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best candler for BCM eggs, or darker eggs.

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5/26/12 at 7:00pm
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I have 13 eggs in my home made incubator. They are on day 7 right now. The temp has been really steady and so has the humidity. I just really want to candle them to see if anything is forming. Do you know any brands or types of candlers or how to home make a good one to see through these darker eggs. I have one egg that is ligher in color and it is labled "number 12" and I candled it and can see good viable viens and a nice big eye.... but I dont want to just keep candling number 12 over and over.... I'd like to see if the other eggs that are darker have babies in them! :) did I mention I got these eggs on eBay?! heheheh

mother to: Clara Dawn, Coltrane, Minni the wonder mutt, 5 RIR's, 6 EE's, 2 Black Sex Links, 2 Large White Turkeys, 3 Batnam Chickens... all living happily 30 miles above the Arctic Circle in Kotzebue, AK!
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mother to: Clara Dawn, Coltrane, Minni the wonder mutt, 5 RIR's, 6 EE's, 2 Black Sex Links, 2 Large White Turkeys, 3 Batnam Chickens... all living happily 30 miles above the Arctic Circle in Kotzebue, AK!
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post #2 of 3
5/26/12 at 7:46pm
I use the brightest, small led flashlight I can find. Do it a dark room, that helps alot also. I have been able to do 90% of my eggs. Happy candling!
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5/27/12 at 2:04am

Good luck!  I had one egg that i'm not sure what breed it's from.  hatched a red chick from it that now is getting black speckles.  It's cute.  But the egg was dark brown.  I gave up on candling it after a few tries.  It was also an Ebay egg.  :)  Out of 12 eggs I had 7 start to hatch, 6 successfully hatch.
My dad told me that the best way to candle brown eggs is to put a box over an 100 watt (or higher) light bulb, cut a small hole in the box just big enough to set the egg on and then you might be able to see if there are veins.  I didn't try it.  But maybe it's worth a try?  If I ever get more brown eggs like that I will try it.

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