That's interesting as far as the sheen goes. I've not taken photos of them with a flash, only iPhone photos which are what I posted and that was without flash. As far as the chicks not looking like Isabelle I'm a bit confused about. The Isabelle's are the lavender diluted version of the brown...
I borrowed a friends octagon once (when I "accidentally" bought too many hatching eggs) I did side by side hatches in my mini and her octagon and I had a much better hatch out of my mini. I've been very pleased with it...and because it's small it keeps me from setting two dozen eggs at a time :D
I wanted to share my latest hatch. I've been waiting for these eggs since last year and I'm more than a little excited so I had to share! It all started with me looking for a white egg layer to set off the color of my other eggs. I have every other color of egg so I thought the white would just...
Good luck with your hatch! I love the Brinsea products and I'm sure you will too. I use the mini advance and the eco glow brooder and swear by them both. I've also hatched out of a friends octagon advance when I went egg buying crazy (the mini keeps my chicken math in check) and the octagon was...
If you shine the light into the air sac, look for some veining close to the edges and I would say it's safe to assume they are developing nicely. If you can't see veins, wait a few days and look to see if the blob has grown. The farther along they develop the harder it is to see. At that point...
I have 5 isabelle leghorn eggs with pips already. So exciting!!
I use my phones flashlight app too. I've even used it on dark marans eggs. It wasn't bright enough to see a whole lot on those but was bright enough to show veining vs clears. You can see a lot even in the blue eggs. These leghorn...