Ally Mac
33 posts
Feb 01, 2005
2:11 AM
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I have now 8 eggs, all layed within the last week, 6 from rollers, 2 from Horseman Pouters.
How many days old should an egg be to be ready for candling?
Is it possible to have one fertile and one not?
If so when the infertile one is taken away will they lay another?
If not and it was the same scenario in another nest I assume you would just add one to the other and let the other pair lay again. I suppose this would also be the case if one died or failed to develop.
All advice appreciated.
Al.
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truword1
14 posts
Feb 01, 2005
7:15 AM
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What I have learned is that after 6 or 7 days you can candle the eggs and check if there fertile or not. I had two hens lay this week also and both of them just laid one egg each so I took one egg from the other hen and placed it under the other hen. The hen will realize no eggs and lay again in about ten days.
Thanks
John
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highroller
87 posts
Feb 01, 2005
12:56 PM
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I usually wait till 5 days after the second egg was layed if I wanted to candle them. Yes it's possible for one to be fertile and not the other. If you remove one egg they will not lay another to replace it. They will lay a new clutch in about 8-10 days if both eggs are taken. I often just left the clear egg in the nest figuring it would help hold more heat in there for the good egg. If you were to dump the clear eggs and combine good eggs in one nest you should have some way of marking them so you know who the parents are unless you are not keeping records.
Dan
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