How do you candle an egg?

[candychick]

How do you candle an egg? Can you use a regular flashlight? and does a patch of dark stuff mean that there is a chick inside? My broody hen is due tom and i wanted to know how i could candle the eggs to know for sure if there were going to be chicks

 

[nettifer]

you need an led torch a small one make an o with your thumb and next finger over the top of the light to sit the egg on,big side down and a dark room good luck! and happy hatching

 

[candychick]

Thanks so much