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1/20/12 at 9:39pm
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I'm really nervous. I am hatching my second batch of eggs, and the batch is currently on day 15. I candled just a couple of minutes ago with a decently high powered flash light, and I couldn't see anything! It was all black, no veins or anything. I could see the air cell and that is just about it. My incubator manual has a picture of an egg with what looks like an air cell on both ends of the egg, the rest being black, and says that this is what a late death inside the egg looks like. My eggs don't look like that,  after looking for a few minutes, I confirmed that there is only one air cell, and nothing else within sight. Is there something wrong? Am I being overly worried and paranoid or is there actually a problem?

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post #2 of 3
1/20/12 at 9:43pm
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If you've got a nice sized air cell, you've probably got nothing to worry about.  Candle again before lockdown/confinement.

Keeper of 26 hens,  4 PW Leghorns, 1 leghorn mix, 1 FBCMarans, 1 Australorp, 1 Buff Orpington, 2 Mama Olive Eggers w/ 15 chicks each, 1 EE, a Barred Rock, a RIR, a CQ, 1 Delaware, 1 Black Star, a Splash Ameraucana, 3 W/BW Ameraucana pullets, 5 polish, 2 Welsummers and 41 juvies of various breeds. YIKES!  Time to SELL some chickens!

 

 

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Keeper of 26 hens,  4 PW Leghorns, 1 leghorn mix, 1 FBCMarans, 1 Australorp, 1 Buff Orpington, 2 Mama Olive Eggers w/ 15 chicks each, 1 EE, a Barred Rock, a RIR, a CQ, 1 Delaware, 1 Black Star, a Splash Ameraucana, 3 W/BW Ameraucana pullets, 5 polish, 2 Welsummers and 41 juvies of various breeds. YIKES!  Time to SELL some chickens!

 

 

"With God, ALL things are possible."

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post #3 of 3
1/20/12 at 9:50pm
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Okay I will keep that in mind! Thanks so much!

 

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