Hey kyle here raising bcm

[Barnard barn yard 77]

Iv been getting deep into chickens lately with top one being bcm have bought super dark eggs few different people on ebay looking forward to raising darkest eggs in my area mainly bragging rights lol super hard to candle though .....what's thought on not candling and just letting it run course

 

[DobieLover]

Hello Kyle, and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.

 

[GodLovesU]

 

[Barnard barn yard 77]

Kinda gone chicken crazy started with 24 in incubator now got 3 loaded and more coming in the mail

 

[triciayoung]

Welcome. You don't have to candle, however, you risk an infection infiltration for other eggs if a quitter cracks.

 

[Jener8or]

There are different kinds of eggs that are hard to candle. Obviously dark eggs, emu eggs, and some types of quail eggs are difficult or impossible to candle.

I would still try candling once at lockdown to maybe see if you can find cracks or possibly any quitters in some. Some you might not be able to see anything, but I am the type of person that likes to know, so I check.

There might be different candlers that would be better for dark eggs than others. I usually just use my phone, so I am not sure if anything would be better than that, like more lumens possibly, would help.

You could possibly ask in the Incubating Forum for some more advice.

Good luck with your dark eggs and hatching!

Welcome to BackYard Chickens!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens. This is a great place to explore and hang out.

 

[janiedoe]

Welcome to BYC, Kyle!

 

[Tookie]

Hello, and welcome! Good luck with your hatches.

 

[chrissynemetz]

Welcome to BYC Kyle! Good luck with your hatch!