setting eggs tomorrow.... 3-21-12 who wants to join?

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DirtCreature said:
SO..... I candled my second batch, batch "B" last night. At 6 days in 2-3 have veining but i couldnt see a baby clearly but left them in, one was clear so it got tossed, and the rest where PERFECT and i could see all the babies!!!. Out of 16 eggs! Im so excited!

Candle day for my "A" batch is thursday, BUT i sneaked a peak at my Blue Cochin..... I saw his/her foot kicking.... I just about died, and almost cried.... I am so excited! I hope all of these babies make it!

We ordered the bigger IncuKit last night and put 2-3 day shipping on it so it should get here with plenty of time to make the DIY bator and have everything perfect for lock down!

:weee  :weee  :weee  :weee :celebrate
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Can you come over and candle mine? :lau
 
I know this wasn't aimed at me, but if you lived anywhere near me, I would totally come over and candle your eggs.
 
OMG YES! you pay for my ticket to Louisiana and im there, of course you would have to pick me up from the airport, and house me, and feed me probably too.... LOL
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kuntrygirl said:
Can you come over and candle mine?
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Sphinx said:
I love candling. I do it way too much. I'm sure that one of these days, I'll end up breaking something, but so far, it hasn't happened. I had the incubator and eggs at my son's preschool the first 10 days of incubation, which made it very easy to not candle. I took them home for spring break (the kids were going to be out of school for a total of 9 days), and of course candled them within an hour.

I just use a small LED flashlight and my hand. Like this:

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I can't remember if I told you guys or not, but one of my BCM eggs seemed very far behind the others. So, a couple days ago, I finally determined it to be a quitter, and took it out. Being insatiably curious, I put it in a ziploc bag and cracked it open. Sure enough, it had quit around 7 days along. The others are all doing really well. I think I'll candle one more time as I lock down, but at this point, it's just not as interesting- they take up too much space.
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I don't think I candle "too much," but I definitely do it more than I need to. So far I've restrained myself and only candled all of the eggs on the days I predetermined to be "candling day," but I do like to spot check one or two every few days. Especially when I start feeling anxious about not really quite knowing what I'm doing. I use a small LED flashlight and my hand too, so far it's worked ok. My husband is frustrated that he can't seem to get as good a seal on the egg with his big man hands when trying to candle though. DH got home before I got to bed last night and agreed with me that the two I think quit are no longer viable. One we were pretty sure, but not sure enough to crack it and risk killing a live embryo. The other one we cracked into a bowl (although I did do the initial crack inside a ziploc) and like yours it had quit somewhere between day 7 and 10 (I'm guessing 8). We'll be keeping a close eye on the other one and checking for off smells coming from the incubator.
 

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