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post #1 of 4
5/23/12 at 11:14pm
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Hi,

I have eggs that go into lockdown sunday. Just candled again tonight and have 3 upside in bator . EE eggs dark green and hard to see inside of. I could see veining in them all along but not much, Tonight for some reason I decided to put light on top of egg and check--- that's where all the veining is at and I think the air sac. Will lay them on their sides in lockdown, anything I can do about this now or just wait and hope they hatch?  

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post #2 of 4
5/23/12 at 11:25pm

Just wait and hope they hatch.  Are you sure the airsac is on the small end of the egg?

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post #3 of 4
5/23/12 at 11:33pm
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Not really There seems to be a space on both ends, But like I said kinda hard to see for sure.

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post #4 of 4
5/24/12 at 1:02am

All my eggs have a space at both ends before hatching.  But when you hold the light to the big end you can see a circle where the airsac ends.  when you put it at the small end you don't see the circle. 
When eggs are hard to see in I just leave them in the incubator and hope for the best.  I had one dark brown egg i couldn't see in at all.  It hatched fine without me shining a flashlight in it. :)  The rest got tortured with the light every couple of days. 

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