spectrum. Many animals do....and many cannot see in color. The extra light spectrum is how prey creatures like deer can see to wander through yards/and wilderness at night. They have to be able to see well enough to run if the predators (wolf pack, mountain lion, etc) decide to stalk them at night. It's also how rodents (rats/mice) see to come out and torture @Ponypoor on camera. The infra-red spectrum light the cameras use to allow the limited vision of human eyes to see in the dark provides enough light they can see their surroundings easily. Of course good senses of smell and hearing help with that....

 

[featherhead007]

They sometimes use IR to kill germs in the OR , and even purify H2O

I’m probably wrong about the type of light

 

[BY Bob]

Yaaah this is my point; I think no, it is not pitch black to them. We can't see anything with infra-red light but chicken's eyesight is different, they can see that kind of light. Maybe I'm wrong but that's what I have thought for awhile now. They can see a wider set of light frequencies than we can.

Chickens can see in the infrared and ultraviolet spectrum.

This is for @RoyalChick here is a study on the vision of chickens.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5653414/