Candling Ameraucana Eggs

[tiffanyh]

So -any advice on candling Ameraucana Eggs? I can see a developing air pocket but no matter how I try i can not see within the egg. I have a LED maglight in a pitch dark room. Like I said, the airpocket is developing but I can not see the progress of any chick inside, today is day 17. I only had two fertile out of the batch I got and this seems to be the only guys left with any hope, so I am really hldomg out for this one. What do you all think???

 

[speckledhen]

I use a powerful slide projector- it gets really hot so you can't leave the egg on it for more than a few seconds, but I saw veins very well at 7 days in dark, olive green Ameraucana eggs. With a maglite? Nothing!

 

[tiffanyh]

Yes-truley nothing. It is dark-completely. There is a decent size air pocket but no matter how I hold the maglight up against it. I have a second egg to that I cant tell if it is progressing or not. I dont see any movement but I can see in that one pretty well...should I see movement now??
Man- I feel like a anxious parent!

 

[speckledhen]

If today is Day 17 and you have Ameraucana eggs, you're not going to see anything, LOL! I think your window for candling is over and you just have to wait and see if they hatch, IMO.

 

[tiffanyh]

Alrighty! Thanks for the info and your time!!