Accidental Homesteader
…a funny thing happened on the way to the bar
First Candling 2022
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,
Accidental Homesteader 