How to Candle Dark Eggs - Candling Marans and Olive Eggers

Dark shelled eggs can be hard to candle for development. Here are a few tips on what to look for!
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[@karanstorlie474]

Great video and exactly the explanation I was looking for. Thank you!

[@homegrowncountryhomeplace]

Learned something new! Never heard of this before. Have a Blessed Day!

[@ChickenHues]

I'm glad you learned something new! Thanks!

[@yellowneesy]

Fascinating! I didn't know this and have never seen it before! Thanks for sharing! 👌😍👌

[@ChickenHues]

Glad you learned something new! Thank you for watching!

[@Jodunk705]

Great video! Thanks for sharing your wisdom!

[@ChickenHues]

Glad it was helpful!

[@DennysCountryLife]

Excellent video! Thanks for the info!

[@ChickenHues]

Thank you for watching!

[@FranknCarriesHomestead]

Some really good information, thanks

[@ChickenHues]

You're welcome! Thank you for watching!

[@bellelise.]

Thanks!!! This helped me so much.

[@ChickenHues]

I’m so glad! Thank you for watching!

[@SteveStoltz]

That's an awesome candler.

[@ChickenHues]

It is! Thanks for making it! :)

[@laurenjaureguifan5786]

Thanks for sharing. I have some eggs in an incubator waiting right now, they are all dark... lol

[@themotivatedgardenergarden7822]

Nice work doctor Stacie look like there life way to go

[@ChickenHues]

Haha! Thank you!

[@YankeeLivn]

Well done, thanks for sharing

[@ChickenHues]

Thank you for watching!

[@loribarker1376]

Thank you for helping me !!!

[@ChickenHues]

I’m glad this did! 😊

[@samah9822]

Thank you I’m doing my first hatch and it’s with marans. I have no idea what I’m doing haha😂

[@ChickenHues]

Good luck with your hatch!!

[@ScaryFear]

This video was helpful. I'll have to get a candler. I was wondering because I'd heard you can't see through marans eggs. Now I know to wait til day 10 also.

[@ChickenHues]

I’ve usually only been able to see developing/ not developed on the dark and green eggs.

[@changingwindsfarm2087]

Very helpful video:)

[@ChickenHues]

I'm so glad you found it helpful!

[@HiddenMeadowFarm]

Thanks for the help. We have eggs to candle in a few days. Tim @ Hidden Meadow Farm

[@ChickenHues]

Thanks, Tim! I hope your eggs look as good as mine did when you candle!

[@bobcrappies]

Very nice!!!!!!

[@ChickenHues]

Thank you!

[@juniorgemsreptilesandlife5203]

Great video they do the same thing with reptile eggs thanks for sharing

[@ChickenHues]

Really? That would be neat to see!

[@nikkimorris4634]

Thank you so much I have all Maran but I have discarded one and the rest had veining or an air cell. I didn’t see movement in most but I’m gonna let them go and see what happens.

[@ChickenHues]

Oh, definitely wait and see! It’s so hard to see for sure in those eggs.

[@toastymornings]

thanks!!! my buff orpington hen is sitting on 3 blue copper maran eggs i hope they are viable! thanks for the video.

[@ChickenHues]

I hope so, too! Keep us posted!

[@23sklar]

Very Cool.. that's good to know.. thanks for sharing : )

[@ChickenHues]

You're welcome! :)

[@oldschoolwithamoderntwist6074]

,,very good,,thanks for sharing,,,

[@ChickenHues]

Thank you!

[@wildedibles819]

Thanks this helped

[@ChickenHues]

I’m glad you found it helpful! Thanks!

[@wildedibles819]

@@ChickenHues your welcome much love xoxox

[@lauralynnn9287]

Good infromation!!!

[@ChickenHues]

Thank you!

[@lauralynnn9287]

😊

[@tamasue928]

Thank u I'm incubating my first batch

[@ChickenHues]

I hope your hatch does well!

[@tamasue928]

@@ChickenHues 5 more days 😊

[@geraldineaguilar4528]

Thank you so much! What lamp do you use?

[@ChickenHues]

My husband build a LED candler that we use. Thanks!

[@jennsinkona]

What egg candler do you use? And ty this will be my first time hatching Marans eggs!

[@ChickenHues]

My husband made it. I guess it’s the Steve candler 2000. 😂. I hope you have a great hatch!

[@lildumplin9905]

This is something I have never seen inside an 🥚

[@ChickenHues]

It's pretty neat, isn't it? Thanks for watching!

[@seanschriver1543]

What candler are you using? We can't see anything on our brown and green eggs. Our state requires us to grade white and air sack for commercial sales. Guess we need a more powerful light!

[@ChickenHues]

My husband made mine with a bright LED light.

[@jonathansiefker2325]

Do you any pictures of the candler you have I would to build one like it

[@ChickenHues]

My husband has a video on his channel about how he made it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipDSf4qFe7hqpNE

[@cameronm6116]

So is the air cell at the bottom of the big part of the egg or the pointy part

[@ChickenHues]

At the big end.

[@motivationthruhistory]

I thought we weren't supposed to turn the egg upside down?

[@houndsmanone4563]

Man Stacie, that's still quite difficult to tell if there's a little chick developing. I think I'd just keep them all in there for incubation time, then if nothing hatches, delicately, remove that egg from the batch. Hey, I have no clue if that's right but I'd hate to toss out an egg just b/c I couldn't see the air sack. What do you do with the non-fertile eggs? (bury them) I remember one time getting a store-bought egg and it had a partial baby. I just didn't tell my Mom b/c she would have probably freaked out (chuckle). Thanks

[@ChickenHues]

Seriously?! That makes me freak out just thinking about it! LOL I don't usually discard any dark eggs until the last week when they look significantly different (lighter, not as filled, etc.) than the others. I don't make any decisions before that for the reasons you stated! I usually just throw them away, although they could probably be buried, composted, or other things. Mostly, I have to make sure my dog isn't able to get them, which limits my choices. ;)

[@houndsmanone4563]

Thanks. Sorry, didn't mean to get too graphic but that's the main reason I didn't tell my Mom either (smile).

[@ChickenHues]

Smart move! LOL

[@kanenammou8823]

Is it normal that I can't see any movement in my black maran egg as I can see only some veins but not movement please respond

[@ChickenHues]

Yes. If you see veins then there is a developing chick. They are hard to see detail through.

[@guitarmastersmusiccenter8102]

can we have the name of the Candler or a link to it? Thank you

[@ChickenHues]

It’s homemade! My husband made it.

[@doylerabjohn3435]

Thanks great for my wife

[@lexistarlight3450]

What kind of candler do u use?

[@ChickenHues]

My husband made it. It works great but is a one of a kind.

[@theheadhen1855]

What kind of candler do you have?

[@ChickenHues]

My husband made it with a bright LED light.

[@aletaharrington3983]

we crat 2 BLUE egg that are Fertilised

[@saintmarinajane]

Ohhh the shaking

[@Peldyn]

My chickens lay dark eggs. My roosters are so crazy my eggs are always fertile. I am tired of hatching though and think I will give it a pass this year.

[@ChickenHues]

I always end the season thinking I'll take the next year off...and then spring comes and I find myself with an incubator full of eggs. Maybe next year... LOL

[@Peldyn]

Chicken Hues I lent my incubator out so that helps!

[@chasmofsar2691]

How many days before I should worry about infertile eggs exploding?

[@ChickenHues]

It provably depends on the egg. I’ve only had it happen once after maybe two weeks or so.

[@heatherk8931]

Not sure about the air cell point. All my store bought eggs have air cells. They are not free range so I'd assume they aren't fertilized either. HOWEVER, both the eggs I cracked this morning had the white spot fead center in the yolk. That I hadn't noticed before. My hens are starting up again so I want to finish up the sb.

[@ChickenHues]

All eggs have air cells. When candling dark eggs, sometimes the only way to see that they are developing is because the air cell is visible.

[@ChristoferB]

Are you absolutely sure about that? I just candled a store bought egg I bought yesterday and it has a well developed air cell too.

[@Therian_Rosie-Leaf]

hey! im on day 5 on my egg .There is no embryo and a saddle shaped air cell.Can it hatch?

[@ChickenHues]

I have had them hatch with oddly placed air cells. 5 days is pretty early - try candling again around 8-10 days to see if there is development.

[@Therian_Rosie-Leaf]

@@ChickenHues thank you so much! im on day 11(the other egg had a blood ring) i see good development!

[@shawneeward2570]

Where did you get your candler?

[@ChickenHues]

My husband made it. Many hatcheries and poultry supply companies sell candlers, though.

[@shawneeward2570]

Chicken Hues Thank you! I am looking for a brighter one so I can see through my BCM’s eggs!

[@hamzashweiki4826]

Do you have chicken give olive egge for seal

[@ChickenHues]

I don't have for sale right now! Thanks for asking!

[@hamzashweiki4826]

Chicken Hues Eggs fertilized

[@robinsnyder5522]

Can Turkmen and Olive eggers produce chicks, please help..

[@ChickenHues]

I’m not sure. If you mean turkeys then no. If you mean the chicken breed, Turkens, then yes.

[@AViewFromTheMiddle]

Odd you get a lot of olive. I never see them around here.

[@ChickenHues]

Really? That's something I breed for.

[@aprilkackley011]

3 :29 into video when u thought the one quit there was movement

[@ChickenHues]

I went and looked and see that, too. I’m wondering if I was rotating the egg because that would cause that. I would have noticed the movement and seen it was alive unless I knew that I was moving the inside of the egg while turning it.

[@cabinlife2347]

Hello Stacie, so nice to meet you. We just learned something - good information. Thanks for sharing. .. and thank you for subscribing to our channel. sub'd you too. Glenn & Maureen, Ontario Canada.

[@ChickenHues]

Nice to "meet" you, too!

[@lindawoodham3389]

The texting at the bottom hid the video ugh

[@ChickenHues]

Sorry! :)

[@christiancowboy352]

This is totally incorrect! My white unfertile eggs have a air cell.

[@ChickenHues]

You may have misunderstood what I meant? All eggs have an air cell. When an egg starts to develops, the air cell becomes more visible during candling. Darker and colored eggs can be very hard to see details in, so sometimes just noticing that air cell can show that development is occurring. Does that explain what I meant?

[@christiancowboy352]

@@ChickenHues No ma'am, that really doesn't compute. I have good fertile eggs that have a very small air cell, and all different size air cells. I guess I'm not understanding your definition of "more visible".... please explain further.