candling

  1. The Rinaest Rina

    Candling An Egg On The Wrong End?

    So, today is Day 7 for my clutch of eggs. (I'M SO EXCITED) I candled them accordingly, small-end-down on my built-in incubator candler. My two light-brown, speckled eggs were easy to see through and I could see the little moving, living, veiny bean inside. I'm not certain what breed the mother...
  2. K

    Is there a such thing as “too much candling”

    Is there a such thing as candling too often? We are have some eggs incubating and we are on day 6. Just want to know if there’s a such thing as candling too often? I know that you don’t notice a huge difference within a day, but didn’t know if it “hurts” anything to candle more than just once or...
  3. TheDaringDucks

    We've got embryos!

    I'm so excited! I've been waiting for this for weeks I finally have some embryos! After losing 17 eggs to a malfunctioning incubator I was really sad that I might not get ducklings this year. I decided to let nature handle the rest of the eggs I had gathered and let my broody duck hens incubate...
  4. P

    Twins?

    This is my first time incubating chicken eggs and I think we have twins. The egg didn’t seem to be big like a double yolker but it was bought from someone to hatch and I’ve never had this breed before-Ayam Cemini-so I’m not sure how big their eggs typically are. I wish I could upload the video...
  5. PrettyBirdRocky

    Fairytale Hatch A Long, join in!

    As these will be dual purpose crosses for processing, let's give them a fairytale! Set some eggs Sunday. Have 16, am watching closely, have tested turner. When I candle day 5-7 I'll know better if I have duds. But it's a trial and error run. Have used this incubator before. Kebonnixs. Really...
    • PrettyBirdRocky
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    • buff brahma candling candling chicken egg candling pictutes dal purpose day 3 day 5 hatch-a-long incubator kebonnixs
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    • Forum: Hatch-A-Longs
  6. Jikaaa

    Question regarding blood vessels during candling

    What are the factors that affect or determine how thick the vasculatures in embryos will be? I've observed that some eggs have thicker vessels and some eggs have really thin ones. I've been told that those with thicker vessels are good chicks and that it indicates good overall health of the egg...
  7. silkiemama002

    One egg lost 27% weight by day ten, others fine! Help!

    Hey guys, please help a little newbie! I have three silkie eggs in my incubator which are on day 11. When I did my check in last night to weigh them and candle, they all looked good. Movement, good blood vessels etc. However when I weighed them, one of the eggs has lost 12 GRAMS since it went...
  8. Q

    Quail egg candling

    This is my third day incubating quail eggs. I looked at other threads for day 3 candled quail eggs and they showed veins. Is mine fertile?
  9. H

    Candling for the first time on day 22

    Fertilized egg that never started developing?
  10. L

    First Time Broody, All Died

    I had a 1 year old Buff Orpington go broody a few weeks ago. She started with 9 eggs and they all died despite her being very faithful - wondering what happened and how we can improve next time. I’m thinking possibly the heat (has been 100+ degrees here in Alabama and very humid) as well as...
  11. M

    Difference in air sac size for the same hatch

    Greetings Peeps! (see what I did there?) I am wondering if some of you may have insight on the air sack size discrepancy between eggs for my current hatch. I am on day 21 of hatching 15 straight run chicken eggs from a friend with a backyard chicken flock. I am using a Hova -Bator circulated...
  12. Everose

    Day 7 Egg Yolks Shifting

    My mother started incubating her duck eggs seven days ago. They're being hand turned 3-4 times a day, and she got them straight from a breeder, no shipping or rough handling besides brushing off the clumped mud and crap. Tonight while candling them she noticed multiple egg yolks were moving from...
  13. R

    Egg candling day 5.. how does it look?

    Hello! I am brand new to hatching eggs using an incubator. I have hatched some previously under a broody hen (which I never candled) but this is my first time using an incubator. Does this duck egg look good to you so far? It’s been almost 5 days in the incubator and they all look similar...
  14. D

    HELP Incubating Duck eggs first time- mama duck was attacked and nest was abandoned

    Hello, I found an abandoned nest of 22 duck eggs. The mom duck was a Muscovy duck, the neighbor who had them in her yard said it probably happened early morning (I found them later in the morning). This is my first time attempting to incubate eggs and I tried to do the candle test but have no...
    • Duck eggs 2023
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    • abandoned duck egg candle lighting candle test duck eggs candling duck eggs first time incubating help for incubating duck eggs incubating duck eggs
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  15. JoanieShrubs

    Fresh fertile eggs look odd :/

    It’s my first breeding season here in Australia and I’ve been hatching eggs from other breeders, shipped and local. I recently borrowed a Sicilian Buttercup cockerel to put with my three pullets and the breeding pen has been going for a few weeks. The first batch of 12 fertile eggs, well I...
  16. P

    Day 23 candling pics, input needed

    Hi everyone, can you please help me? All others hatched day 21-22 with the hen and she abandoned the nest leaving 6 eggs behind. I candled and kept two. I saw veining in one what I thought was probably an egg that I gave one day later because she refused some eggs after day one. Now it's day 23...
  17. Ankaa

    This is what an egg that is going to explode in a few hours looks like when candled

    I learned the hard way the next morning. Just wanted to get this out here so you can learn from my mistake. I had also candled it about a week before. At that time, it looked very behind in development. 7 days later when I candled it again, the egg had gone completely dark which was a big red...
  18. S

    Is this egg doomed? (photo)

    Duck egg on day 19 (was candling to find a different egg that had gone bad and gotten smelly) I can see movement in the egg, but also noticed those 2 black spots that look like it's going bad. They didn't shift at all when I was turning the egg. This batch of shipped eggs has been the worst...
  19. Pollo Blanco

    There's 28 of them!

    First timer; scrambled to get an incubator together after my wonderful drake Allfather disappeared early Friday morning of the 19th of May 2023. I did a quick check at six days and had three out of three 'starters'. Much to my amazement, I didn't have a 'yolker' until number 25. So, out of 29...
    • Pollo Blanco
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    • candling ducklings incubator indian runner
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    • Forum: Ducks
  20. Heartsopenwide

    Candling BCM Eggs...

    We are on day 8. I have hatched twice in an incubator and twice with broody hens. This is our first with such dark eggs. I have a very bright head lamp and it is completely dark. Some I can see through. Some are dark masses. Some look like possibly blood rings. But NONE have veins...I want to...
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