EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

I am an expert in fruit fly eggs!!


I hatched some once in Biology 121, I think it was.. I could not really figure out what color their eyes were..

So I might have used data that was in line with what I was suppose to find,,,and written my paper and conclusions off that...

I have felt guilty over this for 40 years..Thanks for allowing me to confess my sin so I can sleep well tonight...


Now what about this post:



Personally I have to wonder why you candle so much...BUT then I wonder why all these people candle so much weigh eggs and all the OCD stuff they do... I chicken never candles her eggs, never weighs them and they hatch...I try to be just like a chicken when I incubate....





X-rays would not remove anything you could see with your naked eye from an egg, I don't think....

Is it possible someone sold you bad eggs,,,or did the boys at the post Office have a rousing game of volleyball with your eggs? Both are possible..

How much is a lot of money spent for eggs to be mailed to you? I have some eggs I could send you.....

I really think you are searching too deeply for an easy answer....... The eggs did not hatch, they were shipped, so that takes from the chance of a hatch....Where they disinfected? Infection and dirty eggs take from the chances of a good hatch...

Heat and cold take from the chances of a good hatch...... So many variables, blaming the Xray machine seems a little far fetched... Even though I mark all eggs I shp with a "do not xray" label, I doubt very much the postal employees pay much attention to the label..Other than to know it is a good box to play ball with....
Cheater!! :lau

We candle because it is fun. Because the way an egg turns into a peeping fuzzy is amazing, and we want to watch it happen. Because it seems magical to watch that little swimming eyeball in there just sorta bounce back and forth, swimming in its ting little world. Because---I dunno, we just like to. :p

"SUMMARY

1. The eggs of the fruit fly, Drosophila, can be used as a dosimeter for estimating X-ray dosage. Within limits which are discussed, there is a correlation between dosage and effect.

2. Because a large proportion of the eggs is normally resistant to X-rays, the lethal dose must have a sufficient intensity to kill every individual in a short time. This is probably true also for those tumor cells which show the same type of variation in sensitiveness to radiations. "
That has nothing to do with the topic of the thread. :confused:

Quite odd.
 
Not sure. Gosh, I hope no one put that in the educational stuff for BYC - Sumi (as staff member) posted on there thanking the OP for finding the article. (I don't get it - it says very clearly that it's fruit fly eggs - why didn't anyone notice that?:th)

I know, it's like someone saw the words "Xray" and "egg" and saw a pretty graph and said "Ooooooooooooohhhhh!!!!! It's SCIENCE!" :lau

If you want to talk science, we should talk e2 levels and follicle sizes, and how there are NO STUDIES unrelated to IVF - and when I talked to a NP about my #'s, she goes "omg you hyperstimulated"


Again.

I'm a medical fking miracle. Go me.


NOT.

Thanks for making me laugh so hard I spiraled into another coughing fit. :lau

I hope you feel better soon.
 
I am an expert in fruit fly eggs!!


I hatched some once in Biology 121, I think it was.. I could not really figure out what color their eyes were..

So I might have used data that was in line with what I was suppose to find,,,and written my paper and conclusions off that...

I have felt guilty over this for 40 years..Thanks for allowing me to confess my sin so I can sleep well tonight...


Now what about this post:



Personally I have to wonder why you candle so much...BUT then I wonder why all these people candle so much weigh eggs and all the OCD stuff they do... I chicken never candles her eggs, never weighs them and they hatch...I try to be just like a chicken when I incubate....





X-rays would not remove anything you could see with your naked eye from an egg, I don't think....

Is it possible someone sold you bad eggs,,,or did the boys at the post Office have a rousing game of volleyball with your eggs? Both are possible..

How much is a lot of money spent for eggs to be mailed to you? I have some eggs I could send you.....

I really think you are searching too deeply for an easy answer....... The eggs did not hatch, they were shipped, so that takes from the chance of a hatch....Where they disinfected? Infection and dirty eggs take from the chances of a good hatch...

Heat and cold take from the chances of a good hatch...... So many variables, blaming the Xray machine seems a little far fetched... Even though I mark all eggs I shp with a "do not xray" label, I doubt very much the postal employees pay much attention to the label..Other than to know it is a good box to play ball with....

Thank you for your thoughts. I too hatched fruit flies and had to divide based on the phenotype.

However, you have missed the point of my question. I did not ask why the eggs didn't hatch. They are in lockdown now. 7 out of 16. I am not asking about the package being drop-kicked. I am aware of all of this. It has no bearing on eggs without the blastoderm. If an egg isn't fertile, there is nothing I can do about it.

Don't worry about my candling. I spend very little time doing it. I see what I need to and move on. The difference between clear yellow and red veins is not complex to see (and if dark eggs, there is a better way). My question was regarding X-rays as I was told this would remove the evidence that the eggs had been fertile. I didn't argue with her (and she's not from BYC). But, that was her explaination. Thank you for your offer, but that isn't my point.
 
Thank you for your thoughts. I too hatched fruit flies and had to divide based on the phenotype.

However, you have missed the point of my question. I did not ask why the eggs didn't hatch. They are in lockdown now. 7 out of 16. I am not asking about the package being drop-kicked. I am aware of all of this. It has no bearing on eggs without the blastoderm. If an egg isn't fertile, there is nothing I can do about it.

Don't worry about my candling. I spend very little time doing it. I see what I need to and move on. The difference between clear yellow and red veins is not complex to see (and if dark eggs, there is a better way). My question was regarding X-rays as I was told this would remove the evidence that the eggs had been fertile. I didn't argue with her (and she's not from BYC). But, that was her explaination. Thank you for your offer, but that isn't my point.
The way you worded didn't make it clear that that was your question, hence the confusion among answers.
 
If you want to talk science, we should talk e2 levels and follicle sizes, and how there are NO STUDIES unrelated to IVF - and when I talked to a NP about my #'s, she goes "omg you hyperstimulated"


Again.

I'm a medical fking miracle. Go me.


NOT.



I hope you feel better soon.
Sorry about all the hassle. :hugs
 
The way you worded didn't make it clear that that was your question, hence the confusion among answers.

I went back and clarified. I was only trying to ask about the impact of X-rays and if it was believed to impact the blastoderm. The point of the rest, was try to avoid questions on: what humidity do you use? Are they packed well? Etc.

I did read the article provided. Though it's fruit flies, it makes sense still. I would love to get some xrayed and compare with a control. I don't believe it will make much difference.

Thanks
 
I am an expert in fruit fly eggs!!


I hatched some once in Biology 121, I think it was.. I could not really figure out what color their eyes were..

So I might have used data that was in line with what I was suppose to find,,,and written my paper and conclusions off that...

I have felt guilty over this for 40 years..Thanks for allowing me to confess my sin so I can sleep well tonight...


Now what about this post:



Personally I have to wonder why you candle so much...BUT then I wonder why all these people candle so much weigh eggs and all the OCD stuff they do... I chicken never candles her eggs, never weighs them and they hatch...I try to be just like a chicken when I incubate....





X-rays would not remove anything you could see with your naked eye from an egg, I don't think....

Is it possible someone sold you bad eggs,,,or did the boys at the post Office have a rousing game of volleyball with your eggs? Both are possible..

How much is a lot of money spent for eggs to be mailed to you? I have some eggs I could send you.....

I really think you are searching too deeply for an easy answer....... The eggs did not hatch, they were shipped, so that takes from the chance of a hatch....Where they disinfected? Infection and dirty eggs take from the chances of a good hatch...

Heat and cold take from the chances of a good hatch...... So many variables, blaming the Xray machine seems a little far fetched... Even though I mark all eggs I shp with a "do not xray" label, I doubt very much the postal employees pay much attention to the label..Other than to know it is a good box to play ball with....
I remember way back in pathogenic microbiology we had a very old monotone professor. The only time his voice ever changed was when he would tell the story about how they would xray feet to choose comfortable shoes but had to stop it because "Guess what else was getting xrayed-THEIR TESTICLES!!!!" :lau he told that story about 4 times that semester. (he never mentioned anything about women's parts :oops::confused:)........... I know-give me the bus pass now...:th
 

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