Candling again...

[IggiMom]

I don't do very well candling eggs.

On the thought that you should handle them as little as possible, should I give up candling altogether?

Is there any regime that you all stick to for candling? I mean, which days of incubation do you candle them?

Maybe if I canded them always on a strict regime I would get so I knew what I was seeing. I cannot even tell what a blood ring is and I HAVE looked at the pictures.

Thanks

 

[gumpsgirl]

Maybe if you just candle somewhere between 10 and 14 days. By then, it is definitely obvious if their is a chick growing in the egg or not. That way you will know which eggs to toss, to avoid a stinky, nasty egg explosion in your bator.

Here's a link to a great page on candling. It helped me a ton in the beginning.

http://www.shilala.com/candling.html

 

[jhart101]

I candle at 7 or 8 days and again before moving to hatcher.