HELP!!! Candling ??????

[william9792]

go to you tube and do a search on candleing eggs and it has a video on what they should look like, i will try to find link http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/Avian/pfs32.htm here it is

 

[hobbychick]

Here are 2 eggs both have veining and the dark area has been getting larger. Someone tell me please what I am looking at. The dark area is where the veins are!!!

 

[SoccerMomof7]

Okay not so confident now, after watching videos on youtube. My dark spot on some are just yolk sized and so of them in the shots were huge compared to mine. BUT I thought I saw some veins in a couple but I don't know now.

 

[SoccerMomof7]

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What day are you on?

 

[hobbychick]

I am on day 5. What day are you on? What do yours look like compared to mine?

 

[SoccerMomof7]

Okay I am on day 4 do it should be close, maybe I am doing this candling thing wrong.

 

[carinlynchin]

If you can slightly turn the egg...like rotate it ..slowly while on the light...and the speck follows the yolk, then its the embryo.....it's hard to see in the pics.....but if there are veins, then it's okay...soon you'll be able to see the embryo rocking like a rocking chair. If you start to see a pronounced red circle...i mean CIRCLE...not a bunch of veins that might look like a circle...just a plain 'ol red circle, then that is a bad egg. I'd wait a few more days and you'll be sure when you candle again.

here are some useful sites...
THESE TWO ARE the BEST SITES IN MY OPINION
http://www.minkhollow.ca/HatchingProgram/Candling/Fresh/Why.html

http://www.minkhollow.ca/HatchingProgram/Candling/Week1/Week-1.html


these are others I've found.

http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtualfarm/poultry/poultry_development.html

http://lancaster.unl.edu/4h/Embryology/candling.shtml

http://www.nifty-stuff.com/candling-eggs.php

 

[trsers]

I candled for the first time as well with dark brown eggs. Because I was a newbie, I just kept all the eggs until I was sure what I was seeing. It wasn't until day 8 that I was sure there were chicks. By then I was able to cull 5 infertile eggs. Also, I didn't notice a clear air space until then either.

 

[Cherlyn]

Definitely hold onto the eggs and candle again in a few days... it would be a shame to cull any prematurely.

Try candling on day 7 and again on day 10.

~Cherlyn

 

[SoccerMomof7]

I am going to leave them until I know for sure but mine are alot smaller, the dark spot look the size of a normal egg yolk. I don't know I am going to candle a regular egg, get a different flashlight, and see where I am at after that. Thanks for all the help.