Last night, I was playing on Youtube looking for videos of candled eggs around the same age as ours. I've been trying to look at mine, and only see veining, and in some, the eye. So, I was amazed that on the videos, you could actually see the embryo floating and moving around in the egg. My eggs are brown, but not too dark. So, I decided I needed a better light to candle. Using the idea I found on this forum, I took a coffee can and cut out the bottom with my can opener. I cut a piece of cardboard out the same size as the can for the top and bottom with a doughnut hole in the center. I taped the cardboard to the bottom of the can using foil tape I use for my dryer vent, and slipped it over the top of a small lamp so that it stops just over the switch. Then put in the lightbulb that was in in; not sure of the watts. I taped the top circle on the can and it was ready to go. The entire thing took 3 minutes to put together, and most of that was keeping the tape from sticking to itself. I'm thrilled to report that it worked beautifully. We were able to look into all 6 eggs and see each of the embryos moving around. I still can't believe that all of our eggs are developing so well with my cheapo, thrown together, incubator. I'm so worried, now that I've seen my babies, that things will fall apart at the end. I, at least, felt confident enough up until this point to go out and get some chick starter to have it on hand. I hope I didn't jinx the whole project.
