Candling for yolk

[Stacyoung13]

Probably a dumb question, but, can you candle an egg to see if it’s a double yolker? I got this huge egg, (95.5 grams), yesterday, and I was wanting to see if it was a double or not without breaking it open. I’m gonna try later when it’s dark enough. Just wondering if any one had tried.

 

[MagpieDucks]

Yes, you can. You should see 2 dark shadows inside the egg. If you don't know what you're looking for, you can post pictures of it being candled, and we can help you.

 

[nchls school]

If your light is bright an focused completely on the egg you should be able to make out the darkness of the yolk/s.

 

[MagpieDucks]

It might be hard to see, but the darker area is where the yolk is. This is a duck egg, so it's yolk is larger, but it should be pretty obvious inside the egg.

 

[Stacyoung13]

I will candle later and post an update. Thinking about incubating it with the silkie eggs I’m preparing to put in. See if I can hatch twins, as big as the egg is maybe triplets,(wishful thinking).

 

[Stacyoung13]

It is a double yolk.

One at top and one on left side. Gonna try for twins!!

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Good luck!