Candled eggs -(HATCH update) ... :) :)

[kimb]

Here's my "home made" candler ...

I folded a piece of aluminum foil up ( so that there were 4 layers) . then just wrapped it around my flashlight... then I can crunch the foil to the size I needed for the egg

 

[kimb]

bump ... I added new pictures to the original post

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[kimb]

sorry for the bump again... just getting excited

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notice egg 16 ... with the veins ?? could it be a late bloomer? ... i'm new to this (even though my broody is doing all the work ) I'm doing all the fussing...

 

[kimb]

just trying to keep things together: ... this is the 1st 2 candling series (copied) down here so I could edit the original post:

UPDATE today : 4/26
1 - cochin-removed

2- duccle-removed

3- cochin-removed

4 - duccle

5 - duccle

6 - duccle

7 - mystery

8 - duccle

9 - duccle

10 - duccle

11 - duccle

12 - duccle

13 - duccle

14 - cochin (note : there are veins! ... could it just be a late bloomer if it was on the outskits of the nest?

15 - cochin

16 - cochin (I had real big problems trying to get pictures - but this had veins ... and was moving)

17- mystery- removed
18 - cochin- removed

THE candler:

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I have d'uccle and bantam cochin eggs under my broody - They're due 4/30 (they were tucked under my girl on 4/9)

I candled the eggs yesterday - and sadly it seems that only 1 Cochin egg is truly thriving, but a good number of the d'uccle eggs are doing quite well.

I was having difficulty getting the picture just right to see inside the egg - I think I need a stronger flashlight

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(I ended up removing 3 eggs - 2 that I'm sure were nothing, and 1 egg that my sneaky little EE girl snuck in with her at some point ( x( she's best friends with my broody girl).

I'll try to post them in order - but I didn't keep track of which eggs I took multiple pictures of at different angles... but I know this

the Ordered I candled them are :
1 - cochin (no)
2- duccle (no)
3- cochin (no) ... but I left these all with her anyway

4 - duccle
5 - duccle
6 - duccle
7 - mystery
8 - duccle
9 - duccle
10 - duccle
11 - duccle
12 - duccle
13 - duccle

14 - cochin (unknown thiriving?)
15 - cochin ( doubtful)
16 - cochin (YES)
17- mystery (no) - removed
18 - cochin (no) - removed

Now these pictures ARE NOT IN ORDER (but the number next to them does correspond with the number I wrote on the egg- so if you can read that in the picture than that is the number/egg/breed I've listed ...

The eggs that I removed - I want to crack - but I haven't yet ... I'm nervous ... (afraid if there really is something then I'd feel bad) ...

... do you see something I don't in the "no" eggs? ...

*ETA - the first dated pictures are not correct they were taken yesterday - but I switched from using my kodak easy share - to using my nikon d 60 ...