Do you wear gloves to candle?

[cherprit]

I'm dying to candle and take pictures.........Just put my eggs in. I have read on here that some folks say don't handle them much. Do you wear gloves? Do they get cold when you're doing that?

Dumb questions from a newbie!

 

[redhen]

nope..never even thought about wearing gloves.
I think if the eggs can withstand a hens poopy butt sitting on them... my washed hands ought to be okay....

 

[cherprit]

ok, thanks. I'm just making myself crazy

 

[redhen]

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No.. its a GOOD smart question!

And when you candle..just do it quickly..but SAFELY.. it will be fine..
Good luck!

 

[skillswife]

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And from what I have read most candle 2 times during incubation.

 

[A.T. Hagan]

No gloves. Just clean hands.

It won't hurt the eggs to cool for a little while. Mama hen has to get off the nest most every day. Just don't take an hour to finish candling.

 

[youngbiddy]

I'd heard of using gloves to keep the oils from your hands off the eggs, but I was afraid I'd drop one if I wore them. I know that's what happened when I tried wearing gloves to wash the dishes, we had to buy a new set of drinking glasses.

 

[Coldweatherbirds]

I'm a newbie and this is what I did:
I just washed my hands first (no gloves because I was afraid of dropping). I plugged in my heating pad on high and put 2 egg cartons on it with a towel over them. I moved all the eggs to this set-up once it was warm and candled them from there, handing each candled egg to my husband who gently put it back into the incubator. Any questionables I put back in the carton and took a second look at when all others were back in the incubator. I did this only once during incubation at 18 days. I kept 2 questionables and tossed 2 clears.

Good luck!!!

 

[MMPoultryFarms]

If you own chickens and you deal with hatching eggs and chicks just keep a bottle of hand sanitizer availible at all times. Alot of people candle 2 times I prefer to just wait till day 10 and candle once so that I have better hatch rates.

 

[ScissorChick]

No - you dont have to. Im sure you've already got your answer

from the others though haha. I'd drop my eggs if I wore gloves.