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    I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?

    So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.

    But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.

    Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.

    I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.

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    Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.

    And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
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candling

ive candled them right away. usually they look mostly yellow with a tiny bit of pink in them (sometimes looks like none). they start turning really red pretty quick tho (at least within a couple weeks im sure).
 
I also candle them as soon as I mark them. A lot of times you might see a small redish pink bullseye in the egg.
 
I have only had two clutches so far, but I waited a week until I did them. Next time it'll be when they are removed from the lay box.
 
well i did the right away and they just looked yellow but i was looking for an overall color. I also an partially color blind so it is not too easy at anytime.
 
The overall color is yellow but planted on some part of the egg should be a bullseye, or something close to it. Try and see if you can find that.
 
what do you use to candle them? What is the max days you should know that the eggs aren't going to hatch?
 
420Geckos said:
I use a flashlight...
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ditto. i use a small white led flashlight that gives me a nice bright light and lets me candle the eggs without extra light spilling out around the egg.
 
cornsnakekid92 said:
how long after the eggs are laid do you have to wait to candle them?
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I don't understand.... Why candle them at all??? Its simple.... You put them in the incubator.... If they hatch, you know they were good, if not, you know they were bad.... As long as your incubation methods are on point, good eggs will hatch.... Unnecessary handling of eggs will do more harm than good....
 
For candling eggs i just put them up to a small hole on a heat lamp fixture.

Gregg M said:
I don't understand.... Why candle them at all??? Its simple.... You put them in the incubator.... If they hatch, you know they were good, if not, you know they were bad.... As long as your incubation methods are on point, good eggs will hatch.... Unnecessary handling of eggs will do more harm than good....
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Many people like candling them just so they know what to expect out of the egg. Only handling the eggs for a short period of time after they were layed will more than likely do no harm to an egg.
 
Th3HiddenGecko said:
Many people like candling them just so they know what to expect out of the egg.
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Yeah, I understand that.... My point is that there is no need for it.... Why do it??? Besides, have you ever heard that saying "dont count your chickens before they hatch"???LOL.... You cant tell by candling if an egg is going to hatch or not.....

Th3HiddenGecko said:
Only handling the eggs for a short period of time after they were layed will more than likely do no harm to an egg.
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Yeah, you might be right but why bother taking a chance??? No one is immune to a laps in hand-eye coordination...
To me it is just risking eggs for a useless act....
 
Gregg M said:
Yeah, I understand that.... My point is that there is no need for it.... Why do it??? Besides, have you ever heard that saying "dont count your chickens before they hatch"???LOL.... You cant tell by candling if an egg is going to hatch or not.....

Saying that I guess it all depends on the curiousity of the breeder. Personally I like to candle them so I can separate the fertiles from the infertiles. If an infertile egg is put into a container with good eggs and that infertile egg goes bad, it could mean danger for the good eggs. When an egg starts to go bad, it gives off a harmful gas which could harm other eggs. If one of those eggs goes unnoticed, it could be disaster for all the other eggs. Everyone has different views on this. I like to candle them, you would rather let it be a surprise.

Yeah, you might be right but why bother taking a chance??? No one is immune to a laps in hand-eye coordination...
To me it is just risking eggs for a useless act....
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"Curiosity killed the cat." Some people just want to know if an egg is fertile so they are willing to take that really small risk to find out. Also, like I said before, it's all a matter of preference.
 
Sorry, I forgot to [/QUOTE] for my response to the first question. Just wanted to clear that up.
 
i like to see the progress in the eggs so i might identify a bad egg before it spoils the air in its egg container. not sure if id be able to see a bad egg by candling but at least i can see if its developing. i read that the gases given off could kill embryos. for all i know one bad egg caused any of the other bad eggs i had last year. havent lost one yet this time around(knocks on wood furiously).

been smelling the eggs alot tho, probably a better way to show a bad egg?
 
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