CURIOUS when do you all candle your eggs?

[ackie]

I read its daily for upto 1 hour until a certain amount of days .. im going to guess uptil lockdown? Ill go look for the article.

I had a hen off the nest they day of hatching... but I'm not sure why and I don't recall how many hatched.

 

[Melmba]

Hens definitely get off the nest to eat and poop - nasty nasty 'I've been saving this up all day' poops. I'm not sure how long they are off the nest for tbh but I believe it is daily.

Brinsea recommends 30 minutes , so not sure where i read 1 hour..

 

[Melmba]

With broodies, i candle at day 3 and then usually every other day depending on hen attitude and size of the clutch.

Incubators I do at day 14 to toss empties

14 .. dont think i could wait that long.

 

[Melmba]

I had a hen off the nest they day of hatching... but I'm not sure why and I don't recall how many hatched.

Ohh really ive not seen a hen off day of but then i dont watch the hens 24/7 so they could have done and we never saw.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

14 .. dont think i could wait that long.

My new incubator supposedly can incubate the whole tray at once without taking them out. If that works, it will probably be every day

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Ohh really ive not seen a hen off day of but then i dont watch the hens 24/7 so they could have done and we never saw.

They only leave for like 30 minutes max

 

[Melmba]

They only leave for like 30 minutes max

Yes brinsea says 30 minutes, maybe i didnt see 1 hour at all it would be interesting to know if anyone uses this feature in their incus.. so are u saying your incubator candles inside the incu without having to take them out or have i misunderstood? My mum had incu like that but it was a cheap chinese knockoff and was very very crap candling was so poor , but to have one that was amazing that would be genius. I too would do it all the time

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Yes brinsea says 30 minutes, maybe i didnt see 1 hour at all it would be interesting to know if anyone uses this feature in their incus.. so are u saying your incubator candles inside the incu without having to take them out or have i misunderstood? My mum had incu like that but it was a cheap chinese knockoff and was very very crap candling was so poor , but to have one that was amazing that would be genius. I too would do it all the time

That's what it says. I got it after hatching season so I haven't used it yet

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Well ive read that a hen comes off the nest every day for food and water for upto an hour (sounds bit long that ) putting the eggs into a cooling off period i think its called, new incubators like mine have a setting that u can set to allow for this to try inhibit natural hatching behaviours .. so i think you can use this little window to candle every day if u want i dont tho but im just saying

Go for it! Have fun with it, it is an awesome experience and so cool!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Brinsea recommends 30 minutes , so not sure where i read 1 hour..

I have a Brinsea, and chose not to use the "cooling off" function this past Spring. I think it does not matter if you use it or not.