teresachid Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Hello You'll have to excuse me, I've never used a forum before. I am relatively new to keeping chickens, had my 6 for just over a month now. I'm ready to start selling eggs to my neighbours but I have a fear of there being a worm in the eggs. I know that this can only happen if the chickens have a bad infestation of worms and mine are okay at the moment. I would however like to know about candling. How is it done and would I be able to see a worm inside? Teresa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Hiya and welcome! You can buy a candler which is a very strong torch, you put it to the end of the egg in a dark room and you should be able to see inside, I would have thought that a worm would show up. A maglite (or similar) or led torch (use a loo roll tube to focus the beam) Dark eggs and blue eggs are very hard to see in to so if you have those you might be on to a loser I have never heard of a worm being inside an egg though but do admit that I am worried someone will come back to me one day having found something inside one of the eggs i've sold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Could you worm them, then there shouldn't be a risk of it happening? Just hold a light source up to the egg in a dark room and you should be able to see inside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teresachid Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 Thanks for the advice both of you. I shall give it a go. I intend to worm them regularly. I've had my chickens 5 weeks and they are 22 weeks old. Do you know when I should worm them? Teresa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Thanks for the advice both of you. I shall give it a go. I intend to worm them regularly. I've had my chickens 5 weeks and they are 22 weeks old. Do you know when I should worm them? Teresa I don't think theres any reason why you can't now. Have then been done before by the breeder? I use Flubenvet which is really easy to add to a weighed amount of food and feed it to the hens which is done every 6 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...