i am never candling again

[Berynn]

I dropped an egg last week that was a dud, last night it was a good egg. I am never candling again, if the egg smells or is dripping I will just throw it away. Last night I dropped a perfect chick in an egg. I learned what was inside the egg.

 

[Katy]

Don't be so hard on yourself! I've done the same thing...wasn't as far along as yours was, but it was alive and developing. I did it when I was rushing....now I take my time a lot more.

 

[silkiechicken]

I've dropped an egg on day 18 before and the poor chick was moving... Didn't make it even when taped back up.

It happens. Don't beat yourself up over it.

If you get a high powered flashlight, just candle them in the incubator. No moving eggs, no chance of dropping them.

 

[hatchcrazzzy]

it has happened to us all just slow down and be carefull

 

[ksacres]

Don't be too hard on yourself, I've opened live ones that I thought were dead. At least it was an accident. It's part of the hatching risks we take.

But, if you really don't want to candle, there are quite a few people who don't. I only do it b/c I want to see what's happening in there. I have left my own eggs in full term and never candled. I have never had one explode.