Interesting experiment Blacklighting for eggs/hidden nests

[AllenK RGV]

That’s neat! I have some silkie mix pullets laying but I really want to try with my blue eggs....I thought I saw a black light somewhere around this place, I’ll have to go searching tomorrow after work..

I would like to remind everyone these aren't the black lights from our teen years you can look at and hang out under doing whatnot that we teens did. I doubt those lights produce light output in the 360-390nm range reguired to flouresce scorpions, minerals, pet stains, and apparently chicken eggs, but who knows I might be wrong here. These flashlights can be harmful to human eyes, but google "black light flashlight 365nm" and you can probably get one for under $9-, unless of course you don't own the battery systems and chargers required then it goes up to $15ish for a crummy chinese mislabled capacity battery. I own some of those chinese 18650 batteries and they still work decently and the chargers too. They just do not test out at the 4000-5000mAh the lable claims more like 2000mAh.

 

[ChickenTenderKesha]

unfortunately I haven’t been able to find the black light

these aren't the black lights from our teen years

I believe it was just one of those, it was a double bulb fixture with 2 bulbs included maybe 2’ long.