Candlers- what type do you use?

[speckledhen]

Thank you, David! DH threw the bulb to the ancient projector away, but I'll have to dismantle the current one and see what bulb it's using and if it's not available around here I'll take you up on it. Thank you for the offer, pal!

 

[Davaroo]

My pleasure. Surprisingly, I am not an ogre. Just a grouchy old curmudgeon.

Just let me know.

 

[speckledhen]

I never thought you were an ogre in the first place.

 

[silkiechicken]

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That's exactally why I like my flashlight. It is small and high powered enough to where I don't even have to touch the eggs to candle them. I just put the light on the top of the egg in the rack or in the bator and bam, you can see the veins and the chicks!

 

[Davaroo]

I've seen that. It seems to work well, I guess for those who have enough room to wield the light.

If you are using one of the small bators, like the foamies, wouldn't you have to take off the lid or at least raise it - thereby letting out all the warmth, humidity and so on?

I've always thought it best to NOT do that and so reach in through one of the windows. This means candling outside the unit. This is something that should be mentioned.