I was looking up candling tonight online when I came across a video that showed a chick moving inside an egg. My goal was to figure out why I could not see veining in my eggs until it was almost hatching time. The reason – the light I was using to candle with was too weak!

So, I took the heat lamp off the turkeys, put it inside a cardboard box I had punched a tiny hole in and set it up in the bathroom. I then went into the bathroom with an egg and laid the egg on top of the hole. Low and behold there was the veining! Wow! I had just candled with my other lamp and did not see it.

As I watched the egg I saw movement! How cool was that! Yes, there is a live chick in the egg, and yes, at seven days it does move!

I did not get to watch long as the light was quickly heating up the cardboard and I did not want a fire. However, after seeing this, I will be asking someone to build me a wood box with a stationary lamp that will not overheat.

Looks like in a few more days we will be adding 30 new babies to our flock!