My Day 7 (Sat Jan 12,2013) Candling
Using a flashlight w/ tin foil tapped around it so the egg gets set partway in the tinfoil an I look at it kinda sideways.
7 Duck eggs:
Egg A - ? veins or small blood ring? , was in the far away windy spot, changed my plan and moved it to on spot right under blub to see it is developes in the next day or two...
Egg B - pretty certain that was a blood ring, but will wait until day 10
Eggs C-D-E-F-G - ALIVE, slightly diff. rates of progress but all very nice viens, & most had movement/heartbeat ! <grow little WH duckies
11 CHICKEN EGGS :
Very confusing -- most of the Green I could not see into AT ALL,
I could maybe see into some of the choc. but wow these are even thicker eggs than the last batch! I'd say about half are developing if I had to guess, but I didn't see much to go on.
Egg C - choc w/ pinkish grey undertones, Large egg, poss. x SFH (oh I hope!) right under the bulb, I clearly can see a chick, way more advanced (assume due to heat) has a dark eye spot, lots of movement looks like a day 10 egg rather than a day 7 egg based on last hatch so that hotter spot hasn't killed it so far but it will hatch first at this rate.
Egg J - Mint Green, very small, very narrow pointy end! - This is the only green egg I could really see into & I'm concerned -- There was great massive veining w/ a central chick blob, but it appears to be located in the top of the wide area, *exactly where the air cell should be* and I don't see any air cell line ??!! Could there be an air cell & I'm seeing the veins/chick down through the void air cell space and all is well? or could it be developing in the wide top area and this chick is doomed? Again, it is the only Green egg I could really see into, and aside from placement it looked great. Anyone seen this b/f?
Well that is my 7 day report, I'll not be able to keep my hands off & will likely candle 1 or 2 diff eggs every night now just trying to see if I can see anything as they grow bigger.
Hope everyone else is seeing lots of signs of life in their eggs today !
Using a flashlight w/ tin foil tapped around it so the egg gets set partway in the tinfoil an I look at it kinda sideways.
7 Duck eggs:
Egg A - ? veins or small blood ring? , was in the far away windy spot, changed my plan and moved it to on spot right under blub to see it is developes in the next day or two...
Egg B - pretty certain that was a blood ring, but will wait until day 10
Eggs C-D-E-F-G - ALIVE, slightly diff. rates of progress but all very nice viens, & most had movement/heartbeat ! <grow little WH duckies
11 CHICKEN EGGS :
Very confusing -- most of the Green I could not see into AT ALL,
I could maybe see into some of the choc. but wow these are even thicker eggs than the last batch! I'd say about half are developing if I had to guess, but I didn't see much to go on.
Egg C - choc w/ pinkish grey undertones, Large egg, poss. x SFH (oh I hope!) right under the bulb, I clearly can see a chick, way more advanced (assume due to heat) has a dark eye spot, lots of movement looks like a day 10 egg rather than a day 7 egg based on last hatch so that hotter spot hasn't killed it so far but it will hatch first at this rate.
Egg J - Mint Green, very small, very narrow pointy end! - This is the only green egg I could really see into & I'm concerned -- There was great massive veining w/ a central chick blob, but it appears to be located in the top of the wide area, *exactly where the air cell should be* and I don't see any air cell line ??!! Could there be an air cell & I'm seeing the veins/chick down through the void air cell space and all is well? or could it be developing in the wide top area and this chick is doomed? Again, it is the only Green egg I could really see into, and aside from placement it looked great. Anyone seen this b/f?
Well that is my 7 day report, I'll not be able to keep my hands off & will likely candle 1 or 2 diff eggs every night now just trying to see if I can see anything as they grow bigger.
Hope everyone else is seeing lots of signs of life in their eggs today !