Setting eggs tonight! Anyone want to join me?

[Buck Creek Chickens]

if you have a very dark room, a very bright light (a 7 or 9 LED flashlight is great) you might be able to see something, but don't count them as duds just yet, I don't remove eggs I'm not sure about till day 18 without any problem

when you use a LED flashlight don't forget to add the tape around the light so the light doesn't escape around the egg

 

[Tracy the chick]

Should I be able to see anything if I candle on day 5? Does yolk rise to top?

I Didnt see much on day 5. Yes The egg is more at the top of the egg (pointy end) I candled my eggs last night day 14, The pics arnt that clear

 

[Blarneyeggs]

I'm in! I set mine on the evening of the 14th, and am also on the Ground Hog Day Hatch Thread.

We set:

12 blue/black/splash Orpingtons
10 mix of Aracanas - coiuld be a lavender, could be an olive egger.... Hmmmm
6 Banam Cochin
2 white leghorn mutts

 

[tigercreek]

Should I be able to see anything if I candle on day 5? Does yolk rise to top?

I will suggest that you take a short vacation and don't candle untill day 10. You won't see much at all on day 3, espically if you aren't very sure of what you are looking for. Patience Grasshopper!! ...stan

 

[Blarneyeggs]

Here is my set up with homemade bater. If anyone is wondering, this is the temp when I put the eggs in and turned on the bater. It took a a day of fiddling with dimmer switch but I have been at a constant 100-101. So far so good.

Ok, I just HAVE to know. What's up with the names on the eggs? We contemplated this over dinner tonight and came up with: A). Your not only counting your chickens before they hatch, you're naming them too; B). You have marked your eggs with the names of the hens that they came from, and apparently, one's named 'Bob' - coincidentally, our rooster's name. Cowgirl! Glad to see you, we are enjoying our BCM's. I've been meaning to send you a picture but am just having the darnest time uploading on the new system.

 

[Sphinx]

I set my eggs late on Sunday, so I'm almost at the end of day 3. I have seven BLRW eggs in my Brinsea mini advance.




I plan to put these guys to hatch on Webcam again. I had a lot of fun with people watching that.

Edited to add: I love to candle eggs around day 4-5. I can see the veins pretty well in the lighter colored eggs. I tried candling today at 2.5 days in, and I could ALMOST make out something, but not enough to get excited, so I'll (try to) wait a couple more days.

 

[Whittni]

Go colbolt!

I set my eggs late on Sunday, so I'm almost at the end of day 3. I have seven BLRW eggs in my Brinsea mini advance.




I plan to put these guys to hatch on Webcam again. I had a lot of fun with people watching that.

 

[Blarneyeggs]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=261876

There are some great examples on the above thread of what eggs should look like when candled at various stages. I myself am going to hold off until day 10 so that I'm not handling the eggs too much.

Good luck!

 

[Busybee1]

Patience? Are you out of your mind? Ok, I will take a deep breath now... I could take a vacation....and go into the next room. I am not a very patient grasshopper... Before I logged on tonight I did candle and see a small dot and what looks like some veins devoloping, so I am happy

 

[Busybee1]

I set my eggs late on Sunday, so I'm almost at the end of day 3. I have seven BLRW eggs in my Brinsea mini advance.




I plan to put these guys to hatch on Webcam again. I had a lot of fun with people watching that.

Edited to add: I love to candle eggs around day 4-5. I can see the veins pretty well in the lighter colored eggs. I tried candling today at 2.5 days in, and I could ALMOST make out something, but not enough to get excited, so I'll (try to) wait a couple more days.

I would love to see the webcam!! I am glad someone else names their eggs.