Compile your chicken egg candling photos!

[Acre4Me]

Good Luck with your incubation!

FWIW, I use a simple set up for candling using a flashlight. A dark piece of paper for 3 sided coverage, and a piece of dark foam with a hole in it for placing over the flashlight light, in which the egg be placed. Some flashlights can stand upright, too.

Here is mine:

 

[MGG]

Most of my hens are buff orps. Reasonably fluffy. But also I've noticed that my rooster chased the hens a lot, and I did hear hens choose their roosters...
My phone is a MI, haven't really used the flashlight much so don't know how good it is. It's still worth a try.
Maybe I just got unlucky with the eggs. They're definitely infertile, day 10 and completely clear, no blood ring either. I haven't taken them out yet but I intend to.
Used to having pretty high rates though. I usually get all hatching.

Maybe try trimming the fluff around their vents. It might help if you're planning on trying to hatch more chicks.

 

[MGG]

Good Luck with your incubation!

FWIW, I use a simple set up for candling using a flashlight. A dark piece of paper for 3 sided coverage, and a piece of dark foam with a hole in it for placing over the flashlight light, in which the egg be placed. Some flashlights can stand upright, too.

Here is mine:
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That's really cool. I might make one to candle my next batch with. They'll be ducks so it will put it to the test. Lol.