Candling eggs

[WVduckchick]

Highest Lumens possible! Most flashlights these days list the number of lumens of light it produces. 250+ is good, but the higher the better.

Piece of craft foam with a hole cut in the middle, taped around my Mini-mag.

 

[Fanci Feathers Marans]

Is there a good way to candle eggs especially dark brown (Maran) chicken eggs without spending an arm and a leg for a commercial Candle device? I have used an empty toilet paper roll and flashlight but it was still really difficult to visualize inside the egg.
I did look at them before setting them to incubate. I will check again on Friday 2/16. This will be day 7.
Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

I just bought a cheap candler from Tractor Supply co.
It's $15 and we'll made.
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/farm-innovators-egg-candler?cm_vc=-10005

 

[ronott1]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens!

Even with the best candler, you often cannot see much in a Chocolate colored marans egg. You can usually see in to the air cell fine. What you have to do is look for air cell development and the rest of the egg getting darker. If you see a glow in the egg after day 10, it is likely not developing

 

[Goldenchik]

I just bought a cheap candler from Tractor Supply co.
It's $15 and we'll made.
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/farm-innovators-egg-candler?cm_vc=-10005

I ended up using my husbands Mag light Flashlight. It works really well! Nice and bright. Except I still am unable Candle my Olive eggers eggs. I was able to candle my copper Marans!

 

[Fanci Feathers Marans]

I ended up using my husbands Mag light Flashlight. It works really well! Nice and bright. Except I still am unable Candle my Olive eggers eggs. I was able to candle my copper Marans!

Wonderful!

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us