first attempt at candling. Not sure what i saw. PICS

[boykin2010]

ok i candled again holding the eggs like you did on your thread adozengirlz. I did not see ANY veining in the ones i did. I even did some white eggs and i didnt see any veining. I would almost be willing to bet that almost all the eggs the lady gave me are fertile. She has about 70 hens with lots of roosters that just mix with each other. The lady has hatched many batches already this year and has never had a problem with fertility.

I also candled an egg from the refridgerator that my hen laid today which is INfertile because i dont have a rooster and there was lots and lots of the porous things that yall mentioned. Could they have died on early on from something i did? As far as i could tell all the eggs have stayed at a constant temp between 99.5 and 102. But i heard that since my bator is still air sometimes it is better for it to be a little high.

Is there something that went wrong during the incubation you think? Did i get bad eggs ( i think this is highly unlikely )

Should i just calm down and candle again on day 7?

 

[ADozenGirlz]

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Be patient and candle again in a few days.

 

[debilorrah]

The fact that you have a porous egg there in your pic, means it is probably no good, but I ALWAYS wait til day 7 to toss anything. I just tossed my 5 test eggs tonight. Stupid OEG Napoleon is not doing job.

 

[boykin2010]

when you say it is probably no good do you mean that one egg or the whole hatch???
If one egg is no good does that mean that there is higher chance the rest are bad?
I am going to definately candle again in a few more days. Looking at the pics you had, made me feel bad because not one of the eggs i candled had those veins in it.
I did notice on one that i candled ( not sure if it was the one i posted a pic or not ) i saw the embryo moving back and forth when i turned the egg like a shadow almost. I am not sure what i saw was the embryo. I may have been imagining or it may have been a shadow.

 

[HEChicken]

I am a newbie - have done just one hatch. To be honest, I never saw veins. I looked and looked at the candling pics and compared to what I was seeing, but couldn't see the veins. I didn't even candle until day 10 so I thought it would be clear by that time. However while staring into the egg on day 10, I suddenly saw a movement and realized what I was seeing was the little embryo moving in the egg. Of the eggs I set, I then realized that all but three had that same dark blob that occasionally moved. The other three were completely clear and that is when I realized all but those three were developing. My lack of ability to see veins could have been inexperience or a flashlight that wasn't strong enough or some combination of the two. If I were you, I'd wait until day 10 to candle. By then, if you can see any kind of dark blob, you have development in those eggs and the clear ones you can toss.

 

[jmmre31]

I'm a newbie with only one hatch. I had porous eggs in that hatch, and all of them developed. I only lost one chick, and it was my doing. I wouldn't leave the incubator alone, and he was shrink rapped in the shell.
Anyway, I never saw any veins either. I candled on day 3, 10, & 18. If I saw nothing by day 18, I would definitely remove them. Also, I gave my incubator a good sniff everyday. I was told if you have an egg about to blow you will smell it! Don't give up on them. I find them very difficult to see. I have my second batch going now and want to candle so badly! I'm trying to put it off until day 12!

 

[dsqard]

I agree with the posters that say leave them in for more days and then recandle. I wouldn't get rid of any of them until you get close to lockdown unless there is a weeping or smelly egg. At day 18, if the egg isn't mainly dark except the air cell then it probably isn't any good. You need to try to keep your temps between 101 and 102 on a still air incubator. That could be part of your problem with not a lot of development at this point. They may be developing slower because of low temps. Your other problem is going to be how to handle lockdown. You set the turkey and chicken eggs only a day apart. Turkey eggs take a full week longer than chicken eggs. Do you have a second bator to put the turkey eggs in for lockdown?

 

[boykin2010]

I am not throwing out any eggs because i would hate to throw out alive chicks

i know about the turkey eggs. My friend who gave me the eggs said i should do them at the same time. On day 18 the eggs will go into lockdown. I will just keep turning the turkey eggs by hand. This didnt sound right to me but that is what the lady who gave me the eggs said to do. I am going to follow her directions because she has done this WAY more than i have.

 

[dsqard]

The problem with hand turning the turkey eggs once the chicken eggs go in to lockdown is that you really shouldn't be opening the bator after lockdown to keep the temperature and humidity constant. I am not saying that it will be a disaster, but I hope your bator can recover quickly.