Hoppin' & Boppin'! - Candling Eggs at 18 days

It's day 18 and time to candle the eggs before we put them "lock down". There is definitely some "hoppin' & boppin'" going on in some of the eggs. See the difference in good eggs and quitters and blanks. I'll show you how we put the eggs in "lock down" for hatch, too.
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[@lisawing5564]

I've watched so many candling videos over the last year and always get left with the same questions. Finally some unanswered questions answered. Thanks for such details! I have silkies that do excellent hatching but I keep trying to learn so I will know when to help if ever needed or to dos and not to dos making it harder for the hens. Thank you again!

[@ChickenHues]

This is so nice to hear! I’m so glad you found it helpful! (I just got my first silkie chick last month and love it! I’m hoping to get a couple more this weekend.)

[@MrSlam114]

Helped me a great deal. Started incubating last month. Your videos are so helpful

[@ChickenHues]

I’m so glad they’ve been helpful! How did your hatch turn out?

[@MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors]

that was pretty cool, you could clearly see the ones that developed compared to the ones that did not. Very cool

[@ChickenHues]

I love seeing it every time! Thanks for watching!

[@MissouriOldTimer]

time is getting closer, it's amazing how life begins be it animals or plants.

[@ChickenHues]

It really is amazing!

[@extremegardening8440]

Super video as always. Very interesting!

[@ChickenHues]

Thanks for stopping by!!

[@Phantom25X]

Very helpful video. Nicely done.

[@ChickenHues]

Thank you! I’m glad it was helpful.

[@scatteredseedsofhappiness3285]

This was so helpful! Thank you! I am having high anxiety to see if anything will hatch. I so want to be able to do this!

[@ChickenHues]

Best of luck with your hatch!

[@mvstormyoneadventures]

This is so neat to see

[@ChickenHues]

Isn’t it? It never gets old!

[@joanneohrt3474]

I loved the video, great information.

[@ChickenHues]

I’m glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!

[@theflockfather4377]

Great video! Well done!

[@ChickenHues]

Thank you!

[@kbaue12]

this is so cool! my eggs are day 19... We are gonna have chicks around The same age and its my first time!

[@ChickenHues]

How exciting! Let us know how yours do! It can be so exciting and so nerve-racking! 😊

[@FarmallFanatic]

What temperature and humidity do you keep you bator at?

[@ChickenHues]

The temp is 99.5. Humidity varies - I have trouble with my incubator’s humidity. I try to keep it around 20-30% (can’t remember why, though) and then try to get it around 65-70% at the end. Lately, I’ve been keeping it around 50% the entire time.... really, just because I’m tired of fighting with the water system in mine. Lol. It seemed fine and had the best Marans hatch of the year. It probably had more to do with the time of year.

[@cristinabecker9473]

Are you flipping your eggs as you pull them from the tray? I see the action at the bottom, but it's actually happening at the top of the egg as it sits in the incubator, right? Thank you!

[@ChickenHues]

I am flipping them, yes! They sit in the incubator pointy side down. I put the pointy side UP to candle.

[@lakeandtrailresale]

I cant wait to see their cute little chicky faces

[@ChickenHues]

There are some more down there this morning. They’re starting to hatch now! 😀

[@lakeandtrailresale]

@@ChickenHues o m goodness! Im excited!!

[@britpere3772]

do you have a hatching video for these ? how many made it ?

[@ChickenHues]

It looks like there is! It is probably the video two down the line from this one in the vlog playlist. The Chicks Hatched - Moving Chicks From the Incubator to the Brooder. Those are probably the same ones from the candling Video.

[@alexahenderson1044]

Im candling my duck egg and its almost hatching time and its tricky to see a lot of movement but theres good veins and a healthy color so will continue what im doing ?

[@ChickenHues]

I’ve never candled dicks eggs, but that sounds like a developing egg! Congratulations!

[@FarmallFanatic]

My incubator came with a built in candle light

[@ChickenHues]

I just saw that in your video! That is a great idea!!

[@way2hot4u365]

What candler do you use?

[@ChickenHues]

My husband made it.

[@booboomodestmaiden]

I'm a little confused about the date I started my eggs. Is there something I can check to know when to put them in lockdown

[@ChickenHues]

Hmmm… that’s tough. How close are you? A day or two or like a week? You can probably tell by how big the chick is, but sometimes that’s hard to tell, too. I might try to narrow it down as close as I could to the day, and stop turning and raise humidity then. At least a bit higher humidity. Not turning at the end isn’t as harmful as in the beginning. You may just have to take chances and do the best you can.

[@annekerr2150]

Does the candeling light bug the babies ?

[@ChickenHues]

None have hatched with sunglasses, but I have to think the bright light isn’t very pleasant?

[@dianefernandez824]

😭we candled our eggs and had one that lit up bright pink unlike every other egg…my kids wanted to crack it open …science…and we did and the chick was alive !! We felt horrible!! I don’t know why it was so bright in there. Every other egg was dark.

[@ChickenHues]

Oh NO!!! That’s so weird. Was it from an incubator or under a hen?