Wrath's Marans

[wrathsfarm]

We have a new egg today, I didn't catch who layed it but pretty sure it's Headspot.

And egg lick tax...

 

[wrathsfarm]

Added 1 final egg from Momma to P/G today. Lots of speckles...

 

[WingItRanch]

Any tips for candleing the darker marans eggs? Also, do you candle eggs that a broody has been sitting on or just leave her be?

 

[wrathsfarm]

Any tips for candleing the darker marans eggs? Also, do you candle eggs that a broody has been sitting on or just leave her be?

Get the brightest light you can, but its still hard to see thru the dark eggs. I built my own so I'm using a 5k led bulb, but I'm pretty lazy when it comes to candling. I just candled a few of Solos eggs under Angel with 4/5 days to go and found most developing.

My candler I built with a non fertile dark egg.

One of Solos eggs today.

 

[thistlewick]

Trust Brinsea to make an expensive, but excellent one;
https://www.brinsea.com/p-392-ovascope-high-intensity-egg-scope.aspx

I bought this and am glad I did - I can take it out to the hen house and it still candles perfectly in broad daylight. The high intensity blasts through dark eggshells.

Do NOT, I repeat, do NOT look at the light. Accidentally... when standing over the candler... and you have moved the screen and egg.....lololololol

 

[wrathsfarm]

Trust Brinsea to make an expensive, but excellent one;
https://www.brinsea.com/p-392-ovascope-high-intensity-egg-scope.aspx

I bought this and am glad I did - I can take it out to the hen house and it still candles perfectly in broad daylight. The high intensity blasts through dark eggshells.

Do NOT, I repeat, do NOT look at the light. Accidentally... when standing over the candler... and you have moved the screen and egg.....lololololol

You recommend it?

 

[WingItRanch]

Trust Brinsea to make an expensive, but excellent one;
https://www.brinsea.com/p-392-ovascope-high-intensity-egg-scope.aspx

I bought this and am glad I did - I can take it out to the hen house and it still candles perfectly in broad daylight. The high intensity blasts through dark eggshells.

Do NOT, I repeat, do NOT look at the light. Accidentally... when standing over the candler... and you have moved the screen and egg.....lololololol

I don't think I can justify spending $100 to candle 5 eggs but that's pretty cool. If you plan on hatching a lot, I can see it being worth it.