when do you candle?

hey everyone, do you candle as soon as she lays or do you give it some time?

As I place the eggs in the tub to go into the incubator.

I candle before putting them in the eggbox. Then again about halfway through incubation.

I candle when I take them from the mother, I also candle durning and about half way thru you can see the snake moving around. cool! also if you candle albino X het eggs you can tell which are albinos and which are hets. around day 30 give or take a few days the albino eggs will have a pink glow to them. and the het eggs are a lot darker. I would think you can also do this with lucy eggs. with a little luck, hopefully I'll know in a few months

I've never candled an egg...

Usually about 10 days into incubation, and then at about day 35-40.

I do it about 3-7 day in and that is it.

I candle soon as I retrieve the eggs from the female.

I candle as they go into the incubator. At this time you can already see veins.

Then I candle every few days to watch developement. It's really exciting to me. About 7 days in you can see the eyes and body. About 14 days in they really start to move around and you can see the spine taking form. I use a LED light, very little heat is generated.

Have fun Jay :banana: