1st candeling!!

[kwynn's birds Alaska]

In my bator i have a dozen... all mixed eggs..3 EE, 3 from a different EE 2 leghorns, 1 australorp, and 3 sexlink eggs, fertilized by my SSH. I'm supposed to candle today, but since the motor on my turner died, i have to turn them by hand. I couldn't help but stick the flashlight behind a couple. I see definate veigning in the leghorn eggs, and a few in the green eggs. It was hard to see in a brown one, and i wanted to hurry and close the bator. Now I'm excited as ever, since this is going to be the first hatch this spring...

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

I'm so excited for you! I'm afraid to look at mine . . .

 

[al6517]

I know isn't it cool I am going through my first rookie hatch myself, candled at day 10 and it was great to see 99% of them doing good in development. and in my homemade bator to boot.

AL

 

[jonty]

I used to candel at 6 - 12 - 18 days but now don't see the point and only candel on the 18th day when I stop turning. My hatch rate has gone up and leaving un fertile eggs till the 18th day seems to do no harm. In my eye's the less you handel the egg the better.

 

[kwynn's birds Alaska]

I was real quick about it, I just set the light behind the eggs. Now that it looks like everything is going ok, I think I can handle waiting to candle again. I'm so glad I checked the turner before I set eggs in, rather than finding out after...