Now, this is my first time using an incubator and I am hoping desperately that I'm doing it all correctly. My update on candling thus far is:
Lav Orps from kraftyladies--these were lost in the mail for 8 days! Still in the homemade incubator. I cannot see A THING through these eggs when I try candling them so it's hard to tell. Today is only day 4, but I hoped to see some veining somewhere. 4 of them have the same size air sack as when I put them in so I think they're goners. The other 4 have a much larger dark air sack area, but they are so dark I'm not seeing any veining yet. Will wait and see...poor things went through so much in the mail, I'm hoping some make it. Not kraftyladies fault at all.
Eggs from DMRippy--These are on day 6. I have the BBS Marans eggs that are sooooo dark, I can't tell much at all. Here is what this novice is seeing--1 egg appears to have some veining that I can tell, 1 has a small air sack like when it went in, and 3 I'm unsure about. The dark area on these appears to have "saddled" and takes up most of the upper part of the egg. Since these are such a dark brown, I'm not able to really see any fetus or veining. Any suggestions?
Also from DMRippy, I have some SBELs also on day 6. The two that were marked from the Blue Wheaton are not veining at all. The one from the Lavender is the BEST LOOKING EGG in my bator right now! That thing looks super! I also got an extra--a WL that isn't showing any growth or veining.
From gamebirdsonly--I have Olive Eggers and Cuckoo Marans. Three out of 4 cuckoo marans look great. Good veining on those. All 4 of the olive eggers are super looking, too!
At this point, I'm happy. I just have one question from you veterans! Some of my eggs with great veining have the ring--what looks like a fine blood ring...is that normal on every egg? All appear to be growing. If I candle again at day 10...will I be able to tell for sure on those? I have combed through all of the threads and a few sites with pictures of candling and I'm still somewhat lost. I'd appreciate any advice.
I am now on day 11 and still no eggs in the mail from AyeUpChuck. Who knows where they are... planning to ship more eggs to me after my incubator empties out.