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post #1 of 11
7/15/12 at 6:49pm
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Could somebody post some pictures of eggs being candled in different stages.  Can you see the yolk when you candle? I have some blue and green ones that have loose light colored material.  Not a dark spot, but kind of yellow looking.  I'm candling some to make sure they are good to eat, not to incubate.  I'll post some pics of the eggs in question tomorrow.  Thanks guys!

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post #2 of 11
7/15/12 at 8:11pm

Here is a link for candling http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/686848/anyone-want-to-help-out-a-fellow-bycer-im-trying-to-win-a-photo-contest-with-my-chicks

You can also put them in water if they float - toss them out.

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post #3 of 11
7/15/12 at 8:42pm
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Here is a link for candling http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/686848/anyone-want-to-help-out-a-fellow-bycer-im-trying-to-win-a-photo-contest-with-my-chicks

You can also put them in water if they float - toss them out.


I think that was the wrong link.  Could you try again?

 

I knew about the water trick, but I thought that was just for age of eggs. 

 

Thank you!

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post #4 of 11
7/15/12 at 9:00pm

Sorry pasted wrong link hide.gif. Here is the link from sites Learning Center I'm sure will help http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/candling-pics-progression-through-incubation-of-chicken-eggs

fyi this site is a great because you can go to the forum nav and type in a question in the Search and it will bring up past related post to you question.

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post #5 of 11
7/15/12 at 9:16pm
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Thank you! That helped a lot.  My problem was that I wasn't sure if a yolk shadow was common in green eggs that are either not fertilized or not incubated at all.  That answered my question!big_smile.png

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post #6 of 11
7/15/12 at 9:24pm

Glad I could help and sorry again about the wrong link on my first post. ya.gif

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post #7 of 11
7/15/12 at 9:25pm
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Glad I could help and sorry again about the wrong link on my first post. ya.gif


That's fine, it was a good link anyway!lol.png

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post #8 of 11
7/17/12 at 7:30pm
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I think I've got the hang of this, but could I get a second opinion?

 

This one is bad (I mean, not safe to eat) right?

 

 

This one is bad.

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This one is bad.

 

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This one is bad.

 

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This one is good right?  The dark spot was moving around a lot.  Just more like a yolk, not like an embryo.

 

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Good?

 

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Thanks again!

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post #9 of 11
7/18/12 at 2:06pm

Looks like you got the hang of which eggs are good to eat and which you wouldn't want to.

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post #10 of 11
7/18/12 at 2:49pm
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Originally Posted by fried green eggs View Post

Looks like you got the hang of which eggs are good to eat and which you wouldn't want to.


YAY!! I don't want to traumatize anybody...*evil laugh*

 

"Grandma, Look I told you the blue eggs are fine to eat. *cracks egg, sees eye, Grandma screams, evil laugh* Or maybe not, muahahaha!"

 

Thank you for all the info fried green eggs, I really appreciate it! Here's a chorus line of dancing bunnies, just for you: bun.gifbun.gifbun.gifbun.gif

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