Candling Egg, is this normal? With pic!

[Alanna]

Hi Y’ll! I’m in no way a newbie to raising chickens but am new to incubating my own eggs! I candled my eggs recently using an LED flashlight with new batteries. This egg is an F2 olive egger egg, bread back to Marans. I have an egg that I was hoping to get feedback on. Is this egg fertile? Is it a blood spot? Embryo early on? Hoping an Incubating Pro can help me. Thanks in advance!

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

How long has it been incubating?

 

[Alanna]

How long has it been incubating?

At date of this pic, it had sat on counter for maybe 5, 6 days prior to being in incubator for 3.

 

[Mellowmalt]

I'm no pro but that doesn't look right to me.
First observations are that the yolk is stuck to the shell and staying fixed in the same position as you are turning the egg to take pictures.
Second observation is that the egg is lacking an air cell which is needed for development.

Can I ask how old the hen is that this egg has come from? The fact it has no air cell is not good to start with but the fact the yolk is stuck in place is less than ideal also. Did you turn the egg for the 5 days it was in storage? I wouldn't set my hopes high for this one

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

At date of this pic, it had sat on counter for maybe 5, 6 days prior to being in incubator for 3.

It looks fine to me for 3 days along. That's the beginning of the embryo.

 

[Jules66]

It looks fine to me for 3 days along. That's the beginning of the embryo.

Just curious, how did it turn out?