Duck egg candling: do these look fertile/healthy?

[EronicaV]

After 3/6 of my ducks got killed by a dog, I realized I had 3 eggs from that day that hadn’t be refrigerated yet (we never planned to incubate any eggs, so I’m lucky that they hadn’t been stuck in the fridge yet).

A friend is incubating them for me and I’d be so thrilled to have the offspring of my lost my ducks. It’s like I still have a part of them even after what happened.


So here are the pictures my friend sent me on day 7 of incubation. They should all have been laid the same day, so all should be at the same point of development right?
Do they look fertilized and healthy at this 1 week stage?

To me, one looks infertile and the other two look like they’re growing something for sure. I’m very curious about the one with the dark dot, is that a good or bad sign?

 

[JustAChickenLoverOverHere]

The first one is a dud, the second one looks good, and the third one looks ok, but keep an eye on it.

 

[MGG]

After 3/6 of my ducks got killed by a dog, I realized I had 3 eggs from that day that hadn’t be refrigerated yet (we never planned to incubate any eggs, so I’m lucky that they hadn’t been stuck in the fridge yet).

A friend is incubating them for me and I’d be so thrilled to have the offspring of my lost my ducks. It’s like I still have a part of them even after what happened.


So here are the pictures my friend sent me on day 7 of incubation. They should all have been laid the same day, so all should be at the same point of development right?
Do they look fertilized and healthy at this 1 week stage?

To me, one looks infertile and the other two look like they’re growing something for sure. I’m very curious about the one with the dark dot, is that a good or bad sign?

The first one appears infertile, the second one looks like a recent quitter, and the third looks excellent.

 

[Kiki]

1st is clear.
2&3 look ok

 

[Kiki]

The first one appears infertile, the second one looks like a recent quitter, and the third looks excellent.

You might be right about the second being a quitter.

 

[MGG]

1st is clear.
2&3 look ok

I'm on a phone so maybe I'm missing something, but I didn't see any active veins in #2.

 

[JustAChickenLoverOverHere]

The first one is a dud, the second one looks good, and the third one looks ok, but keep an eye on it.

Having second thoughts on the second one. It looks like a faint blood ring at the top, but I'm not sure.

 

[MGG]

You might be right about the second being a quitter.

Posted at the same time, lol.

 

[Kiki]

Please tell me you have a calibrated thermometer in that bator...if not get two today. Temp spikes happen and that kill.

 

[JustAChickenLoverOverHere]

Please tell me you have a calibrated thermometer in that bator...if not get two today. Temp spikes happen and that kill.

THIS^^^^ VERY important.