Are you good at candling dark eggs?

[SomeChickinTN]

It's my first time incubating. We're on day 10 now. Of 15 eggs, 12 have obvious development and movement. They are all light eggs. Then I have two olive eggers and one black copper maran.

One olive egger appears to be a dud, but in person looks like it has/had an air sac. The other olive egger is dark on one side, but light on the other. I'm guessing it's developing.

The bcm has an air sac, but I couldn't tell if there was movement. My husband is trying to make a diy candler as we speak, so maybe it'll be better than just a phone light... Anyway, here is the bcm...

 

[Thatothercrazychickenlady]

Would it be possible to get pictures of the egg being candled on the big end with the air cell. I find it much easier to see veining even in darker eggs.

 

[SomeChickinTN]

Would it be possible to get pictures of the egg being candled on the big end with the air cell. I find it much easier to see veining even in darker eggs.

I actually didn't know you could turn them pointy side up lol. I'll try to get a pic though.

 

[hysop]

Usually if it’s that see-through it means it’s infertile. But I don’t remove any eggs until day 18 unless I’m 100% it’s infertile on day 10

 

[SomeChickinTN]

Usually if it’s that see-through it means it’s infertile. But I don’t remove any eggs until day 18 unless I’m 100% it’s infertile on day 10

This is olive egger 1:

This is OE 2:

Sorry, that pic isn't great.

 

[SomeChickinTN]

Would it be possible to get pictures of the egg being candled on the big end with the air cell. I find it much easier to see veining even in darker eggs.

This is the bcm upside down:

 

[hysop]

On day 10 that doesn’t look good to me. But if you want wait until day 14 and if they still look like that I would toss but do an eggtopsy to verify. I say day 14 since I candle on days 7, 10, 14 & 18

OE #2 looks like it’s fertile. But OE #1 does not, same with BCM = does not look fertile