Keep a notebook and make frequent notations on your eggs. This way, you can determine if you need more humidity, less humidity or note any other thing that may occur, such as the early demise of the embryo, power outage, or even unusual weather events. As tempting as it may be, try not to candle daily. It can influence growth and development from repeated interruptions. 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! No, really, you don’t, but if you can, it takes some of the guesswork out of hatching and can help you to improve the chances of subsequent hatches. 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.

Blue or green eggs can also cause some difficulty reading them because of the pigment being inclusive in the shell. 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.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 After a week of incubation, place your egg onto your egg candler in a darkened room and turn on the light. You should be able to see shadows from inside the egg. With practice, you will identify fertile eggs by the dark dot, the embryo and the spider-like blood veins spreading out around the egg. 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. 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. 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.

This ultra bright, LED Torch. I found normal LED torches with batteries go dim as the batteries age, this one is rechargeable and you can top it up from time to time to keep it super bright. 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. Each egg has its’ own time frame for hatching, and juggling around two or three different types of egg in one incubator is not likely to be a resounding success for you.

Marking The Eggs

Shipped eggs can be prone to many problems, and the hatch rate of shipped eggs is around 75% on average. 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. Exactly how much you can see is limited in most cases. For example, it is doubtful that you will see anything happening inside the egg before Day #4. I will also explain some of the mysteries behind candling and help you get proficient at this skill, which is extremely useful for incubating and hatching. Candling can give you an idea if the egg is progressing or whether there is a problem. As its’ name implies, originally, candling was done with a candle!