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Candling Eggs..?
Guest:
I got really lucky on my first hatch, it was storming like mad for the last three days of the hatch, so the humidity was really high, didn\'t have to add alot of water,etc., and got a 100% hatch!!!
Guest:
Well the eggs are due to hatch Tuesday, found another flashlight which worked great, and candled tonight.
Out of the 12, 6 were clear, no development ,
and the rest are developing fine.
Was hoping for a few more, but hopefully the remaining eggs will hatch. :)
Guest:
KSTornado....hopefully you pulled those infertiles. You don\'t want them lingering around much after Day 18....
John:
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I don\'t know why. They may take up some place, but shouldn\'t hurt anything. If you have a small incubator and need room to set more eggs go ahead and candle so you can get rid of the bad eggs and set some more.
I hatched about 1,000 chicks this year and only candled the first hatch so that I could have time to adjust some matings if the cocks weren\'t fertilizing the eggs. Other than that it seems like a waste of time and I think the less you handle eggs during incubation the better. Of course those are just my thoughts on the matter. :thinking:
Guest:
Yes, I tossed them, AFTER I cracked them open to see if they ever began developing at all (they hadn\'t). I\'m w/ John, I try not to mess w/ them as much as I can (beyond the hand turning, when I am super-gentle ) \'cuz I\'m paranoid I\'ll drop one & smash the poor thing! :o
I like to candle about a week into it to see if they\'re fertile, then right before I stop turning so I won\'t get my hopes up TOO high. Sure wish I had known a week into it that only half were fertilized, when I couldn\'t see them w/ the other light, I assumed it was as (whoever...? I forget who) said, some you can\'t see thru at ALL, but this time I could see perfectly. I am new to this, I guess if I were hatching a thousand chicks a season, I wouldn\'t be so worried about a few, either.
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