Yes I have a male and female of breeding age
2007-09-24 07:16:51 · 6 answers · asked by mooningrosie 2 in Pets ➔ Birds
It is best to candle them at 5-10 days after the parents start laying on them. Make sure to wash your hands and make sure they are warm. No matter what, if an egg is fertile or not, do not toss any of them. Put them back in the nest until the parents lose interest.
2007-09-24 07:21:39 · answer #1 · answered by x00sarin00x 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
After the egg is laid doesn't really matter, but I am sure you meant after it is in the incubator or after the hen begins to set.
I candle mine at 7-10 days (interval between when I add new eggs to the incubator) because I am lazy and my eyes are getting old. Use a bright flashlight (hand cupped around the lens) or a candler in a very dark room. Treat them gently, the embryo is delicate. What you will see is a web of veins about the size of a quarter or larger over the yolk.
I also check when I move them to the hatcher. I don't let anything that has obviously died go in there.
Now, if you are talking about when the eggs are under the hen, I only do it once, again at about 7-10 days, and I do it at night so that it is dark, of course, and because it bothers the hen less. In the day time she sometimes runs off and doesn't come back for awhile.
Now, some people claim to be able to do it at 1 day, but that is just too amazing for me.
I used to be able to do it on day 3, but only on white eggs. Because my eyes don't focus close anymore, I had to use 3x power reading glasses so I could get close to the egg, and the web of veins was only the size of a fingernail and very faint. I couldn't do it at all on brown or blue eggs that early.
2007-09-24 07:26:49 · answer #2 · answered by pittisng 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
More like after 10 days where you see little veins around the yolk....Don't be impatient. The eggs have to incubate, and most are fertile anyway. They candle them, so that they don't get any 21 day old duds which turn into rotten eggs. At a hatchery dealing with thousands of eggs, you have to avoid that disaster as much as possible, but with just a few eggs... Big deal.
2007-09-24 07:24:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with x00sarin00x, 5-7 days will usually be enough to begin checking for the embryo and veins, if you know what you're looking for. Also, you don't way what type of bird you referring to so that may make a difference in the number of days when the veins become visible. The larger the bird, the thicker the egg will be.
2007-09-24 07:49:43 · answer #4 · answered by Goody 2 Shoes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there's a solid probability this is fertile. I used to have puppy doves, and that i additionally observed that they don't constantly stay on the egg. sounds like undesirable parenting, eh? yet my doves controlled to hatch out 4 stay toddlers, so i assume their equipment works for them!
2016-11-06 06:29:48 · answer #5 · answered by larrinaga 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LEAVE IT UNDER THE BIRD FOR 30 DAYS OR SO AND SEE IF IT HATCHES.
2007-09-24 07:21:48 · answer #6 · answered by Loren S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋