OH, How They've Grown! Candling Chicken Eggs at Day 14. 

Isn't it? I love seeing that! Thanks for watching!

It was great seeing all of you together and answering questions! I'm glad I could be there for some of it! :)

Thanks for watching! I’m glad you liked it. 😀

Thank you for watching! My broody hens do better usually. lol Hopefully, these make it all the way through. We'll see next week! :)

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.

Hopefully next week!!

It’s amazing! Thank you for watching!

You’re welcome! I’m glad it was helpful.

I’m glad you Liked it! Thanks for stopping by!

Thank you for watching!

Yes, I'm sure! Thanks for watching!

It is really cool! Thanks for watching!

Thanks, Jerry!

I love seeing those little guys in the eggs! Thanks for watching!

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!

Thanks for watching!

I’m glad you liked it. Thank you for watching!

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

@@ChickenHues Yes, helpful a lot!!!

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.

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🤗

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 RU-vid 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 ...

How a chick comes out of an egg is really an amazing process! Thanks for watching!

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!

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! 😀

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

Hmmm…. That is very interesting.

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.

Give it a few more days and see what happens. Usually by 24 I cut my losses.

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

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!

Thanks!

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!

From my chickens... I saved them for a week or so.

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!

Yes!

Awesome!!

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’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

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!