This is my first time incubating. I have a still air Little Giant bator and 8 Golden Penciled Hamburg eggs I ordered off of eBay. Last night, I candled them and found two eggs out of eight that had moving embryos inside them. (Which was so exciting it nearly caused me to drop said eggs..) I don't see ANYTHING in the other eggs. Maybe one with a cloudy mass, but no blood vessels, etc. I can see a yolk in a few so I guess those were infertile. Should I go ahead and toss the six? The eggs are white and pretty easy to see in. Wouldn't there at least be some blood vessels by this point? I already feel the urge to get more hatching eggs to see if I can have better results next time. Edited to add: Today is day 8.
Since it is your first time candling I would wait til day 12 candle again and then toss if your absolutely sure...I always mark questionable eggs on day 7 and then toss on candling at day 14.....I have been surprised before
Wait until day 10 than candle again. Some embryo's are slow growers! I had the same thing happen on day 7 and left them in until candled again at day 10, the ones I thought were bad eggs ended up having something growing in them. Best of luck!!
Yeah, I'd clear them out. They may've been fertile, but had shipping trauma. It's a risk you take with shipped eggs. I have 1 baby forming out of 8 eggs, and 4 babies forming from another 8 eggs. It's a bummer to discard the yolkers but hatching is a toss of the dice, anyway. I gave my duds until day 14, but had no happy surprises...
Thanks Tuffoldhen, Mamaboyd and wegotchickens! (This place is a treasure!) I guess I will keep them until Saturday or so and then toss them. Thanks again.