Detatched air-cells more difficult to candle, see movement(?)....

[Ruditchka]

I have 19 of 30 eggs left in the bator(11 clears disposed of). 15 have obvious movement at day 10, but 4 are still unclear due, I think, to their detatched air cells making it difficult to turn and see embryos at different angles. Does anyone else have this problem. I am leaving them in and am sure in time it will become clear if they are alive, just curious as to others input on this. Thanks!

 

[BeautifulBlue]

Hiya, what day are you on? I have 3 eggs in the incubator all with damaged air-cells by day 8 I could see clearly which were developing and which weren't. But it did appear harder to see the chicks than in other hatches I've had without damaged aircells, I can normally see which are developing by around 3-5 days.

 

[dancingbear]

I have 21 eggs in the 'bator, every one with some degree of air cell damage, elongated in some, ruptured in others. Some were also cracked, I patched them with candle wax. I also have some undamaged eggs from my own hens with them, (4) so if only 1 or 2 hatch, they'll have company.

I set mine on Saturday, I wasn't going to candle until day 10. However, I've held off on turning them because of the air cell damage, I have them in an upright position in the 'bator, I'm feeling that they should be turned, or rather tilted, even if just a little, as soon as I can do so without messing them up. So I decided I'll candle on day 7. I really want to see how many are doing anything, too. There are a couple that I suspect are scrambled.

 

[dancingbear]

I candled 10 of the shipped eggs, including a couple with the wax patching. Of the 10, 7 show good embryos! I didn't want to disturb them too much at this stage, I just had o have a peek at a few. I'll do my normal day 10 candle in a few days, and check them all at that time. I'm so excited that so far, I have some growing!