How bright is TOO bright for a candling light?

[oregonkat]

I have an Incu bright light for candling that puts out 250 lumens, it's pretty good but my BCM eggs are hard to see. If I were to use something that puts out 1000 lumens, would this be detrimental to the chick? Could their eyeballs be damaged?

 

[cavemanrich]

Have no fear. No harm will be done.
My temptation is of course to crack a silly joke, but I don't know you, so I do answer your concern genuinely.
WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,

 

[BantyChooks]

I have an Incu bright light for candling that puts out 250 lumens, it's pretty good but my BCM eggs are hard to see. If I were to use something that puts out 1000 lumens, would this be detrimental to the chick? Could their eyeballs be damaged?

Nope. Crank up that floodlight!

 

[lazy gardener]

Just be sure that flood light doesn't overheat those eggs!

 

[oregonkat]

Just be sure that flood light doesn't overheat those eggs!

As far as I know this light that I am thinking about using is an LED bulb so it should not put out too much heat, right? Let me know what you think.

 

[oregonkat]

Have no fear. No harm will be done.
My temptation is of course to crack a silly joke, but I don't know you, so I do answer your concern genuinely.
WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,

Now if you did know me, you would crack the silly joke anyway and then answer my concern genuinely....

 

[lazy gardener]

LED's don't put out much heat. You will know if it puts out enough heat to be a concern. Just test it with your hand.

 

[cavemanrich]

Now if you did know me, you would crack the silly joke anyway and then answer my concern genuinely....

If you do want to read thru some CLEAN FUN, there are plenty of crafty posts there by many. Here are the 2 threads you may enjoy reading.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...w-farmer-connie.1223251/page-60#post-19683818

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ography-thread.1205417/page-221#post-19683951