Candling

[chickenJesss]

I found this web site very helpful. Hope it helps! http://shilala.homestead.com/candling.html

 

[SpinningChicken]

thanks for the info! Very good pics. ANd great link. Just wanted to reply so I could follow the thread!

 

[emilee427]

I'm a hatching noobie. I have found out tonight that candling with my iPhone flashlight works better. :>

 

[emilee427]

 

[PalmHen]

You are having better luck than I am. I just candled twelve olive egger eggs and only found 2 that are good, 5 that are iffy and 5 that don't look good at all. the Little Giant Incubator is so hard to keep regulated, I guess I shouldn't be too surprised. Sorry to be negative, but I thought I was buying a good one, and I'm disappointed.
What incubator do most of you successful "hatchers" use?
I loved your pictures!

 

[emilee427]

I have a cheap little giant. My first set of eggs..I hatched 10 of 12. 1 quit at 6 days. The other was fully developed but gave up. My second hatch was 23 of 35. A few were infertile, a few quitters, and a few that gave up. It's hard to regulate sometimes but I keep the temp in my house kind of cold and it helps the incubator from overheating. If I turn the air off it gets too hot.