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Candling an egg allows you to see in a limited way what’s going on inside an egg at particular points along the way to full development. Wax shrinks when it hardens, so just as with the first candle, you'll need to keep filling the hole in the bottom until there is not longer a hole left when the candle has hardened completely. After a week of incubation, you can be reasonably precise about the viability of the embryo. At 14 days, you can remove any eggs with embryos that have died and lessen the risk of a rotten egg exploding.

To candle properly, you will need your candler and a dark room. The darker, the better. It will help you see the egg contents. As I mentioned at the beginning of this article, you can make your own candler using an LED flashlight and a piece of cardboard. Egg candling is a neat, cheap, and easy way to discover what is happening inside the egg, but how do you do it? If you have been able to separate the eggs into individual layers, that is most helpful, especially if you suspect your hens or rooster aren’t fertile. As tempting as it may be, try not to candle daily. It can influence growth and development from repeated interruptions.

What Is Egg Candling, And Why Do It?

If you have had problems with bad hatches in the past, candling can sometimes help to see what goes wrong and give you some ideas to try to fix the problem for subsequent hatches as well. Using a regular pencil – no marker pens, the toxins can leach through the shell– you can mark the eggs as you desire. I usually number them 1 -12 etc. You can mark on the shell the size of the air cell, which breeds, color. If it does spill, your wax is either too hot or the tape wasn't positioned correctly. Wait until the wax left inside the mold hardens and covers the hole that way. Then carefully pour in the rest of the wax. These embryos die further along in the incubation process and using your newly acquired detective skills. You will be able to eliminate some causes of death. At hatch Candling can be fun and interesting, especially if you have kids. It’s also a skill that will help you with your hatching proficiency in years to come.

I have tested several egg candlers, and in summary, I would not waste money on some of the cheap imported versions. The seal between the light source and the egg is not as good and doesn’t last. The LED is not usually very bright. This can save you a lot of time and a little money too. I have provided examples of using an 800-lumen flashlight on white, brown, and blue eggs below. Here Is A Blue Egg Being Candled With 800 Lumen Flashlight As you are learning the new skill of handling, you will be surprised at how easy it all becomes after a relatively short period of time. Egg candles are a classic decorations around Easter and for spring in general. But buying Egg candles can be quiet expensive. Especially when you can make them yourself for almost no cost at all. Plus you probably have everything at home. These DIY Egg Candles are super easy and fast to make. From start to finish you will need about 10 minutes. If you have kids you can totally let them make a couple to give away around Easter. This will also look great next to our Cement Easter Eggs. We show you how to make candles using eggshells as molds in this tutorial. Perhaps one of the most important pieces of information is the size of the air cell. We have talked about this briefly in other articles, so that we will expand a little here.The secret to your success will be keeping good notes on every egg. You should note the temperature and humidity of the incubator, day #, air cell size in your notebook. Some folks note the ambient temperature and humidity too. There are four distinct periods of incubation when embryos can die, and I provide common reasons for these losses in my incubation troubleshooting guide.

It is not a fail-safe way to tell what’s happening inside the egg, but using your finely tuned observational skills, you can get a pretty good idea of progress or problems. Candling will not tell you if the egg is fertilized until Day 4 or so, when the veins start to develop. Marking The EggsA thin ring around the inside of the egg indicates an early death. The embryo died at the start of incubation, usually within a couple of hours. These eggs are easy to identify and remove, and I have included a photo below. To be honest, a small ultra-bright torch is all you need, you can use your hand between the egg and torch to make a good seal. Egg candlers can be mains powered or battery operated. They tend to come in two varieties: The first is like a torch with a rubber seal around the end, and the second is a table-top unit with a place to sit the egg.

I filled the egg candle into an old jam jar with some dry moss. It looks cute but also clean and Scandinavian. I like my decoration to match the rest of my interior decor and not be too overwhelming. Due to the jar it will be protected of wind and can be used outside as well. You could also add some pastel colored pebbles or sand. You could also dye the eggs beforehand to get different colored results. The possibilities are endless!

How To Identify Problem Eggs

Now carefully pour the wax into the funnel until it spills over and remove the funnel. Make sure the wax is not too hot. Most candlers today use light-emitting diodes (LED’s) rather than electric bulbs. The advantage of LED is that it produces a bright white light without much heat.