OH, How They've Grown! Candling Chicken Eggs at Day 14.
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- How time flies! The eggs are at Day 14 and it's time to candle. This video shows great detail and lots of movement! We'll also compare development in eggs that are 9 days old to 14 day eggs. How about colors? We'll compare white, light brown, olive, and dark brown, too!
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Thanks for going through this. I can't wait to try this someday. Thanks for joining the live. It was much appreciated. 🙏
It was great seeing all of you together and answering questions! I'm glad I could be there for some of it! :)
This is so neat. Very educational! It's so neat when they are moving around inside.
Isn't it? I love seeing that! Thanks for watching!
I currently have a broody hen sitting on 11 eggs. I candled at day 10 but I wasn't super confident which eggs might have quit. So i didn't remove any. I'm watching lots of candling videos now. Next time she gets up I'll be ready.
Good job! I hope she has lots of developing eggs!
That's so cool that they move inside their egg.
Thank you for that! Interesting indeed to see each egg and the development through stages.
Thanks for watching! I’m glad you liked it. 😀
Your egg is already learning, the chick can hear you in high definition. with quail i was getting a recognizable response as early as day 9. Inprinting begins at the egg stage.
Very cool so much better than candle light.
Yes, I'm sure! Thanks for watching!
Wow, that’s a great video. I have 15 eggs in incubator now. It’s 13th day today. Hopefully it will be good news when I candle those. Thanks for good video with clear explanations. 👍👍👍
I’m glad it was helpful for you! I’d love to hear how your eggs do! 😀
19th day started today. Will update you as soon as there is some "Hello Hi" from the Eggs.
Thanks for your great tutorial!
I’m glad you found it helpful!
Sweet, THEIR ALIVE💖
Yes they are! Let’s hope they stay that way for another week! 👍
What kind of candling tools did you use? I was only using flashlight, would love to buy the one that you have🤗
Thank you so much! Very helpful.
You’re welcome! I’m glad it was helpful.
EXCELENT!!! I have eggs light brown, olive, light blue, white, dark brown, light red, light rose... very informative vídeo. Hugs from Brazil. Adriano
I’m glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!
@@ChickenHues Yes, helpful a lot!!!
I am glad to see your luck with the Eggs. I have candled mine several times and unfortunately I have no growth. I had only one with visible growth but it is the ring of death. I have had to remove three of my eggs because they were leaking and I am not expecting any to hatch. I am on day 14 and tomorrow I’ll get rid of all the eggs. I am going to try a different incubator next time,maybe. I bought a little giant still air incubator for $20 and every time I move it there is s puddle of water underneath because the styrofoam is leaking! I may just order chicks as I am in an urban environment and I can only keep so many and it’s not worth investing in an expensive incubator. I’ll have to rethink what I am doing. Thanks for sharing your videos it has helped me a lot 😎
I’m sorry they didn’t do well for you. It happens and is so disappointing. You started with shipped eggs and that could have a lot to do with it - sometimes they do great and sometimes they don’t. The Little Giant still air can be pretty tricky, too. I started with one and sometimes would do ok and sometimes would have disasters.
Buying some may be better for you or maybe you’ll get a hen that goes broody. Then you’d have the best of
Both worlds! .
Yeah I was hopping for one to go broody but didn’t happen. So I’ll wait it out and get some new ones when one goes broody. My Americana was the only one hat went broody last year and from what I’ve seen they make good Mama’s😎 again thanks for your help 😎
My Ameraucanas are great mothers! I hope you have better luck the next time!
I made a hand made incubator it's still on trial at the moment, I'll let you know how it goes though :)
All you need is a dimmer switch, a light bulb, a temperature/humidity gage, some straw and a large plastic bottle....I saw a video on CZcams and thought I'd give it a try
There are several of homemade incubator videos using large plastic bottles, a cardboard box and even a tire ...
Very interesting to watch life developing.Thank you.
It’s amazing! Thank you for watching!
What brand of candler do you have? I've not seen one that does this well before.
Awesome information. I have never been very successful at incubating. Thanks for sharing
Thank you for watching! My broody hens do better usually. lol Hopefully, these make it all the way through. We'll see next week! :)
Depending on fertilisation some eggs may take a little bit longer than others I had one at 2 weeks so it was only a little spot compared to all the other eggs what I did was I left it in longer and kept candling it and it did start growing bigger it is so weird how it works maybe those couple of eggs might need another 10 days before they develop some are just a little bit slower I have found
Hmmm…. That is very interesting.
Very interesting video. Love it!
🐣🐓🐔
I’m glad you
Liked it! Thanks for stopping by!
This is one of the best candling videos I've seen so far. Nice that the eggs are turned around so we can see all sides and the chicks moving. My question is that when candled at day 10, and there is/was an obvious live chick at one time, but they're not moving, at the time of candling, does that mean they are not alive any longer? Or are there times when they are not moving? Also where did you get that awesome light for candling?
Thank you - I’m glad you liked the video. There are times when they aren’t moving. If you can still see veining the chicks are most likely alive and well!
Oh, and my husband made the candler. It’s awesome! I think there’s a link to the video where he tells how he made it in the video.
,,,very good & most interesting,, i did not no about the death ring,, it is pretty cool to watch and see whats going on in side the eggs,, T,,F,,Sharing,,,
How a chick comes out of an egg is really an amazing process! Thanks for watching!
All eggs have an air cell. Check one when you collect them from your hens. Cant go by an air cell. THANKS FOR THE VIDEO!
Yes, they all have an air cell, but in a developing egg the air cell will be very prominent when candling. In an egg that didn’t develop the entire egg will be lit up and it’s hard to see the air cell. Thanks for watching!
@@ChickenHues I dont mean to come across as "arguing". I am just trying to share information. It can be hard to determine someones expression in text.f Just know that I am not trying to be contridictory. Just want to share information.
While it is true that a more prominant, bigger air cell can indicate development, it is not the only time the air cell grows. An old egg, that is not even fertile, will have a bigger air cell. Many different things can lead to the air cell expanding. The egg shell is very porous. Temperature, and even oxygen level, and even altitude, affects the air cell. For those things affect how the egg exchanges air with the outside. An egg sitting on your counter, or in your frig, will have an air cell, that gets bigger. Another thing that happens, is as the "egg inside" the shell, begins to break down from time, it also gives off gases, which can collect in the air cell, especially if stored pointed end down. (which we all do!) Really you cannot tell anything about an egg, from its air cell, unless you understand all these things, and know the eggs history. When it was laid, where it has been stored, etc. This is why the old "is the egg fresh, float test" works. Because a fresh egg, will have a small (most of the time) air cell. And as time goes on, it increases in size. Until it is big enough to make the egg float. Which they say you should not eat an egg that floats because it is too old. In other words, rotten. It has nothing to do with being fertile or development. Meanwhile, you can also use the "float test" to see if a developing chick is alive inside the egg, by cheching if it has movement in a float test. Many people think that an egg that does not float at the surface of the water, is a bad egg. This is not always the case! SOMETIMES the humidity can be too high in the incubator, and the egg can have a very small air cell. So the chick can actually still be alive inside a "non floating egg", but simply have a small, way too small, air cell. These chicks can still survive! IF the owner knows what to do, and when.
Yes, if an egg is infertile, it will "LIGHT UP LIKE A LIGHT BULB", but it still has an air cell. All eggs have air cells. The size is affected by many things. The egg lighting up has nothing to do with the size of the air cell. ANd a fertile, un-incubated egg, will also light up like a light bulb.
Which is why I am telling you all this about the air cell. Knowing what the air cell is, what affects its size, and HOW it functions, and what its job is, is very important! Please know I am not being nasty with you. Just want to share the info! Thanks
@@ChickenHues To test all this for yourself, and to get a better understanding about the aircell, when you first collect an egg, immediatly candle it. Trace the exact size of the air cel on the egg.. You can even do this will a few different ones. Put one in the frig. and leave one on you counter. Every few days or so, do it again. Candle and trace the air cell. Keep track of the temp the egg was when you collected it. and the date collected. The humidity where the egg is stored. you can make this experiment as complicated or as simple as you want. Sometimes just watching the air cell over time is enough to get an idea of how they behave. My great grandpa had a poultry farm. And when I was around 6 yo, my grandma and me did this "experiment". It was so fun to me. Being around chickens my whole life, I found the whole "egg" and chick, to be fascinating! lol And if you have little ones, include them in the experiment! It can be very interesting to watch the outcome
@@ChickenHues Something else you can include with your "experiment", if you decide to do it, is track the weight of the egg. This is a very curious characteristic as well. It is affected by so many things! Cant really tell anything by it, because there are so many variables. But I still can be interesting. I am still fascinated by this aspect. And still have no clue how to predict or determine the changes.
What I am most interested in at the moment, is those eggs who have a "LOOSE" or "FREE FLOATING" yolk. Ever candle an egg, and see the yolk floating FAST around the egg, like it is not attached at all? Most eggs, the yolk may "move" a little, when you "spin" the egg a little. But SOME , the yolk will go flying around the egg, like it is not "attached". I have wondered about this for a long time, but have never really paid much attention to if those eggs hatched or not. All eggs, even unfertile ones, have those white "strings" that come off the yolk, and hold it in place of the clear part of the egg. These strings are called chalazae. I have cracked open eggs with these "free floating yolks" (for lack of a better word for it") and they have these "chalazae". So I do not understand why the yolk will sometimes stay in one place and other times, will go all the way around the egg. The only thing I can conclude, is that the entire egg, must be held in place, inside the egg. and these "free floaters" must have something else missing. SOmething that is clear, or hard to see with the naked eye. I have become VERY INTERESTED in this lately, because I have a hen, who seems to be more inclined to lay eggs that are "free floaters"! I have 12 eggs incubating at the moment. About half are hers. So I guess I will see what happens. But that is how I found your video. I was trying to find information about this. Would you happen to know anything about it? It is very hard to find information when you dont have the proper label for the condition or characteristic. lol When I search it, I end up getting "why yolks are weak, and break in the pan". lol Absolutely nothing to do with the info I am looking for! Lol Thanks for letting me ramble. I love chickens and still find eggs to be fascinating!
We're ye guys live last night I tired to hit ye up bit it froze....every time I see the eggs under lights same last year I think nano nano mork and Mindy when him self pops out of the egg I know weird 😁
Haha! Now I’ll think
Of that, too! LOL I loved that show s a kid. Yes, we tried a short live yesterday but had some technical difficulties.
Looking forward to seeing them 🐣
Hopefully next week!!
Wow love it
I’m glad you liked it. Thank you for watching!
wow now that was a cool sight Ive never seen this done before
It is really cool! Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much!! It was really helpful.
I've made an automatic incubator and for the first time I set the humidity control on 55% to 60% but the result was death of embryos on the day of 7th and 12th (perhaps!).
Now for the second attempt I've set the humidity on 45% to 50%. I would be happy if you tell me how range should be the humidity for chicken eggs? Thanks in advance.
There are many different opinions. It seems the general opinion is around 40-50%.
After a month hard attempts I'm here to say that the humidity should be higher than 50 % and lower than 70% .I realized that the previous embryos death happened because of the temperature control! And setting humidity control between 45_50 % led to embryos shrinking and death!
I set the humidity between 55_60 % and the result is perfect, successful hatching!
Mine ranging to 60-70% since day 1 until day 14, still alive
Great video, thank you!
Thank you for watching!
What is temperature you use in your incubator, in calcius unit?? And why my egg not growth though at day 10?? Pleas help me.. 😭
So what do you do if you get to day 21 and an egg hasn’t hatched but you can clearly see there’s so sort of development inside the egg? Just not sure if it’s alive or not.
Give it a few more days and see what happens. Usually by 24 I cut my losses.
Hi Stacie, just clarifying eggs go pointy end down in the incubator - but pointy end UP for candling? Thank you for your videos. I’ve already learned so much from just a few videos.
Yes, Kaye! You are correct! You can candle then either way, but I think it’s easier to see with the air cell at the bottom. I’m so glad to hear the videos have been helpful! Thank you!
Love your candeler! Why did you get it from? I need one!
Thank you! My husband actually made it. He should manufacture and sell them!
wow very interesting.. are you sure those a empty dud eggs....may be there are tiny chicks in there..so interesting to see all those live things in side a shell.. what a creation.. wow so interesting. thank you for sharing..
No, there aren’t tiny chicks in there. They’ll look like the other eggs at that stage of
Development. So, by day 14 a clear egg is not developing - no worries there! Thanks for watching! 😀
Very interesting video mam, never seen this done before!! Dan
I love seeing those little guys in the eggs! Thanks for watching!
Broody hen day 9
Awesome!!
Love it!
Thanks for watching!
How did you get that much eggs
From my chickens... I saved them for a week or so.
I was just a young kid when my mom and dad used incubators, the ones they had were kerosene fired, I remember throwing the rotten ones and boy ,did they stink,,lol
Yuck! The farther, the better for throwing them, I'm sure! I've never seen an old kerosene fired incubator. I'll have to go look one up. Thanks for watching!
Lehman's still sells one! It's not cheap ($499). lol
@@ChickenHues here ya go: www.bing.com/images/search?q=vintage+kerosene+incubators&qpvt=vintage+kerosene+incubators&FORM=IGRE
Look at that! Pretty cool!
Good stuff!!!
Thanks, Jerry!
Did your egg hatch
Yes!
Nice video very informative, earlier I succeed only 10 % and now today 12th day till today going good
Good news! I hope you have a great hatch!
Thank you verymuch
Hi stacie one of the eggs got broken by chick inside at around 8 pm , how much time will it take to come out completely
Where can i get a candler like that
My husband made it. It Amazon and hatcheries have many nice candlers available. 😀
@@ChickenHues I’d sure buy one from y’all or the instructions even!:) that’s the best candler I’ve ever seen! Great job!
I have a light Sussex who went broody so I bought some eggs and put them under her, it’s been a week and today when I checked on her I saw 3 eggs were beside her very cold to the touch, so I quickly put them back under her, she’s young and doesn’t know how to do it herself, now I’m worried if the developing chicks are dead because it was s cold day, any idea how long an egg can be left like that?
I’ve had eggs left for 24 hours and they did fine- but that was during the summer. Depending on how cold it was they will probably be ok if it was a few hours. I’d suggest candling them in a few days and see if you see growth and movement.
Woke up this morning to find he completely out of her broodiness and just 2 days to go! Absolutely heartbreaking 😢 I don’t have an incubator so I just made a home one with a heat lamp I had from before
Those two with a blank are unfertilized eggs and those with black sports at 14 day an embryo failed to develop so it died
Hello! This is my first time hatching, I have a blank on day 13, I was holding out hope for development, but should I remove it from the rest of them now? Btw, thank you for this video, it was very informative :)
If it looks completely blank on day 13 you can go ahead and take it out. If it doesn’t smell and you aren’t sure, you can leave it in. But it’s usually pretty obvious by day 13. I’m glad the video was helpful! Good luck with your hatch!
MY HEN GAVE UP ON HER EGGS AFTER ONLY ABOUT 4 DAYS WHAT SHOULD I DO.THROW THEM OUT.
Block her in there and see if you can get the brood back Justin Rhodes has a video on it
Probably unless you have an incubator or another broody. I’m sorry. That happens with broody hens sometimes. 🙁
i appreciate you taking your time to reply thanks.@@ChickenHues
I see 4 day thets hew nathing.I dont need 14 day to weist
Looooooove it
Thanks!
Thanks much, Stacie. Very interesting and I could see movement much easier. I noticed the veins, as well. Quite interesting. So when do you anticipate you'll have little chicks (pee-pees)? Thanks for highlighting and pointing. Tell your assistant, Steve, thanks too. Could hear him in the background (smile). Well, soon you'll have a coop full of chickens. Thanks again. Full watch.
I'm glad you could see better this time. I tried to point things out better! The little "pee-pees" should hatch on Thursday or Friday if all goes well. The incubator will be overflowing if they all hatch. :) Yes, Steve was back there videoing! lol Thank you so much for stopping by and watching!
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