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Candled my eggs but don't know what I'm seeing?

Discussion in 'Incubating & Hatching Eggs' started by Tomfieldenloveshichickens, Feb 1, 2011.

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  1. Feb 1, 2011 #1
    Tomfieldenloveshichickens

    Tomfieldenloveshichickens Chillin' With My Peeps

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    Hi

    I have nine eggs in the incubator and today is day 10. I candled them on day 7 and could see veins and a dot moving around. Now it is day10 and I decided to candle again but all I could see in most eggs was the air sac and Half the egg filled up. WHat is this. They are dark brown eggs.

    Thanks
     
    Last edited: Feb 1, 2011
  3. Feb 1, 2011 #2
    daisychick

    daisychick Incubator Tetris Master Consultant

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    I would say that is a good sign. It means they are growing and taking up more room. You can sometimes still see a little bit of the veins if you look on the edge right by the airsac. Hoping they are all growing for you. [​IMG]
     
  5. Feb 1, 2011 #3
    mstricer

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    The baby. You only have 11 days left. You should be hatching on the same day as me. Yeah for us. Did you set on 1/25
     
  7. Feb 1, 2011 #4
    FarmGirl01

    FarmGirl01 Chillin' With My Peeps

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    Quote:I agree. This sound great. The eggs will get opaque. Your doing good.[​IMG]
     
  9. Feb 1, 2011 #5
    HEChicken

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    Have you looked at the candling pics that are stickied at the top of the incubating section? I found those to be very useful. When I candled the first time, I didn't think I had any developing because I thought the dark thing I was seeing was just the yolk. Then I looked at those pics and realized what I was seeing was the fetus! Last I candled a non-fertile egg from my fridge, and wow, could I see the difference. It was such a rush to know they were all developing!
     
  11. Feb 1, 2011 #6
    Tomfieldenloveshichickens

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    Quote:No I set on the 22nd
     
  13. Feb 1, 2011 #7
    gumbii

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