Candling eggs

[jesst]

I was wondering how often you should candle your eggs. I candled them when I put them into the incubator but haven't since. I'm at day 33 and all eggs still look like they did when I put them into the incubator. There is some condensation on the inside of the tub but it never comes into contact with the eggs.

[Dave Green]

I never candle eggs. They go in the incubator and I look at them once in a while but that's about it.

[MarkS]

I'll generally candle them after their laid just to see if they're fertile and to tell which way is up. After that I don't mess with them anymore.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

I candle before I put them in the incubator and that's all.

[jesst]

Ok thank you. I keep reading people's posts on Facebook saying the keep candling their eggs. I will leave them alone until day 45 when I remove the press n seal

[MarkS]

I also don't remove the press-n-seal until after they've started to pip.

[jesst]

I also don't remove the press-n-seal until after they've started to pip.

oh I thought you remove it about 2 weeks before they are supposed the pip and then open the tub every other day to get fresh air in.

[MarkS]

You can if you want to, I've just never found it necessary. There seem to be a lot of people out there giving advice that want to make this process a lot harder than it really is.