Well, I couldn't resist candling my Day 4 eggs any longer and took a quick peek this morning...
They're tough eggs to candle. They're varying shades of light brown, small, and very thick - I was surprised, because these shells must be thicker than my duck eggs, and they're much harder to candle than the last batch of Bantam Cochin eggs I received!
That being said, of the 11 eggs, I'm pretty sure I have 2 clears - the rest have done something, but it's too early to tell what.
They're being auto-turned, humidity's stable at 45%, and the temperature is rock-solid at 99.5 (I trust my Brinsea Octagon 20 completely, I hardly ever glance at the temp. anymore).
17 days to go!
They're tough eggs to candle. They're varying shades of light brown, small, and very thick - I was surprised, because these shells must be thicker than my duck eggs, and they're much harder to candle than the last batch of Bantam Cochin eggs I received!
That being said, of the 11 eggs, I'm pretty sure I have 2 clears - the rest have done something, but it's too early to tell what.
They're being auto-turned, humidity's stable at 45%, and the temperature is rock-solid at 99.5 (I trust my Brinsea Octagon 20 completely, I hardly ever glance at the temp. anymore).
17 days to go!
I was going to candle a few days later but every time I thought of it something was going on, I couldn't find the flash light or the little one was being fussy. So I candled this morning and there's a nice size air pocket on 4 of them 1 was a lot smaller. Again I've never done this before so I left them all in there. I sniffed but they all smell the same to me. I put them in a half egg carton with the bottoms cut out, made some slits and poked some holes so there's enough air circulation. I placed them so the air pocket was up, which I hope was the right way? Our temp has been constant, our humidity 50-55. I put a little water in and it's up to almost 60. How's every one else doing?
