If You Paint Chicken Wire Black...
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- I am currently making a new chicken coop. One of the things I have heard is that if you paint chicken wire black, it is easier to see through. So, I gave it a try and I have to say I am amazed by how much better I can see my birds. Take a look.
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I put black screening on a sliding door on one of my renovation jobs and the next day my client walked right through it. I can guarantee that it works.
great visual. made me chuckle
less costly than a clean windowed door.
Did he strain himself? 😁
@@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn Clever.
I have a flap cut in the bottom of mine for my dog. My friend saw my dog walk right through and assumed there was nothing there. He found out differently about two seconds later.
no idea why the youtube algo would show me this video but you absolutely get an upvote for keeping it to less then a minute 30 and getting straight to the point. well done
I'm surprised they haven't banned it.
...and without begging to "like and subscribe"
If only more were like this.
It's because somewhow Google knew you were interested in something about chickens or fencing or screens. Whether you did a search or messaged somebody about it or any one or more of the many ways Google tracks you
The power of persuasion
No clickbait, direct to the point and true information. How's it allowed on RUclips?
It makes sense , because the unpainted wire is reflecting back a lot of light , whereas the black is absorbing the light.
So it will make the area hotter thou right? This is why I’ll never buy another black. Only white and silver now. Dunno if a screen is the same thou.
And, it's darker inside the box than the original wire. Two diff. light exposures.
@@dallastrujillo7540 It doesn't make the area that much hotter. A few degrees at best. The visual differences are far more noticeable and pronounced.
@@Lernos1No degrees at all. Unless you’re roasting a chicken right on it. 😂
@@Lernos1 Agree, although I think I'd probably want to leave the rest of the coup white.
I have no idea why the algorithm recommended this to a city dweller with zero pets, but I watched it so it must know me better than I thought.
dpall38 - You have a good sense of humor! 😂🤣 Thank you for the laugh ♥️
@@DonnaMayStanish You have to have a sense of humor or the whole world is as boring as…….well …..watching people paint chicken wire.
it applies to more than you think! there's wire and mesh everywhere, maybe even your windows have white bug screens, next time you see it you'll think "if i paint that black i can see better"!
@@perennial-lovegrassabsolutely I’m keeping this in mind just in case.
@@perennial-lovegrass Precisely what I was thinking - I live in a no-pet apartment, but this trick would work wonders on my window screens so I can see out them at night without opening the windows and popping out the screens.
This was the best painting chicken wire black video I have ever seen!
The only one in fact 😅
And yet.... I came and viewed it because I needed to know.
Yeah best one TODAY maybe...
I've been waiting years for a good 🐔 wire painting video! 😁😎🤓
My favorite part was when she painted the wire black.
Black is indeed the most transparent color for a fence. I am a Landscape Architect where we use black for chainlink and other fencing for the transparency. The reason for transparency in most cases is that black blends into the background rather than contrast. Secondly the lighter colors reflect light making them more prominent in the foreground. Lastly, I love chickens and love to watch them….Very relaxing. Thanks
Was about to leave a comment like this.
I had a coated black chain link fence installed in my backyard & it's beautiful .
I was so amazed how nice everything looks through it & it just looks so much nicer then the silver ones. Mine won't rust because of the coating. I love it!
@@aynDRAWS Thanks to the Google thought developers You didn't have to.
You obviously have never installed the clear Lexan transparent chain link fencing used all around public schools.
YES. in my Flyscreen/security door business it’s 99% black. There’s some bronze or copper outliers for specific architectural looks but black is best. 👍
Thanks for being authentic ... no yelling ... no ego centred talking talking. Your video and you are great.
She’s also patient, tolerant and witty in replying to comments - just avoid the word “rural”
Brilliant! Now all I need is a chicken coop, some chickens, some black paint and a roller😂
Coop yes chickens yes, paint and roller no.
And chicken wire. 🐓
trinkabuszczuk6138 - Clever! 🤣😂
Or better yet, an antique pie safe--which often had/has such screening in its doors---and black paint and a roller.
No need for chickens, and you could see the beautiful pies inside the cabinet! 😁
Now I understand what Mick Jagger was singing about in the 1966 hit, Paint It Black.
I still don't understand. Can you explain?
Everyone thought that song was about a door, pfft.... unreal.
I see a chicken fence and want to paint it black. I filmed the time that I painted wire black. I wore my barn clothes and filmed me from the back. I'd have more likes if a bikini showed my crack. Watch me paint it black. Black. Black! Do you want to paint your black?
@@TheMikeTownsend🖤
Sadly, Angus Young insisted on striking his chicken with thunder. 😢 AC ⚡️ DC
I will never in a million years use that information...but it's still nice to know. 🐔
You never know... Do you take landscape photographs?
Paint your wire window and door screens white on the outside so people can't see in.
@@chasbader
No, but my chickens take landscape photos.
@@nelsonx5326 Interesting takeaway.
@@nelsonx5326 and you expect us to believe that? Chikens have no fingers.
I dont know why youtube get me here but respect for the straight to the point Video.
Every other influencer would blown this up to 10min or more.
It was even a better example when you were painting them on the lawn. You could see the lawn a lot better after painting it.
Right... the chicken wire looks like it just disappeared .... like a magic trick.
It's not chicken wire
@@norahhood369 Why not? I looked chicken wire and that came up.
You painted that in the most efficient way. Pretty much no paint is wasted and setting the chicken wire on rolls of other chicken wire is a great idea.
@skiman863 right?! But actually i think it's a wire mesh screen. Chicken wire has the hexagon shape and is stretchy. But I think we're just arguing semantics here. @Norahhood369 Correct?
I was amazed even more when she pre-painted new wire on the ground! It looked invisible, completely disappeared 😳😁.
I thought that was really cool.
I did not ask for this video but now in 1 minute and 30 seconds I have now gained +1 skill in black paint, screen designs for chickens and pulling pranks on unsuspecting people thanks to RUclips's mystical algorithms.
I worked for about a month, in a photo studio that processed student class portraits. One of the first things they taught me when doing touchups, was to put a tiny black dot in the center of an imperfection. When the portrait is processed, there can be little areas that the color doesn't take and you can see the paper. But a tiny black dot in the center, makes it completely disappear. It was amazing....to me anyway. But then I can be amused with just about anything shiny, so........This was almost 50 years ago, so I'm sure they do things much different now. Anyway, thanks for the video. Good to know.
thanks for that explanation! interesting insight!
That is a very interesting insight! Now I wonder why that works. I'll probably spend several hours researching it. Kinda fascinating, no joke.
being easily amused is a talent worth fostering ! B---)
"...amused with anything shiny..." - Made me laugh because - me, too! 🤣
They forgot to mention that magicians are NOT supposed to tell their secrets! /wink
we buy ours already black but its better than paint because its a flexible powder coat that doesnt chip or peel off.
Ooh thank you! Looking to get chickens soon.
Luckily the owner of the store you buy yours from watched this video
Where did you find the repainted wire fencing/screening?
Thank you!
@@OceanSwimmer I live in Ontario and you can buy it at the CO op farm supply stores in different heights 150 ft rolls
@@whatareuduing ,
Thank you! 🌷
Another good thing with black paint, is if you have posts that are galvanised they stand out like a sore thumb, I painted everything that was galvanised (grey) black including my hills hoist washing line and all of the posts and the washing line just merged in with its surroundings and made the yard look nicer. I can see the plants now without the distractions of the washing line and the posts used to stake up the plants.
What does "hills hoist" mean?
@@corwinsr Outdoor thing for hanging out clothes to dry. Do a search and you'll understand.
I don't know why I'm seeing this video, but I know this - everything happens for a reason!
Thanks for the interesting video! 😊
I learned this back in the ‘70 spray painting metal window screens. Flat black spray paint is quick and easy and works perfectly.👍🏽
This is exactly why fencer/sword fighters pint paint their screen visors black at least on the inside theory. Glad you learned that.
i have a ghoul mask that is solid black mesh with no face and can see just fine through it... this theory holds water
Nobody ever explained that to us in a fencing class I took, but thanks for doing it now.
Fencers and sword fighters should paint their swords and their knives black as well.
@@monkadelic13like a ghoul from the band, Ghost? If so, that's sick and not something I expected to see on this video.
🤯🤯We need to do this at the exhibition hall at our county fair! There are so many who fuss about the wire. Whoever painted the building's interior got a 'good deal' on flat white paint and they even covered all the wire for the display areas. Wonder if we could convince them to try black? It's magical! Thank you.❤🐔
What a great idea. I volunteer on our county fair board here so I am always up there playing with things to make our displays better. This may be a good solution for you. It was pretty cool to see how well it worked.
Modern beekeeper hoods have black mesh in them for that very reason :) Never thought to paint the wire panels, though. Nice trick.
The closing shots, makes it look like you’re painting some sort of invisible paint 😂😂
That's a great tip. It's so obvious once it's said, but it's one of those things you'd never think about.
I agree! If the wire is black, the inside, not just the chickens, show up way better! Very cool. 😊
I painted the insides of the wire black and now my chickens are staring at me.
Make them stop!
I had a black coated chain link fence installed in my backyard & it's beautiful. You can see everybody's yards, flowers etc through it. I'm so glad the fence guy brought it up because I had never heard of a black fence. It won't ever rust either. LoL
@@DavidLS1 They’ve probably always been staring at you, it’s just now you can see them doing it.
@@wendymcdowell2341 And the things I've done in front of that coop!
@@DavidLS1
🫣😂🤣
What a soothing voice and strait to the point and most important no music.
Use flat black so you don't get the glint off of the gloss finish. I remember my grandfather saying that one could see better through screens that were a couple of years old rather than new screens just installed. Great video thumbs up.
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Flat black absorbs more light than gloss and will be more visible. They tried it during WW2. Gloss black night fighters were less visible that flat black
@@Hulkehnor I am not sure you have that right. Absorbing more light means less is reflected back at us. As for fighters, it depends on the background. A flat black against white clouds might be more visible, but a gloss black could reflect light and make it appear less black.
@@itoibo4208 This is ripe for a science experiment.
@@slydog7131 that reminded me of some study I read about, a long time ago, where they found that airplanes turning their lights on made them less visible. in WWII I think) Again, I think that was because the sky was more white than black. (on average i guess)
the shiny black still reflects and distracts a bit (e.g., around the 0:30 mark). matte black should be even better. still a great idea asis. thanks.
I think that will be less of an issue as it dries and then ages with constant sun Pounding on it
It’s glistening because it’s in liquid form..
Using shiny black paint will generate many annoying comments
It's also still dripping wet paint.
It would DRY to a matte finish....but when she painted it for the camera, it had to be wet, therefore temporarily shiny 😏.
Removing the reflection 😊 It's like the wire became invisible 😮
WELL STATED! EYES OF ALL ARE THE "LIGHT VALVES" FOR THE RETINAS. YUH? EVER OUT BLINK THE FLASH PHOTOS?
I have seen this done in a bird rescue center and its great. It works best with matt black paint so less reflections from the sun or other lights.
Huh. So simple, yet so logical.
It has mostly to do with the dilation of your pupils. The light is reflected off the fence into your eyes and your eyes adjust to the brightness by allowing less light in. The inside of the coop has less lighting and therefore is harder to see. Limiting the reflection of the light keeps the pupils open to allow more light in from the dark spaces. The same problem occurs when you take a picture of someone in the house with a window behind them with bright light shining in. The camera adjusts to the bright window and allows less light in making your subject darker. Excellent video thanks for making it short.
Wow!that makes a HUGE difference!
The algorithm was prompting me to view this for two weeks - finally viewed it today and found it interesting. The black paint absorbs light, while the white reflects it - combine that with the thinness of the wires and you can easily see how this worked out.
Using bronze or black screens instead of grey screens also makes a massive difference on your screened-in porch, a much better view from the inside. On the other hand, the white mesh screen tent makers seem stuck on using is horrible, you can't hardly see out at all.
A hundred years ago, people in Philly would paint scenes on the outside of their window screens. This gave the folks inside more privacy, yet they could see out easily. Some of the art was quite beautiful. I wish they would bring that back!
YEAH Sounds like what we "hippies" did back in the 60's and 70's. lol That''s a great idea, painting scenes on window screens.... I wonder if it would work on my tent windows. HA HA HA HA HA
@@Stizel-Swik I am an old Hippie from the 60s myself!
A few years back, I made a cypress screen door for my porch with a figure of a bear on a rock overlook on the side of a mountain. I painted the screen to match the background of the mountainside and trees. It came out OK, but I had a problem with the paint clogging the screen, I had to blow the clogs out with a straw. After that, I mostly dabbed the paint on with little sponge applicators, and it worked alright.
@@samTollefson sounds awesome! what kind of paint did you use?
@@Stizel-Swik@Stizel-Swik Just standard acrylic exterior house paints; I did thin it some, though.
The white mesh on the tent makes it harder to see in when you are changing!
I also think we should paint the chickens a brighter colour! 😂
I grew up painting screens black on our families old house for that very reason.
It literally looked like the wire was getting painted with invisible ink or something because it looked like it completely disappeared! This is super cool!
So happy all of us city dwellers are mesmerized and satisfied by this video. The wire dissapearing at the end as you painted it 🤩
I have always used black hardware cloth that was pre-coated or coated it myself-but I had no idea that it was easier to see being black. Learned something new- thanks
That is actually very cool. Works amazingly well.
Wow. The difference is huge.
Watching you paint the wire on the grass was like watching your erase the fence from existence! Super cool.
WOW! WHO KNEW?! Not me. Thank you.
That's not chicken wire; its hardware cloth.
Fort, its a better protection than chicken wire.
Hardware cloth is stronger, so that's the choice I made for a goose house. Still a nice thing to know about painting it, so thank you. Tip tucked away for future use in my alleged brain.🤓
it's still being painted black which IS the content of this video. geeeesh!
Or rat wire.
@@Stizel-Swik "it's still being painted black which IS the content of this video."
If you go to a drive through and order a burger, and they give you a hot dog, remember, it's still food, which was the point of you going there, so don't complain.
Words matter.
Yep. I thought maybe we would see a comparison between hardware cloth and chicken wire, but, no.
Crazy! Makes it damn near invisible!
Yes it DID make a tremendous difference! Thankyou! ❤ XXX
It’s magical. I’m told black indoor window frames makes the view better too.
Interesting.
Makes sense given black absorbs the full spectrum of visible light whereas white reflects it.
This type of thinking is what I love….TY!
Man, youtube algo is completely unpredictable!! Neither do I have chickens nor am I interested in animal farming.. yet our algo overlord decided I wanna watch this!
And to my surprise, I watched it. 🤔
Me too 😂
WOW... that is a huge improvement. Great tip.
It really is!
I don’t even own a chicken, let alone a coop, but had to click and was really impressed on the difference. I believe this is useful information that can have several applications. Also good to know when i do get my little animal farm
I suppose, had I thought about it, I would have intuitively guessed that black wire would be easier to see through. I didn't think about it and the difference was much more than I would have guessed. Every day's a school day. Thanks for the video.
Black, absorbs light, white reflects light. That’s why in the summertime, you wear light colored clothing to stay cool.
Charles-zf6lk - Excellent point 💯
Yep! It takes the suns glare off. Much like why athletes wear eye black strips. You can also do this to Windows screens or just buy black ones.
Sounds like an opportunity for a new business - black wire fencing.
Sounds like a conspiracy theory-“did you know the government can make wire fencing completely invisible? They use a classified technology called black wire fencing!”
There is a black vinyl coated chain link fencing. It's my favorite. It's effective and almost disappears. Of course, more expensive...
@@revonda5204
Thank you! Vinyl coated!
I had a black vinyl coated fence installed in my backyard & couldn't remember vinyl I was just saying coated. It's beautiful & won't rust. LoL
I wanted a white wooden privacy fence, but they were to expensive for me. The fence guy asked if I wanted a regular silver fence or black vinyl coated & I'm so happy I went with the black vinyl coated. I highly recommend them!
Yes or a very very old business, lol.
A great tip, thanks! I may never use it myself as I live in an apartment - but I can pass on the tip to folk who have land and livestock.
Maaaam. You have exceeded your programming as they say in Star Trek. Using a roller on the mesh is a marvellous leap of the imagination.
No idea why this was recommended 😂 but I'm impressed
Wow, never thought of something like that , or making that kind of difference !
I can’t be the only one who sees better through that black painted wire vs the steel color.
I learned in grade school that the color black absorbs light and white reflects it. Very simple concept.
I expected the black wire would be an improvement, but it was very impressive to see such a big difference.
I was pretty impressed myself.
Great idea. They should do this at the Zoo so we can see the animals better.
Wouldn't that be fun.
What zoo have you been to that is using wire enclosures like this?
They do! The bars and wire is always black, has been in Australia since 1862 anyway!
Bird keepers and petshops do this too.
@@MyLibertyTV Any Zoo that keeps birds and other small animals? What Zoos have you been to where they don't have cages for small animals?
I totally get wanting to easily have eyes on my birds, but I have no outside dogs at the moment, I do have both chickens and rabbits on the ground behind unpainted wire, and am glad the predators may have a harder time seeing them. Value to both paint and no paint.
I could see that.
The predators have a very good sense of smell, they know the birds are there. Wire color makes no difference to them.
@@novampires223 I raise both chickens and rabbits. My rabbits are in a colony. I think if some coyotes came through and could see my rabbits running in fear it would trigger them to try a lot harder to get into them than if they couldn't easily see their movements.
A mosquito netting will protect them from nasty bites, sleep better,
I discovered this when I was a child. I had a guinea pig hatch that I converted to a mouse hatch. I put alluminium mesh on the front door of it. After a while the mice chewed a big hole in it and escaped. I patched it up with old wire mesh which was dark. I noticed it was much better and stronger and I could see in the hatch much more clearly thru it.
The white or aluminum wire reflects the daylight back to the eyes, blocking everything beyond it from sight. The black, of course, absorbs the light, especially if a matte black paint is used, and as you said, it's amazing how it "opens up" the coop and lets you see the chickens.
I dunno why the algorithm sent me here but cool vid. I imagine its not just that the wire catches the eyes but also that the glare from refracted light prevents the pupils from opening enough to focus into the dark space behind it.
White reflects the light back into our eyes, black absorbs light. Likewise with heat.
Hot chickens with black wire.
Exactly. It’s this little thing called science. Plus black absorbs heat. That’s how you get the good grill marks on your chicken.
@jamesgang94591 No that is just the steel absorbing the heat and retaining it unlike the air which is currently moving around the chicken which disperses it tries to energy wise equalize with the rest of the air.
We paint grills black because they'll turn black anyways from the soot and carbon anyways.
@@SilvaDreams Black absorbs heat. When I was around 12 we did a little experiment in science class that showed this. To test it yourself, when the sun has baked the parking lot to searing temperatures, try walking on it with bare feet. Test the difference in temperature between the black tar and the white lines by taking off your shoes and walking on the white lines, then stepping onto the black. You'll see what I mean.
Oh do tell us more professor science. 🙄
I make costumes and painting the inside of mesh for eyes/viewports black is a good trick for better visibility
That is incredible
Black absorbs the light. White reflects it making harder to see its like glare on a window on a sunny day.
Awesome! Thanks so much for that! 👍❤️☮️
Wisdom Preserved, thank you for this. I thought that it was a stupid idea, but you proved otherwise. Way to go.
This is why most screens for screen doors and windows are already black
So people can more easily look into your house? that doesn't sound like an upgrade
@@GerritDeSmedt
Don't you have curtains to cover your windows for privacy?
@@baldeagle5297 yes. Which I keep open to not block the airflow.
Let’s hope the paint you’re using isn’t toxic to the chickens. Birds, rabbits and other livestock have a tendency to pick at wire cages.
Good that you brought that up. We used animal safe paint for that reason.
It looks great! Definitely a good tip. I imagine it'd be harder to spot holes in the wire though, but i have no experience with chicken wire. Keep us updated on how it goes!
I was ready to roll my eyes. Wow, it's a significant improvement.
When you were painting the wire on the grass, the wire just seem to disappear as you worked.
What happens if the paint chips off the wire and the birds eat the paint chips?
I was wondering how long it will last. Seems like it would need to be a really hard enamel paint for it to last but that would be pretty bad when it does flake off. Maybe a low toxicity (chalkware?) matte black that you have to update in a few years might be best although not even sure if that exists, - actually I think it does and may have researched it for birdbaths long ago.
I used animal safe paint for that reason. I am curious how long it will last though.
Just for the record, that’s not chicken wire, it’s hardware cloth.
I was about to say the same thing. It’s also marketed as “poultry netting” bacause I guess that’s preferable to chicken wire.
JUST SAW THIS FENCING COLOR REPLACED IN THE HARBOR SPRINGS, MICHIGAN FOOT BALL FIELD. THE TOPS OF THE TIERD BANK HAS A ROADWAY. AS MANY PEOPLE CHOOSE TO WATCH FROM THE HIGHEST VANTAGE POINT, THIS BLACK FENCE WILL CHANGE HOW PEOPLE SEAT THEMSELVES.
Very concise, how neat!
thats not chicken wire. its hardware cloth
Black wire matters 😂😂😂😂😂
That's not chicken wire. It's called hardware cloth.
Aaaggh
It works because the unpainted fencing reflects a lot of light, making it self-illuminating.
Painting it black makes it absorb the light instead of reflecting it. Pretty simple really, but still a dramatic effect.
Let's pump that algorithm. Here's to hoping you get 1 mil views! Also thanks for teaching me something cool that i could have never known otherwise.
The starkness of white is why we painting our white railings and vertical boards on our deck a medium grey. The white was hard on our eyes.
Watching you do it on the grass was like magic!
It really did make a big difference, but I must confess I was expecting this to be a Halloween prop making tip, LOL! I gave the video a thumbs up anyway, because who knows, I may find a way to incorporate it into the yard haunt *somehow.*
It reduces/negates reflection. Black absorbs light.
Very cool!
It's one of those 'Why has no-one thought of that before?" situations.
White reflects light back at the eye.
The white wire reflects most of the light that hits it back at your eye, where the black wire absorbs the light and keeps it from your eyes so they can see better,,
At the end, over the grass, it really looks like you're painting the fence invisible.
That’s cool. You might want it for some other location too the thought of painting the fence at all or wire Black so that you can see through. It is brilliant.
The white or silver wire creates veiling glare by reflecting incoming light. Black absorbs roughly 95% of the light that strikes it, so no veiling glare.