Candling Experiment

[Jpascenc]

Never been able to tell from day 1 if it's fertilized or not, but I did candle some eggs that were at least 4 days in the incubator and you could just see the veins formed and the very tiny, black dot that would be its eye.

 

[casportpony]

20-24 hours

 

[The Moonshiner]

So just for clarity the thread you're referring to the poster said she could see the bullseye in a one day old egg right?
So what's your results?
Fresh egg.... Couldnt see anything?
Pigeon egg.... One to two days old. Could see something but not enough to know it was fertile.
Duck egg.... Could clearly see it was fertile? How old is it?
Thanks

 

[casportpony]

So just for clarity the thread you're referring to the poster said she could see the bullseye in a one day old egg right?

yes, that's the one.

So what's your results?

Still working one them.

Fresh egg.... Couldnt see anything?

Correct, could not see anything on a very fresh egg.

Pigeon egg.... One to two days old. Could see something but not enough to know it was fertile.

Could see enough that I knew it was fertile, but it was partially incubated from being outside in the heat.

Duck egg.... Could clearly see it was fertile? How old is it?

Looked at two duck eggs and could see that both were fertile, but neither were fresh, so hard to say how many days in the heat they had.

 

[casportpony]

This is the egg they candled:

 

[JaeG]

Did they use an industrial strength light or something? I can't even tell with my finch eggs and their shells are paper thin. I realise the bullseye would be pretty small but there'd still be a little dot somewhere there. I can see the little heart beating away so clearly on day 3 though, which is amazing.

 

[Pork Pie]

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[casportpony]

Did they use an industrial strength light or something? I can't even tell with my finch eggs and their shells are paper thin. I realise the bullseye would be pretty small but there'd still be a little dot somewhere there. I can see the little heart beating away so clearly on day 3 though, which is amazing.

They didn't say what tyoe of candler they used. I just found a fresh pigeon egg and with the fresh one I saw nothing @ 0-3 hours post laying.

 

[WVduckchick]

Most excellent Kathy!

I can sometimes see a change in color, more orange, on day 2-3 or so, and estimate which ones are fertile, but I think the earliest that I've seen actual veining or eyeball in a chicken/duck egg was around day 4.

Ooooh, I hatched some polish chickens very early in my incubating experiences, before I really knew what I was looking for/at. They have the most transparent shells. Would love to see someone with polish eggs try this!

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

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