It has been 6 days since we placed the eggs in the hatching machine. It is time for us to check which eggs are fertilized and which are not. We are using a simple LED light as a candling light.
I live in a condominium and have some physical disabilities, and at my age now, I could never dream of doing this now. But I love watching your videos and wish you all the best in all your endeavors. In my prayers.
@@inactivechannel7439 my family feels the same about my bird I'm getting. I'm not a dog person but everyone owns a dog and I find it really annoying how they're so pushy about dogs but yet hate birds. It's like comparing apples with oranges, a personal preference. Nothing more.
Absolutely fascinating! But even more fascinating is that the process you are helping along has been going on for millions of years. Thanks for sharing your and your family's world.
you have great videos . I was raised on a small farm and how great the knowledge you have given would have helped us 60 plus years ago , I love ALL of your videos and will continue to look for them . so keep them coming when you can thanks and wishing you and your family a super 2017 year'' a subscriber thumbs up""
Wow I could see them when you moved the camera back so you could focus on the eggs 😹 that was surprising I did not think I,would see it from that distance . I noticed the veins before the heart plus the air pocket I noticed was different to the unfertilised eggs. Thanks for sharing that it was something I have not seen done in almost 40 years when I had the chance to do this on the farm I stayed at when Mom remarried when I was almost 6 I had fun on the farm even learned to drive the tractor as well 😹😹😹 only down side is when I fell,out the low bedroom window right on top of a bed of stinging nettles not a pretty sight I can tell you😹😹😹
You brought back a childhood memory ,we had about a hundred geese and in the spring after nesting was over we would gather up the dud eggs and have a egg war sometimes they would pop and stink real bad ,what fun we had .thanks for the videos
If the incubator was moved to the left you could take the trays out and put them to the right and prevent a possible accident by knocking into the window and dropping the trays.
I just candled my 14 eggs at day 6 and I have 12 forsure babies growing,, I'm unsure of the 2 so put them back and I'll check again in a few days. Thank you for your video!!
If I had a higher capacity incubator I'd get more eggs! 😂 Right now I have a clutch of 7 silkies in the 'bator that were shipped to me. They're only a few days in so far but I believe so far there's only one I'm questioning on if it's viable. Which is good. I can't wait to see how they are this weekend! :D And yowza, that LED is great! My candler is 12+ years old. That bulb hasn't been changed ever. I need to try and get a brighter one Friday so I can really see into those eggs...
AHHHH!!! I was blinded at 0:47. O.K. Simeon, you will be hearing from my attorneys. I will settle out of court for a few dozen pastured eggs and some maple flavored bacon.
The spark of life, manyfold. Very good. When I was very young, I saw an old man doing this by holding the egg against the sun. Same principle I suppose. Nice treat for your kids as well, when they hatch at X-mas.
Great videos, I am just learning about chicken husbandry and this is a valuable resource!! As for life only coming from life... In a short term view this is of course true... in one week a rock does not turn into a chicken... life took billions of years to emerge on Earth and has been evolving for billions of years since then. Human history is only a tiny speck of that and in an even tinier speck we can selectively breed and control the traits of species like chickens for our own particular needs. To me that is the stunning thing about life... it is adaptable, flexible, resilient.
beautiful video that for the info because for some reason the hen was of her nest eggs went cold but she went back on so i will test and also hopefully the eggs are all ok it was like since the 4 that she was on them due date is on 25 of may thanks for sharing
You shouldn't shake the egg like you do in the first candling, could shaker the embryo loose so to speak. If hatching rate from the incubator are low, that might be cause you've shook the eggs. And as a lady wrote, move the incubator to the let, so the table at the right side is free for you to put the frames on while candling.
gr8 vid....instead of the tape on your light try using the cardboard center of a toilet paper roll....it wont let any light bleed out through it like i noticed the tape does.....its very flexible and forms a perfect "seal" around the egg....i use it on my flashlight when candling my eggs and it works like a charm especially on very dark colored eggs
Funny, I subscribed to you when you were Swedish homestead... I see this candling video, see your names and click on the video; Then I notice I am not subscribed to you?! RU-vid
I'm barely a month into raising chickens (as an adult), hence my late viewing. 🙃 Your incubator looks nice (I'm a furniture designer)... I subbed, too...
A cell phone flash works pretty well for seeing if anything grew in there. I used it at night in the dark out at my chicken coop, when I had a hen abandon the nestand needed to see who got developed and who didn't.
hi there, that about what is first, Egg or Chicken? Well they are both at same time. A hem with babies inside her was easier to be caught, so slowly they start to give birth a bit earlier, making her placenta a bit harder at the time, those hems that can run faster without their babies inside survive more, and those eggs that were harder survive more, that is a process with thousands of steps. btw, I like ur videos :)
That is the best candling I have seen on the web!!! I like your incubator. Did you build it?? And did you make a video of the building?? I would like to see that so I could build one for my future use. Or could you tell me the company you bought it from?? Tack. david
i really like this i want to do the same am pretty excited about this we are wanting a big incubator are little one just is not cutting it but the eggs got cold also and some froze
Use the torch on your mobile phone it works so fast you will have all the eggs done in a no time I started using it on mine and I could see immediately if the eggs were fertilised the light on a phone is so bright
I love your incubator, Did you make it? I’m very keen to build one like this . Any advice or go to links would be appreciated cheers. Great video btw 👍👍👍👍👍👍
I’m just curious. I doubt I’ll get response because it’s an old video, but will the chicken or any bird care for a chick even though they aren’t there for it’s hatching. I couldn’t imagine you hand feed all of them
Some one help. I’m new to this. I just candled my one of my eggs. One half is dark with movement and the other half is clear. Is this normal? I have an automatic rotating incubator
How often should one be candling the eggs? Also I’ve read you have to turn the eggs daily and mark them. How exactly should we be turning the eggs and marking them?
Have you tried geese? I have a pair of Toulouse geese and tried once to let her sit on eggs and got none to hatch then put her eggs in the incubator and got none. For some reason they are not being fertilized but don't know if it's the goose or the gander. I'll try again in the Spring
The egg came before the chicken.in my opinion because animals had been laying eggs way before chickens evolved and with each step became closer to chicken that came from the egg.life only comes from life
May I ask what kind of camera/ video are you using (brand) and how you made your candling light so it will hold egg on top and shine so brightly through it? Thank you so much!!
