Clear Bottom on Egg

Krisitne

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Good morning
My incubator eggs are on day 7. The veining is hard to see in the photo but it is there. The eggs look strange to me though, and they all look the same. They are developing but the bottoms of them are clear. I’ve never seen this before. I wonder, could his be a humidity issue? I dry hatch but with it being winter the humidity in the incubator wants to stay at 20%. I’ve been adding a little water every morning to keep it at 35%.
Has anyone had this issue, with the bottom of the eggs being clear like this? I’ve never had my eggs look like this before.
Thank you for any input.
 

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Looks normal to me. The embryo and yolk will float to the top whichever way you are holding the egg. The egg white (albumen) will naturally be at the bottom. As the chick grows they will absorb the yolk and albumen while filling out the egg. From what I’ve noticed they fill out the tip of the egg last. Keep track of the air cells with pencil markings or better yet number and weigh all your eggs to make sure they are losing the right % of moisture for their stage of development.

Here’s a few of mine from last spring, I can’t remember what day they were on though, probably 4 for the first 2 and maybe 7ish for the last one. As you can see, the tip of each egg is just fluid.
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Looks normal to me. The embryo and yolk will float to the top whichever way you are holding the egg. The egg white (albumen) will naturally be at the bottom. As the chick grows they will absorb the yolk and albumen while filling out the egg. From what I’ve noticed they fill out the tip of the egg last. Keep track of the air cells with pencil markings or better yet number and weigh all your eggs to make sure they are losing the right % of moisture for their stage of development.

Here’s a few of mine from last spring, I can’t remember what day they were on though, probably 4 for the first 2 and maybe 7ish for the last one. As you can see, the tip of each egg is just fluid.
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Thank you for your reply. I wish I could get a better picture of my eggs. I’ll try today. He picture I took doesn’t show quite how strange the eggs look, compared to prior incubating I’ve done. I checked this morning and I can see that they aren’t viable any more. I’ll try to get better pics today
 

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