All of the torches in our house are rubbish - none good enough to illuminate disturbances in the aviary after dark. Do you have a make/model of torch that you like for this? I need to be able to shine it about 15m to get a good view of what's going on.
When it comes to candling eggs, the process of illuminating the interior of an egg to check on fertility and growth, you need a strong, bright light which produces no heat to harm the developing embryo inside.
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This is a 3Watt, genuine Q3 Cree LED bulb, with a water resistant, adjustable focus, shock resistant aluminum housing.
It produces 170 lumens of bright, white, cool light. This high power torch has been specifically designed for Hatchers n Catchers and cannot be purchased elsewhere! Not a toy!
Three modes - Full Power (for Candling)
Half Power (increases battery life)
Strobe (emergency signal)
If you are incubating eggs, learning the art of candling will help you to know what is going on inside the shell. Candling helps you to make sure the eggs you are incubating are fertile; whether or not the embryo is developing. Non viable eggs should be removed as soon as possible to prevent them from rotting in the incubator and possibly exploding and ruining the entire hatch. Candling will also help you check on loss of humidity within the shell!
In order to be able to do all this, you will need to see the interior of the egg clearly! And that is where this light really shines! (Pardon the pun)
Not only will you find this to be an excellent candler - as a household torch it is fantastic! The normal setting will light up the area in front of you almost like it was day. And when zoomed all the way out - it will produce a beam to enable you to use it as a spotlight for up to 80 meters away!!
I am just wondering the question of the original post. "After darK" seems to me to mean night time, darkness. I would suggest that an infra red might be easier to not disturb your birds and you can see the "invaders" and they won't see you. To my way of thinking if you hit the avairy with "daylight" for a short time it will cause more harm than good. Made the mistake once, shone a flashlight near the avairy and all hell broke loose. Just my thoughts, I ,for one, will not shine a torch during the night anywhere near my avairies during the night because it, to me, is the worst kind of night fright, bright lights for a short time and then darkness.
Totally agree if you have more than 1 aviary then the light beaming all of a sudden will cause every other bird to freak out and injure itself .
If I do need to use a torch or light then I leave it on all night so the birds settle quicker . Have not had any night fright issues since running solar lights around the aviaries so the birds have soft light all the time .
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All of the torches in our house are rubbish - none good enough to illuminate disturbances in the aviary after dark. Do you have a make/model of torch that you like for this? I need to be able to shine it about 15m to get a good view of what's going on.
I use an Energizer Hard Case Professional ... you can pick these up at Bunnings or a trade store .
It has several white light settings that emit a narrow long distance beam , it also has a red spectrum and green spectrum beam ... the red is non invasive and I use this should I have the need to look in at night .
Some stealth is required however
