Quick Question about Candling

[LaurenV]

My neighbor told me, that, when candling, if you put it in a box or can, to put the pointy end down, is this true??

 

[BackSwampGirl]

Hey there,yes this is true.But if you got a very bright Flashlight,and go in a dark room hold egg small end down and you can see the air sack.How long have you had them in the bator.

 

[LaynaDon95]

What if you're a week into it and they still look like yolks inside...? Is this normal? (pleasesayyes)

 

[LaurenV]

5 days today. Its a homemade one, with a homemade candler on top. They are all developing nicely.

 

[LaurenV]

When you candle, on the yolk, is there a darker spot, shaped like a circle??

 

[LaynaDon95]

Not that I see. It is a homemade incubator though, I wasn't expecting much from it. I just set some in a "real" incubator about 20 mintues ago so hopefully they will do better.

 

[LaurenV]

I hope so too Keep us posted about your new eggs

 

[LaynaDon95]

Thanks for your help.

 

[LaynaDon95]

Ok, so I candled my eggs earlier this morning and I saw an eye! (or a heart) But it was small and round! My eggs are too dark to see very clearly but there is definitely development! I'm not sure there is enough development for me to go into lockdown on day 18... They might need a few more days but I can't tell for sure. today is day 11. I guess I'll go into lockdown anyway and see what happens. I have 36 more eggs a week behind these 3 so it won't be tragic if they don't hatch.

 

[LaynaDon95]

I just used a toilet paper roll and put the egg into one end and shone (shined?) a bright flashlight into the other end.