Candling eggs

[peakpoultry]

What am I looking for when candling eggs. I was told that if you can see through the egg after about 5 days in the incubator then the egg is not fertile. Is that correct? Also when it is fertile what am I looking for, I don't always see red in the eggs, sometimes it's just dark. Thanks everyone!

 

[Tuffoldhen]

You should see red veining up and down the egg and the embryo or eye bouncing or dancing around. Try not to candle til day 10 that is a really good day for people new to candle to see good growth and know what they are looking for.

Clears will be just that on day 10, just like candling a refridged egg.

 

[peakpoultry]

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Thank you for the response.

 

[sonarjay]

try doing a search on here there has been some good threads w/ pics included about candling.