Best candler for dark eggs

[Clay In Iowa]

I'm having a really, really hard time with candling Marans eggs.

Any Ideas......

 

[illinichick]

I'd like to know this also. I got and incubator for Christmas and want to start hatching soon. I have 3-4 Marans that have the dark brown eggs.

 

[rooster0209]

I had to take the brown eggs into my bathroom, shut off all the lights and use a bright flashlight...........and sometimes that was a guess.

Dark choc eggs..good luck. Hope someone else has some good ideas

 

[Rooster Ray]

I have been using a $4.00 Walmart LED flashlight with good results but I don't think my eggs are as dark as yours.

 

[Katy]

I've been hatching my Marans and Welsummer eggs for several years, and I gave up a long time ago trying to see anything other than checking on the air cell size.

 

[L&Schickens]

I was going to post with this exact question!! I have a real egg candler and I can't see a thing. I can see a little bit of an air pocket, but that is all.
Is that a good sign?

I can't see through this:

 

[gumpsgirl]

L&Schickens - You probably never will be able to see through that either! LOL! I hatched some Welsummer eggs that were that dark last July and it didn't matter what system I used or how bright the flashlight was. I never could see anything other than the air cell, as stated by Katy. Those dk. brown eggs are just a hopeless cause when it comes to candling.

 

[Clay In Iowa]

hmmm well crud I was hoping someone had a magic candler that could see inside those really dark eggs.

Now i get to worry about rotten eggs and an explosion of not so tasty eggy badness in my bator.

 

[gumpsgirl]

Relax! Just use your nose. If there is a rotten egg in the bator then you should be able to smell it well before it explodes!

 

[Clay In Iowa]

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I'll have my wife sniff them out. I could sleep with a skunk on my head and not know it.