When I do health checks or banding, or whatever reason I must handle the birds, I do it after dark and use a headlamp. Tonight I needed to move 18 seven-week-old chicks from their "schoolhouse" coop and into the integration area inside my Big Coop. It's always fright night for the birds when I mess around in there after bedtime, right? So I got the bright idea to try the red light on my headlamp instead of white light. And boy was it soooo much easier! The birds didn't flap and squawk and create a wave of panic. They were CALM, only a little fearful, but I was able to just reach down and pick them up. I turned on the white light as necessary, but then switched back to red when bright light wasn't needed. It was a game-changer!