Broody hen first time question

[Henefer feathers]

Hey thanks for trying to help me out in advance
(Question : how to tell if egg is dead or alive)
(Just in case you don't feel like reading the whole thread )
I have one Broody hen she is going to be a year in September so she is still quite Young she went broody so I bought her 6 fertilized eggs
I candled the eggs every once in a while and I seen veins developing , according to Google everything was going good but I don't know if the eggs are dead or alive

So my question is how do you tell if the egg is dead or alive? The hatch date approximately would have been on the 9th it is now the 10th
But the ninth was only an approximate date.
I'm not 100% sure when the eggs were laid.


So any advice would be amazing!!!

 

[Eden83_haaretz]

Hey thanks for trying to help me out in advance
(Question : how to tell if egg is dead or alive)
(Just in case you don't feel like reading the whole thread )
I have one Broody hen she is going to be a year in September so she is still quite Young she went broody so I bought her 6 fertilized eggs
I candled the eggs every once in a while and I seen veins developing , according to Google everything was going good but I don't know if the eggs are dead or alive

So my question is how do you tell if the egg is dead or alive? The hatch date approximately would have been on the 9th it is now the 10th
But the ninth was only an approximate date.
I'm not 100% sure when the eggs were laid.


So any advice would be amazing!!!

When they are close to hatching you don't see veins anymore, there's just the chick that occupies most of the egg and then a bit of an air bubble. If the chicks are alive you will see them move slightly when candeling. If you're seeing veins then maybe the eggs aren't as developed as they told you...