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**ADVICE**

**Number the Eggs:** Before putting the eggs in the incubator use a pencil to number the eggs and have your students "guess" which eggs they think will hatch. ( contest )

**Don't forget to name your chicks/tadpoles... after they hatch/change**

**A picture of our Candler** ( top - left, bottom - right photo ) Ms. Doskins **Bound Journals ( through LPS district __#|Print Shop__ ):** When you need to make "journals" for your students.. contact LPS __#|Print Shop for__ bound journals.

**Candling** When candling eggs in the beginning of the process, you can see best through the white eggs and the light brown eggs. Green eggs and darker brown eggs are really hard to see through. I have read in some of my candling information, that the further you get into the process the shell on the eggs starts to thin and that should allow you to see through all of them. There is probably a small window for this, because as the chicken begins to get bigger, it takes up more space in the egg and when candling the egg will appear dark! KARA MOODY - Twain Elementary **-** What are the best days to see something when candling eggs?

**LIVE __#|Video Streaming__ with Ustream.tv ( Things to have in the video )** : Have a clock next to the eggs ( since they don't move much and the clock will show everyone that the video really is LIVE ) Also have a sign with the number of days the chicks are on.. so that in each video it is clear what day the chicks are on towards their hatching day.


 * Email Ustream.tv to "possibly" get your LIVE streaming video "Featured" on their website. ( see image on the right ) **

**When Skyping with another class** - Have questions prepared to ask the other class - Have all students in the webcam viewer ( so all students can be seen ) - ...


 * Subject: ** chick eggs - candling and removing the ones that are dead

OK Ladies, I am by no means an "eggspert" when it comes to hatching eggs, but I was just with Ellen Smith this morning and she had someone come by and candle her eggs. She told Ellen to discard the eggs that were not progressing because they would release gases that would kill the other eggs.  Thoughts?? or Questions??  Sorry Ellen but you may be the best person for these questions to funnel to.  If __#|classes__ have candled eggs... how can they tell which ones to discard??  Website Link:  [] **Q: I have heard you can candle an egg to see if it is fertile, how is that done and when should I do it ?** A: Yes you can candle and egg to see if it is fertile. Candlling egg is very easy, all you need to do is get an egg candler. Here are some links to egg candlers [|Cool Lite Egg Candler] and [|Kuhl Egg Candler]. Once you have your egg candler you will need to take your egg in a dark room and place the candler under the egg. Once the light shines through you will be able to tell if your egg is fertile. After 72 hours in the incubator you can take the egg out and check. If the egg has a dark spot in it it is fertile. The dark spot is a typical blood vessel formation that looks like a spider. If the egg is completely clear then the egg is infertile. You can candle eggs all through the incubation process to see the development of the embryo. ** We recommend that you discard all eggs that are infertile **. If you have trouble determining if the egg is infertile, keep it in the incubator for a few more days and it will be much easier. Dana


 * Subject: ** RE: chick eggs - candling and removing the ones that are dead

I am by NO means the expert here. This is my first year doing this project. Mary Baldwin the coordinator for Douglas county 4H is helping me with this. (Larry was busy with all of you J ). She said that if the egg is not fertile or the embryo has died then you need to get the egg out because it puts off a gas that kills the other chicks. If there are good veins going through and there is no “red ring” then the egg is probably good. If you see nothing then the egg wasn’t fertile and you need to get rid of those eggs too. Hope this helps. Best of luck!  Ellen

11 of my eggs are dark in color and I am not able to see inside the egg using an overhead projector as a candler. Does anyone know if using the “Cool Lite Egg Candler” on Fleming Outdoors.com work well to see inside the dark eggs? Is there any other way to tell with these dark eggs? I know that they are heavier than the ones that do not have an embryo growing, is that an indicator? Doskins Marty


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