First Time Egg Candler Scared!

[AmyLynn2374]

Ok, some more significantly that others. Excuse the labling. It was a pick I used for my blogging, explaining pips/zips....lol






I get more dipping at the 18th day candling. Before that they are more flat.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

What do you think of the size of these air sacks at 14 days incubation? I'm not sure how you folks get those nice lines. My wife helped me while I held the flashlight and the lines are pretty squiggly.

I think they look ok compared to this chart (Thanks Amy!):

They look decent to me.

 

[debbie50chicks]

I love my Easter Eggers! Such a sweet temperament and give me an awesome variety of eggs. The brown eggs are from my Australorp girls. Couldn't be happier!

 

[debbie50chicks]

OOP! Sorry! Posted on the wrong thread.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

OOP! Sorry! Posted on the wrong thread.

LOL. That sure is a lot of eggs!

 

[WVduckchick]

Ok, so dipped/tilted is probably more normal, but if not, its not necessarily a bad thing. Thanks!

 

[WVduckchick]

OOP! Sorry! Posted on the wrong thread.

Heehee! Beautiful eggs though!

 

[sideWing]

They look decent to me.

Thanks! It looks like they grow a ton in the next couple days. If all goes well.

 

[RubyNala97]

You guys have a nice thread going here. Just to chime in, I paid over $40 for a half dozen silkie eggs, shipped from several states away! I don't know what I was thinking using shipped eggs for my first go! I'm a nervous wreck about the air cells (Amy, you've given great advice) mine look very dipped on one side. Anyway, I'm chatting with my landlord down the road at the mailboxes and I tell him about my new incubator & the eggs and he tells me he has fertile eggs, all kinds of breeds, including silkies & I can have eggs whenever I want for FREE! I didn't even know he had chickens on his property! He also offered me fertile peacock eggs! So now I'm kicking myself for spending all this money. At least I see 3 little babies in the eggs. Tomorrow is day 7, the rest look clear (like the pics posted above) but I'll wait at least till day 10!

 

[sideWing]

You guys have a nice thread going here. Just to chime in, I paid over $40 for a half dozen silkie eggs, shipped from several states away! I don't know what I was thinking using shipped eggs for my first go! I'm a nervous wreck about the air cells (Amy, you've given great advice) mine look very dipped on one side. Anyway, I'm chatting with my landlord down the road at the mailboxes and I tell him about my new incubator & the eggs and he tells me he has fertile eggs, all kinds of breeds, including silkies & I can have eggs whenever I want for FREE! I didn't even know he had chickens on his property! He also offered me fertile peacock eggs!

So now I'm kicking myself for spending all this money. At least I see 3 little babies in the eggs. Tomorrow is day 7, the rest look clear (like the pics posted above) but I'll wait at least till day 10!

I should have started with free eggs, but I really really really want to have some nice Blue Laced Red Wyandottes. At this point I will be lucky to get one. Peacocks are loud, but they are freaking awesome. If I had a free supply of cool eggs my bator would never get unplugged. I'm a mess as it is. I'm already thinking about the next batch.