28 February 2009

More on Candling Eggs



  

Check out this video! It shows me candling the eggs about a week into incubation. If you look closely, you should be able to see some weird-looking, red webbibng starting to develop along the membrane of the shell. In the center you should see a black dot surrounded by a reddish blob. The black dot is the eye and the reddish blob is a body starting to form. It kinda wiggles a little if you watch closely.

By the way- I forgot to tell you guys what candling is! 
Candling is when you take a bright light, such as a flashlight, and shine it behind the egg. The light penetrates the shell and lets you see everything inside the egg without damage. It sort of like an x-ray or an ultrasound. 

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