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I do not know who did the testing and not wanting to start an argument, perhaps JC Nails do glow in the dark.
I raise them and have for several years. In fact I have 8 week-old GJF chicks in a brooder, on my kitchen table. (yep, just an old single Batch)
I am out at the bird pens after dark doing security checks more nights than not and have never seen any of the "glow in the dark" theory alluded to.
Now they do refract light differently than do normal hackle or any other feather that I have seen. But trust me, they do not glow in the dark.
After playing with these interesting birds for as many years as I have, I still am fascinated by the way they are formed.
The males must be 2 years old before the eye takes on the color we tiers want/need. The cape hackle molt and are replaced by a hackle feather that is black and this is called an eclipse molt. Eventually the good one comes in and presto we have a marvel of nature. It is not a "get rich project" and they are one of the more difficult to propagate birds I have raised.
Sorry if I may have stepped on any toes, not my intention at all. Just wanted to tell it like it is.
Denny
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this is one case where the fish do care. Apparently >they've done some test, (who they are is beynd me, lol) and >discovered that real jungle cock nails have an irridesent glow in >the dark ability built right in. So any "fake" attempts at >mimmicking them, is frought with failure.<
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