candleing

[AceOfSpadesJJ]

do i have to have a special cadling tool or can i use a touch!!!

 

[weimarmama]

You don't have to have anything special. I've used cheap dollar store LED flashlights to candle with & they've done very well.
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[hokankai]

I would think that it would be hard to focus the light with that, but you can surely give it a try! You can practice with a store bought egg. I use a pretty bright flashlight.

 

[Sphinx]

Here's how I candle.



I bought a couple of small, really bright LED flashlights (from Costco, if memory serves). They weren't very expensive, and have been handy for other stuff.

I put the flashlight in the bottom of my hand, and then the egg, air sac (fat side) down, like so:



Then, I turn off the lights and put them closer together, sealing off the flashlight so that all light goes up, into the egg, like so (except that I didn't seal it off perfectly in this picture):



Hope that helps.

Here's an egg I candled yesterday, at 5 days along:

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[Nsampsel]

Here's another method if you lose your flashlight (like me).

On suggestion from another BYCer, I stuck a lamp with a regular 100W household bulb in it inside of a box & cut a small hole in the box. I then held the eggs against the hole so I could see inside. (Make sure you turn all other lights off or it's even harder to see.) It wasn't the best method, but it worked

 

[sawinga]

Well I know this is out of the topic of discussion but i candled my eggs 2 days back and I could see veins in them....however yest the temperature had gone up to 103 overnight and so I candled them again and some show veins where as some dont anymore....What has happend??? Please be blunt....I can take it

 

[Nsampsel]

I don't think 103 for a few hours is all that bad, but I'm new at this. I would just wait several days & candle again.

 

[AceOfSpadesJJ]

thax for all of your replys