Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

[kelly77]

So what should I use to candle our eggs. ??

A small flash light

 

[kelly77]

Finally some warmer weather here in New Hampshire! The girls and my bunny are happy about that! I am out of grit, ground is frozen...how long will they hold grit inside them? They had some yesterday.

 

[sumi]

I logged on to about 56 new posts. I swear you guys do this on purpose! LOL

I think chickens hold grit for quite awhile but I'm not 100% sure. Defrost some soil for them? (did that sound weird?

)

 

[Rockashelle]

I logged on to about 56 new posts. I swear you guys do this on purpose! LOL

Morning Sumi!

 

[sumi]

Good morning

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I was looking at the contest page that has all the contests. The worst hatch for the ones with more than 24 eggs has a bigger prize, [ the Brinsea incubater ] than the best hatch rate is Poultry Subliments! I didn't see what the prize is for worst hatch in the small set of eggs.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Finally some warmer weather here in New Hampshire! The girls and my bunny are happy about that! I am out of grit, ground is frozen...how long will they hold grit inside them? They had some yesterday.

I was just thinking this as I threw the rest of the bag in and the driveway stones are covered with ice and snow!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

SUMI got any answers to that one??

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: You don't need any special tools. You can use a very bright flashlight or build your own candler. Find Instructions HERE.

And in the hatching 101 article all the candling links and images are! https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101


here is a quick paste, sorry I didnt pick through it lol

NOTES: WEIGH EGGS ~ WHY? Explaination & FREE printable Graph http://www.browneggblueegg.com/Article/MonitoringEggWeightLoss.html http://www.browneggblueegg.com/Article/EggWeightGraph.doc can record your eggs weights as you go.

CANDLE INFO:




AIR SACK CANDLING: Track the air sac with pencil tracings when you candle, @ 7, 14 & 18th days to make sure the air sac is growing at the right rate. I will refer to this site https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/491013/goose-incubation-hatching-guide-completed as a pictorial guide for candling. (NOTES: I purchased a candler from amazon for $13.00 plug in and works great when tried on a fridge egg)

CANDLE 7th day: Determine growth, weigh, pencil mark air cell size. Determine which are fertile.

The eggs remain in the incubator and the candler is positioned over the air cell (blunt end) to illuminate the contents of the egg. There should be a red 'dot' about the size of a match head with faint blood vessels surrounding it. Those eggs without any indications of fertility should be re-candled at 10 days and 14 days & thrown if they're infertile.

AGAIN, I will refer to https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/491013/goose-incubation-hatching-guide-completed & http://chat.allotment.org.uk/index.php?topic=73884.0 as a pictorial guide for candling. also this side for pics of BAD eggs, Progression Though Incubation https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/261876/chicks-are-here-egg-candling-pics-progression-though-incubation also https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/...-egg-candler-using-common-household-materials for more pic examples.

OMG SILKIE BLUE B IS ALIVE!!!! pic below day 6


I love this CANDLE below video!!! and she eggtopsy after... plus she cracks me up!! What a Mom!!


Great pics of CANDLING and good and bad eggs.......

http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/09/hatch-along-with-chicken-chick-part-4.html

http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/03/chicken-embryo-development-views-from.html

http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2011/04/chicken-embryo-development-graphic.html

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.249415835101134.57791.186188768090508&type=1

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.200856713290380.47485.186188768090508&type=1

BELOW CANDLES AND EGGTOPSY ~~~ Day 11 candle funky air cells from shipped eggs and BLOOD RINGS clearly visable on light polish eggs

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I logged on to about 56 new posts. I swear you guys do this on purpose! LOL

I think chickens hold grit for quite awhile but I'm not 100% sure. Defrost some soil for them? (did that sound weird?

)

OMG you serious its like solid ice!!! HE HE HE blow tourches eh??