dead egg or developing egg?

[muans]

i am incubating several eggs and today i did the candling and found some blood not a blood ring but looks more like a short tick with a red pen..is this egg developing or developed and then stopped for some unknown reason????

 

[muans]

btw its day 2 and 3of incubation

 

[FloorCandy]

I believe that you should wait and candle them in a few days before you decide to get rid of any.

 

[muans]

good idea

 

[Nabiki]

2-3 days is a bit early to be able to tell. I'd wait at least until day 5. I usually don't candle until day 7.

 

[The Happster]

It's definitely a bit early.
But we can't tell you from description. Really, photos in this situation are the thing that's going to help.
Give them a rest and candle again in a few more days.
And I wouldn't get rid of any eggs until two weeks into incubation. I've been nicely surprised before.

 

[FloorCandy]

It's definitely a bit early.
But we can't tell you from description. Really, photos in this situation are the thing that's going to help.
Give them a rest and candle again in a few more days.
And I wouldn't get rid of any eggs until two weeks into incubation. I've been nicely surprised before.

Agreed, I’ve started candling at about 7 days, then lockdown. If at 7 it still looks like a Christmas light, I get rid of it. If it has any growth I keep it til lockdown. At lockdown if they look like there’s a big blob of chick in there I keep it even it it’s smaller or doesn’t seem to move, because it’s better to be safe than sorry. If it does that slow gelatinus glide inside the egg after day 7, it’s dead.