help with candling please :)

[Crazy4Fowl]

ok

 

[casportpony]

Wait whats a bator? And a bullseye ring?

Bator = incubator

-Kathy

 

[Lacrystol]

Just a question. The only way to know if the eggs are fertile is if you see them mate? And I know you can candle, but before they form how do u tell?

Usually you give them two weeks of mating, then they should be fertiled, I have thrown eggs in before two weeks and even though I know they have been mating, nothing would develop.. But after the two week mile marker boom.

 

[Crazy4Fowl]

Oh i should have guessed that lol

 

[c0urtmarie]

Thanks guys i guess I'll leave it shut for the other egg. How long do I leave the hatched one in there since there is one unhatched??

 

[casportpony]

Thanks guys i guess I'll leave it shut for the other egg. How long do I leave the hatched one in there since there is one unhatched??

I don't normally leave them in for much more than 24 hours.

-Kathy

 

[Birdrain92]

Usually you give them two weeks of mating, then they should be fertiled, I have thrown eggs in before two weeks and even though I know they have been mating, nothing would develop.. But after the two week mile marker boom.

Sometimes the drake can be infertile and still "practice" though.

 

[c0urtmarie]

Would it hurt the other egg if I took them out before it hatches?

 

[Crazy4Fowl]

Guys I need help https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/942057/do-drakes-make-hens-calmer-nicer

 

[Lacrystol]

Sometimes the drake can be infertile and still "practice" though.

That is true, absolutely true, good point...