Don't do it!
The last two I candled that close to hatch looked dead. I stared at them for at least a minute straight with the flashlight on them. They looked dead.
They weren't. I eggtopsied the first one and found it alive and put them both back. It almost made it. The second one pipped, but...
Well, that was almost 24 hours ago... I put it back in because it was still alive. It's still alive!!!! Fingers crossed. Humidity is holding steady at 60%.
Ok, I'm swearing off candling. I made a horrible mistake last night. I thought an egg going into lockdown was dead, so I went to do an eggtopsy, only to find out it was still alive...
Ok maybe not swear off candling, but swear off tossing, unless there is a blood ring or its infertile. And only...