Candling photos and stages of development- info compilation (pics!)

[americana-chick]

i cant quite tell if mine are fertile or not! what should i do? i just have a stinky ol' flashlight

 

[BawGock]

Mrs. AK BB
Thanks so much for providing us these great photos for reference!
I'm incubating my first eggs ever. Candled them and saw development in all of them or so I thought.
One had a jagged red line around it that went half way around the egg. I thought it was a vein but couldn't find the shadow of a developing chick.
So, I wondered if maybe it was a blood ring and checked out your candling pics and saw that it looked just like the blood ring egg that you show.
It was so great to see it there confirmed. I gave the egg one last candling and then cracked it open onto a plate and saw the blood and no chick.
It didn't smell at all but thanks to your pics I was able to make a good decision that probably save me from growing a stink bomb!
Again, Thanks! Your posted pics are doing a great service to us all.
Carolyn

 

[Mrs MIA]

You're welcome BawGock... it was my pleasure.

Americana-chick, you can crack the eggs to look for the bullseye (I really need to just link to speckledhen's post) and when you see it most of the time, then set your eggs. Or... you need a very strong flashlight, penlight, or candler to see into the eggs at day 7 or so. Are you setting your own eggs, or looking at someone else's eggs that you're incubating?

 

[WishfulChick]

Beginning as a photographer and adding Poultry as a second hobby, I have a suggestion from a photographers point of view on how to photograph those candled eggs for a better image. Here are a few pointers:

One Always use a tripod to hold your camera still, avoiding any vibration which will blur your veins inside the eggs.

Try a slower shutter speed. On the Aruca Eggs, which a comment was made above are harder to candle, a longer shutter speed of about 30seconds to a full minute depending on the aperture really allows the camera to see more that you can with the human eye. (by letting the light really penetrate through the egg onto the camera lense, another good reason to use the tripod.) See my photo of a aruca egg candled at DAY 6.



Look carefully , you can see the chicks eyeball and many veins, although so tiny still.

There are many things to think about but for photographing aruca eggs, I suggest keeping these two tips on top of your list.

 

[Mrs MIA]

Very cool photo!

Thank you for posting it!

 

[DouglasPeeps]

Thank you for posting these pics. I have found them very helpful as I am incubating for the very first time. My chicks are due to hatch on the 4th of February.

 

[bikergirl]

Mrs. AK-Bird-Brain
Awesome pictures and info, thank you so much

 

[BirdBoy88]

More info!

Here are 2 videos showing you how to incubate, how to work the incubator, and hatching, and the care of the eggs you are going to incubate.


This first Video is showing you how to work your incubator, how to select a good egg for incubating. and just great tips

This is also a great video for those who use the LG incubator ( Little Giant Incubator )

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This second video shows you another Incubator used for hatching as most people do they have 2 incubators one for incubating and another for hatching.

This video shows you how to hatch the chicks and also again how to work the other incubator in the video with Great tips as well

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This video shows you how to order chicks by mail if you ever plan on to. it has great info on how you should go about ordering your chicks and also adds great info on books and magazines about poultry

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And this video shows you what you should do once the chicks arrive in the mail

 

[monarc23]

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great vids! I never seen those on youtube! LOL!

 

[Mrs MIA]

Thanks Mark!!!