Are these eggs good?

[SueT]

Well they should be good then. Also, what kind of incubator, and how are you monitoring the temp?
Candle again tomorrow. Look for veins....
Anyone else care to comment? I've never candled dark-shelled eggs. I've only got white and light beige.

 

[FortCluck]

You need a high lumen flashlight to see through brown eggs enough to take pics.

I don't think we will be able to see development in your photos like you can see it. I would wait until day 7 then make your decision.

Mark the eggs with a pencil so you know which ones you have in question for development and just remember what the development looks like in them so you can see if there is growth.

Most of them look good to me because I can see growth inside the eggs that you are looking at. I may not be able to see the veins because of the eggshell color or the pictures, but I do see growth.

 

[FortCluck]

A lot of my brown eggs when I candle them I cannot see veins, but I can see their growth. I also have a high lumen flashlight, but some brown shells are very hard to see veins.

The last one does look like a clear to me. The rest look good.

 

[SueT]

A lot of my brown eggs when I candle them I cannot see veins, but I can see their growth. I also have a high lumen flashlight, but some brown shells are very hard to see veins.

The last one does look like a clear to me. The rest look good.

Thank you for taking a look! As I said, I am not experienced w darker eggs. So glad some are developing!
@TT43 , why don't you come and join the May hatchalong? Lots of people hang out there to discuss and help with any questions.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/may-2020-hatch-a-long.1359364/

 

[kelseyk]

My Marans eggs that I hatched for the Easter HAL were hard to tell too - it was day 11 before I could really give a definite yes or no to them. I think I can see something in most of yours. I would mark the ones you are questioning and re check them in a couple days.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

It's difficult to see in an image what you might be able to see in person. I see development in your #2 & #3 picture. Here are some of my dark shelled Marans development images. It's much harder to see early development in the really dark eggs. I don't toss out clears on really dark eggs until around day 12 sometimes if I'm really unsure.