How do you tell if chicken eggs are alive without candling?

Answer 1

Holding a lit candle about 2 inches on the other side of an egg you are looking at is referred to as "candling". It allows to "see inside" the egg, kind of like an X-ray. Do NOT put the candle under the egg. Get an adult to help you, PLEASE. Fire can be dangerous, so are candles.

Answer 2

First, Did it come from a hen in a flock with a rooster? If not, don't bother as it will be infertile, as will store bought eggs.

If the egg came from a hen WITH a rooster among the flock then you need to "candle" the egg. Candling means to shine a light though the shell of the egg to see dark veins or spots inside the egg. You can make your own candler by getting a very strong flashlight (small one) and a tube from the inside of a roll of paper towel/or a PVC pipe about 6" long. Tape the flashlight to one end with black electricians tape leaving the on/off switch available. Darken the room and put the egg at the open end of the candler, switch on the flashlight and see the light come through the shell off the egg. If you see dark spots and lines the egg is viable and a chick is forming.

Answer 3

You must candle them. Candling is a method of seeing inside an egg shell.

A strong light is shone into the egg and the growing chicks silhouette can be viewed.

A candling light can be purchased at any feed store selling poultry products or one can be made out of a good flashlight and a cardboard tube.

Answer 4

The way farmers tell if an egg is fertilized is by watch if the rooster is actively mating with the hens and after incubating the eggs for a few days he can candle the eggs to see if embryos are developing inside. This candling is done with a very strong light in a dark room. You can see shadows inside the egg which means changes are taking place in the shell.

Answer 5

You candle it with a flash light in a dark room. If its past the date when its suppost to hatch leave it in the incubator because it might hatch later than it should. Kels

Answer 6

If it is not moving or has not moved for a good amount of time, bleeding and no longer moving, has no pulse, or a sandwich it is likely dead.

Answer 7

go in a dark room and put a torch under neath a egg and look for a shadow then there is a chick in your egg!

Answer 8

Feel for a good weight.