Candling? Lockdown?

[Ninashatchery]

When is the best time to candle during incubation and when is lockdown time?

 

[sumi]

When and how often you candle is a personal choice. You don't have to do, but it is a handy tool to check development, weed out dud eggs and detect incubation problems early. I candle 3 times during incubation, first on day 7 to check for fertility and development, before day 7 you won't be able to see much, unless you have very pale eggs and/or a strong light. I then candle on day 10, to double check fertility/development and cull any clear eggs and any eggs that doesn't look right. Lastly I candle on day 18, just before I lockdown to check if everyone is where they should be and if the air cells look like they should. Lockdown is on day 18 for chicken eggs.

 

[Ninashatchery]

Thank you very much for the clarification!....Does anyone know what kind of rooster this is????

 

[sumi]

Thank you very much for the clarification!....Does anyone know what kind of rooster this is????

I think you should rather start a thread and post this pic in the What Breed Or Gender is This? section.

 

[Ninashatchery]

Thank you! Im new to this!!