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candling

ive candled them right away. usually they look mostly yellow with a tiny bit of pink in them (sometimes looks like none). they start turning really red pretty quick tho (at least within a couple weeks im sure).
 
I also candle them as soon as I mark them. A lot of times you might see a small redish pink bullseye in the egg.
 
I have only had two clutches so far, but I waited a week until I did them. Next time it'll be when they are removed from the lay box.
 
well i did the right away and they just looked yellow but i was looking for an overall color. I also an partially color blind so it is not too easy at anytime.
 
The overall color is yellow but planted on some part of the egg should be a bullseye, or something close to it. Try and see if you can find that.
 
420Geckos said:
I use a flashlight...
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ditto. i use a small white led flashlight that gives me a nice bright light and lets me candle the eggs without extra light spilling out around the egg.
 
cornsnakekid92 said:
how long after the eggs are laid do you have to wait to candle them?
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I don't understand.... Why candle them at all??? Its simple.... You put them in the incubator.... If they hatch, you know they were good, if not, you know they were bad.... As long as your incubation methods are on point, good eggs will hatch.... Unnecessary handling of eggs will do more harm than good....
 
For candling eggs i just put them up to a small hole on a heat lamp fixture.

Gregg M said:
I don't understand.... Why candle them at all??? Its simple.... You put them in the incubator.... If they hatch, you know they were good, if not, you know they were bad.... As long as your incubation methods are on point, good eggs will hatch.... Unnecessary handling of eggs will do more harm than good....
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Many people like candling them just so they know what to expect out of the egg. Only handling the eggs for a short period of time after they were layed will more than likely do no harm to an egg.
 
Th3HiddenGecko said:
Many people like candling them just so they know what to expect out of the egg.
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Yeah, I understand that.... My point is that there is no need for it.... Why do it??? Besides, have you ever heard that saying "dont count your chickens before they hatch"???LOL.... You cant tell by candling if an egg is going to hatch or not.....

Th3HiddenGecko said:
Only handling the eggs for a short period of time after they were layed will more than likely do no harm to an egg.
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Yeah, you might be right but why bother taking a chance??? No one is immune to a laps in hand-eye coordination...
To me it is just risking eggs for a useless act....
 
Gregg M said:
Yeah, I understand that.... My point is that there is no need for it.... Why do it??? Besides, have you ever heard that saying "dont count your chickens before they hatch"???LOL.... You cant tell by candling if an egg is going to hatch or not.....

Saying that I guess it all depends on the curiousity of the breeder. Personally I like to candle them so I can separate the fertiles from the infertiles. If an infertile egg is put into a container with good eggs and that infertile egg goes bad, it could mean danger for the good eggs. When an egg starts to go bad, it gives off a harmful gas which could harm other eggs. If one of those eggs goes unnoticed, it could be disaster for all the other eggs. Everyone has different views on this. I like to candle them, you would rather let it be a surprise.

Yeah, you might be right but why bother taking a chance??? No one is immune to a laps in hand-eye coordination...
To me it is just risking eggs for a useless act....
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"Curiosity killed the cat." Some people just want to know if an egg is fertile so they are willing to take that really small risk to find out. Also, like I said before, it's all a matter of preference.
 
Sorry, I forgot to [/QUOTE] for my response to the first question. Just wanted to clear that up.
 
i like to see the progress in the eggs so i might identify a bad egg before it spoils the air in its egg container. not sure if id be able to see a bad egg by candling but at least i can see if its developing. i read that the gases given off could kill embryos. for all i know one bad egg caused any of the other bad eggs i had last year. havent lost one yet this time around(knocks on wood furiously).

been smelling the eggs alot tho, probably a better way to show a bad egg?
 
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