2017年11月3日 · How to Candle Eggs There are two different ways to effectively candle eggs. One pertains to shipped eggs with air cell damage and the other to non-shipped eggs. Shipped Eggs: Always keep the eggs air cell end up. It's best to leave them in an egg carton if you can.

2012年1月11日 · How to candle To candle, darken the room. Eggs can be out of the incubator (or away from a broody hen) for up to 20-30 minutes before starting to cool down inside, so don't rush. You can GENTLY roll the egg on the candler to get the best view. Out of the 14 eggs in this batch, we removed nine by day 14 that were obviously not developing.

2022年1月23日 · If you have white eggs and good candling equipment and technique you might see some veins on the third day, experience could help with that. But with blue, green, or brown eggs it could be really hard. There is nothing wrong with trying it, that's how you learn. But don't make any decisions on what you see on Day 3.

2010年2月24日 · I am just reading this as I am new to this. I am not a breeder but just a kindergarten teacher trying to give her students a fun and exciting experience. Wow what stress!! I am on Day 16 (started counting the morning I put the eggs in the incubator).

2012年1月11日 · CANDLING PICS: Progression Through Incubation Thanks to ZooMummzy, I am doing a test run of my little plywood bator and her little rooster! And I'll be sharing pics! These images are all taken using a point and shoot Canon Powershot 710IS...

2009年6月10日 · I never candle eggs until day 18 because I put in about 60 a week so to candle more than 300 eggs is pretty difficult. When I am ready to put them over in the hatcher I candle to see what is viable. Same with my hens sitting on eggs. When she is ready to stay on the nest for hatching I have tried to check the eggs and get rid of any taking up room.

2007年4月29日 · Beleive me I did it with my first hatch. I lost everyone of them. This past friday I did candle my eggs on day 23 after hatching a majority just so I could toss the rest and I ended up with one I saw in the air cell and now a healthy chick. Only do it if it is necessary.

2011年10月21日 · Get a powerful enough flashlight and you can candle any egg. Brown eggs are just as easy as green or blue eggs. White eggs are SUPER easy. Dark eggs like w/ Marans and Penedesencas can be difficult, you need a really nice flashlight/bulb. Olive Egger eggs as mentioned, especially second gens, are the hardest.

2011年1月28日 · I am totally new to hatching eggs but I recently hatched chicks by incubator and under two hens at the same time. My incubator was having temp spikes so I put a few of the eggs under the broodies to be safe. I candled the eggs under the hens one at a time and although I got yelled at and pecked a little they did not get off of their nests.

2014年3月16日 · 1. Never water candle an egg that has externally pipped. Should be self-explanatory, but it can drown the chick. 2. Always water candle with water several degrees warmer than the egg...I use 105F. 3. To reduce the risk of egg infection, only water candle in the last few days of incubation when light candling is ineffective.