Accidental Homesteader

I started my eggs on Friday night, and had insomnia on… well… every night since, but that’s unrelated. In any case, I was up and bored at 2 am last night, so I did my first candling of the season. It was actually pretty cool!

So I’ve got them numbered from M1 – M4 (Black Copper Marans – dark brown), E1 – E4 (Easter Eggers – blue), and F1 – F4 (Salmon Favoralles – light brown).

Cool thing? I think I saw heartbeats! It is theoretically possible that my eyes were messing up, but I think I saw it.

The video sucks, but the yolk seemed to pulse.

I’m trying a new system this year. One to three dots. One dot if I think it is a blank or can’t tell a thing. Two dots if I think it is fertile, and three if I’m pretty sure it’s fertile. The blues are tough. I’m getting better at the dark browns.

March 14:

• M1: 3
• M2: 3
• M3: 3
• M4: 3
• E1: 1
• E2: 1
• E3: 1
• E4: 3
• F1: 3
• F2: 3
• F3: 2
• F4: 1

I’ll keep track of the eggs to get better at figuring out which are fertile,