Candling at Day 3....

[MountainChickenMama]

I am almost at 3 days in the incubator and all I can see when I candle is a dark blob at the "fat" end of the egg....Most of the pictures I have looked at seem as though they already have veins at day 3....Are my eggs gonner's????

 

[Gypsy07]

Absolutely not! Give them till day 7 then try again. I NEVER candle before day 6 myself, it's just too hard to tell that early...

 

[pkw]

At day 3 I can see the beginning of veining but usually nothing more (besides the yolk and air sac). I normally don't candle at day 3 unless I overcrowd the incubator. Maybe someone with more knowledge will reply. Did you look at the pictures at the beginning of this thread?

 

[tornado8070]

It can be hard to tell that early, unless you have done it alot. I would support prior advice as to wait at least till day 7 or even 10.

 

[MountainChickenMama]

Can you help me learn about where to look for the air sac and what it looks like?

 

[speckledhen]

The air cell is at the top (fat end) of the egg. It's starts as a dime-like circle that gets larger as the chick develops.

In this pic of a Day 16 egg, the empty space on the left at the top of the egg is the air cell.

 

[MountainChickenMama]

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Thank you speckledhen, what would it look like on Day 3? I am going to try to post a picture of my candling today, could you give me your opinion please?

 

[speckledhen]

It would be very small. Honestly, you should not be candling at Day 3. The vein network is very delicate at that stage and you could harm the embryo. I never candle that early and I've been doing it for years. Wait until at least Day 6 and you'll be more sure of what you're seeing.

 

[MountainChickenMama]

Ok here is the image from last night....any comments, concerns, etc will be greatly appreciated

 

[speckledhen]

The egg is a bit porous (see the blotchiness?), but looks like the yolk is darkening and is probably developing. Porous eggs can hatch, but they also can lose humidity too fast.