candled tonight

[aguirre]

whoa...i think i finally see what i am looking for...Candled 39 eggs tonight...for sure babies in at least 8 of them...i definately saw veining...still confused at what would make the tops of some look totally black inside...any ideas....i am looking at ameracaunas so they are somewhat dark, some brown, some light

 

[edster951]

What I do is roll the eggs around 45%. If the top goes clear, then a shadow appears I take it as not fertile, and the yolk is causing a shadow.

If I see a black area, that follows the egg around, then its fertile.

Mind you, I've candled two lots of eggs, and I'm nowhere near an expert, but I still got it right by culling the shadowing eggs and cracking them. No development. I had two suspect ones, which sounded sloppy at day 17-18. culled them as well, so two got past, but they were suspect.