Are these duck eggs dead?

[WhiteTreeOfGondor]

Out of my 5 fertile duck eggs on day 15, 3 are doing great with good distinct veins and lots of movement. The other two I'm pretty sure are dead, though I'd love a second opinion from you more experienced people before I throw them out. I haven't seen movement in either one.
Thanks!

First egg:

Second egg:

 

[fin-dachickmasta]

Can you please take them again in a dark room?

 

[WhiteTreeOfGondor]

Can you please take them again in a dark room?

I just threw them out today, sorry! They're on day 18 now and were looking worse rather than better, so I didn't want to risk them exploding.

 

[Smiles-N-Sunshine]

Although potentially gross, a necropsy on unhatched eggs can give you some useful information for future hatches.

 

[casportpony]

#4 & #5 look dead to me.

 

[WhiteTreeOfGondor]

Although potentially gross, a necropsy on unhatched eggs can give you some useful information for future hatches.

Yeah, maybe I'll do that next time. I opened an infertile one on day 14 in my first hatching try and it smelled, so I'm not very keen on doing it again with one that was fertile. But it probably would be helpful.

 

[WhiteTreeOfGondor]

#4 & #5 look dead to me.

Those were all pictures of the same 2 eggs, #4 and #5. I still have 3 live ones looking good

 

[casportpony]

Those were all pictures of the same 2 eggs, #4 and #5. I still have 3 live ones looking good

Okay. Congrats on the live ones.

 

[Allsfairinloveandbugs]

Yeah, maybe I'll do that next time. I opened an infertile one on day 14 in my first hatching try and it smelled, so I'm not very keen on doing it again with one that was fertile. But it probably would be helpful.

I read a tip from someone on BYC (I can't remember who or when) who said to put an unhatched and potentially rotten egg into a ziplock baggie before cracking open the egg for eggtopsy. It works great. You can always remove the embryo for closer inspection if you think it hasn't reached the point of "gross."

 

[WhiteTreeOfGondor]

I read a tip from someone on BYC (I can't remember who or when) who said to put an unhatched and potentially rotten egg into a ziplock baggie before cracking open the egg for eggtopsy. It works great. You can always remove the embryo for closer inspection if you think it hasn't reached the point of "gross."

That is a great idea. Thanks!