Cannot see much in my eggs, day 5

[ILoveMyDucks123]

Hi!

So, I'm incubating 4 eggs, and it's my first time incubating chicken eggs, I incubated duck eggs before.

I find really odd that when I'm candling my eggs, I don't see much... A little bit of veins, but really, it's not clear like my previous experiences. It's like the light is not strong enough, but it's the same light than before so it's not that, for sure. Have you ever experienced this? My eggs are Ameraucana eggs, so they are not dark, they are bluish.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

In my experience, blue pigmented eggs are just as hard to see into as dark eggs. The pigment is through the entire shell, unlike most species of brown layers where the pigment is only on the surface.
Is your candling light battery operated or line voltage?
I wouldn't expect to see more than veins on day 5.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Have you ever experienced this? My eggs are Ameraucana eggs, so they are not dark, they are bluish.

I agree with the first poster.. Blue Ameraucana eggs were just as difficult to see into as Marans eggs.. sometimes using two lights and also making sure the space itself is very dark is helpful.

Happy hatching!

 

[ILoveMyDucks123]

I agree with the first poster.. Blue Ameraucana eggs were just as difficult to see into as Marans eggs.. sometimes using two lights and also making sure the space itself is very dark is helpful.

Happy hatching!

Thanks for your reply, I candle in my bathroom, and it's pitch dark as I don't have windows... I didn't use two lights, but I tried using different lights. This is strange for me because some of my duck eggs were blue as well, but it was SO clear in it, I could see the tiny black dot and the heart pumping, it was reassuring. Now I'm doubting because I can't see much what's going on... I guess I'll just trust the process and hope it's going to be a successful hatch

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I've always had dark eggs, and I never did see what you saw in your duck eggs. I was lucky if I could see a dark mass halfway through incubation.
I didn't worry about it. I usually only candled once or twice during incubation.
I never used candling for viewing the aircell. I weighed the eggs to insure proper moisture loss.
The main time I candled was around day 18 to see if something was in there and those I would move to the hatcher. Otherwise, I only removed eggs that leaked or stunk.

 

[Susan Skylark]

I have two quail that lay blue eggs (celadon), they are mother and daughter. The mother’s eggs are so much fun to candle, you can see everything, the other just gradually gets darker and you can’t see nothin’! The latter seems to have a darker blue inside coating that makes it much harder to see through. I’ve noticed some normal quail eggs nearly glow and others are similarly opaque, individual variation I guess! You’d think a blue egg would be a blue egg but not so much!