Candled guinea egg

[PullensPoultry]

I recently candled my guinea eggs and saw no improvement after 9 days. Are my eggs junk, any info would be greatly appreciated.

 

[PeepsCA]

I recently candled my guinea eggs and saw no improvement after 9 days. Are my eggs junk, any info would be greatly appreciated.

Completely clear, with just barely a yellow tint/shadow of the yolk? That's typically how infertile, or unviable eggs appear.

How old/fresh were the eggs when you set them, and what temp were they stored at before you set them? Were they shipped eggs? What temp have they been at in the incubator those 9 days? You should see be able to see an obvious color change and some visible veining by this point.

Here is one of my Guinea eggs at just the 6 day mark... no veins in this pic but note the color change where the air cell meets the egg content...



... as opposed to a clear (infertile) egg...

 

[LoveToFarm]

Hello I have one guinea egg in the bater and I candled it today mine has very dark speckles and I can't tell if its fertile or not I don't see an air cell but its pretty hard to see with all the speckles? Any one no if its junk?

 

[PeepsCA]

How many days has it been in the incubator? And did you candle it in a very dark room with a really bright flashlight or candler?

 

[LoveToFarm]

its been in the bater 7 days now and i though i would be able to see something by now but i just cant tell with all the speckles on the egg! yes i candled them in a closet with a led flash light i have incubated duck eggs with great success but never a guinea this is my first time
here is a picture of the candling today but its not the best

 

[PeepsCA]

It's hard to say from looking at your pic, but my guess would be that your egg is infertile. At 7 days it's somewhat obvious if there is development or not, even if you cannot see veins yet. I'd wait until the 10 day mark and candle again just to be sure tho...

Here is one of my (fertile) Guinea eggs at 6 days... you can clearly see a reddish hue to the entire egg's content (even tho no veining is visible yet), and the air cell at the fat end of the egg is also visible.
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The pic below it is how an infertile egg looks.

HTH

 

[critters]

just candled my eggs at day 8 and I can see some veining
in most or color change at least....

only put in 28 eggs...and 8 turned out to be infertile..
but hey, I'll take them!

wish me luck!!

 

[LoveToFarm]

good luck critters! i will wait a few more days and see wt happens with the egg!

 

[PeepsCA]

Congrats Critters

I know how you've been (impatiently) waiting for some baby keets this season!

 

[critters]

Congrats Critters

I know how you've been (impatiently) waiting for some baby keets this season!

VERY IMPATIENTLY...THANKS LoveToFarm & PeepsCA....a slow start for my this season....