Candleing went bad what can i do

[Jaspacouts]

ok so i just candeled my 3 day old eggs and i dont think ive got anything in them alot of speckles all over the egg which i read was a humidity issue idk so can someone help me and give me advice. should i keep the eggs in anyways??? also ive been having some trouble keeping the gauges at a constant temp and humidity iss that the reason????

 

[Tuffoldhen]

Eggs shouldn't be candled til day 7, thats when you will see veining and the embryo..not before unless your an expert candler...I don't candle til day 7 and I've hatched 100s of chicks...I certainly wouldn't throw them til after you candle again at day 7 and 10 even...

Still early for your temps & humidity so don't give up on those...just get them back to the temp range for your bator and try for 40 to 50% range for your humidity day 1 thru 18.....

 

[Mrs MIA]

I'll second that...

http://lancaster.unl.edu/4h/Embryology/embryophotos.shtml

Unless you have a really strong light, you're not going to see much of anything until day 4 at the earliest, and then if your temps are a little low, you STILL won't see anything. Wait until 7 days... better yet, 10-14 days. Any that are still clear then won't be doing anything for you...

And here I thought I was impatient!!!

 

[Jaspacouts]

well its not that im impatient its just that my levels have been so up and down i was nervous nothing was happening and i read that u can candle and see results at day 3 so 100 degrees and 40 - 50 humidity

 

[Mrs MIA]

Just joshin' ya...

it's so hard not to candle every day. How long are you waiting after tweaking the gauges before tweaking them again? Sometimes it takes a couple of hours for it to stabilize. Not exactly sure what your situation is like from your first post... what's it doing now?

 

[tiffanyh]

Dont feel to bad yet.

Although I candle at day 3, you can see veins on lighter eggs with a strong light.

But DEFINATELY hold on to them and recandle at day 7!

Good luck!

 

[silkiechicken]

Unless you know what you are looking for and/or have a very strong light, I wouldn't bother candling till day 7. I personally don't toss till day 14 even if I can see them on day 3 as a speck in the egg. I think what you are seeing now is just the shells porosity.

Check again in a whole week before thinking anything is wrong.