Standard egg candler, very exciting to watch embryo growth. (With our Titan Egg High Intensity Candler being launched 19-2-12 which does the job of every candler we are now selling these to clear) 

 

 

So what is an egg candler?

 

To be honest it is what i would concider a very important part of incubating eggs, if you own an incubator then you should really have an egg candler. The reasons for this is one of enjoyment so you can actually watch the little chick developing inside the egg and i must be honest with you, this experience is not one easily forgotten. I am afraid the other reason is a serious one and that is to remove infertile eggs from the incubator, if you do not remove non-fertile eggs then the risk of bacteria growth in your incubator is very high and if this is able to get in fertile eggs through the pores then it may make the chicks too unwell to hatch or even kill them during incubation.

 

Ideally candling at 10 days for a novice should tell if fertile or not.

 

It is also very important to get the correct candler, this is our own Standard candler and is perfect for white, cream or light brown eggs.

 

If you wish to do Duck Eggs, Goose eggs or very dark chicken eggs then I must recommend the High Intensity Candler as this will allow you to see inside the eggs where as this Standard Candler would not allow that on thicker or very dark eggs.

 

Using this is very easy, you place the 'fat' end of the egg to the light end of the unit, press the button and hey presto you can see inside the egg and what is happening.

 

Please remember Standard Candler for light egg colours and High Intensity Canlder for Thick Shelled or Dark coloured eggs.