early death goose egg

[sammark]

Your welcome if u don't ask u don't learn there's people on here with so much knowledge on every subject so if in doubt ask BYC

 

[MommyChookChook]

Hey guys. I have a goosey egg that has been incubating rooughly 7 days. I can't see much in there. I am using a bright led flash light. It started as a red dot then grew a little bigger with faint veins. Now it is shadowy where the embryo is and I can't see the veins anymore, I can still see the embyro it is bigger but dark in colour. The other egg I can see the bright red embryo and veins clearly.
Do you think my first egg has died? :'(

 

[Miss Lydia]

Hey guys. I have a goosey egg that has been incubating rooughly 7 days. I can't see much in there. I am using a bright led flash light. It started as a red dot then grew a little bigger with faint veins. Now it is shadowy where the embryo is and I can't see the veins anymore, I can still see the embyro it is bigger but dark in colour. The other egg I can see the bright red embryo and veins clearly.
Do you think my first egg has died? :'(

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[psue]

Hey guys. I have a goosey egg that has been incubating rooughly 7 days. I can't see much in there. I am using a bright led flash light. It started as a red dot then grew a little bigger with faint veins. Now it is shadowy where the embryo is and I can't see the veins anymore, I can still see the embyro it is bigger but dark in colour. The other egg I can see the bright red embryo and veins clearly.
Do you think my first egg has died? :'(

It sounds like it. Candle again before tossing though.

 

[MommyChookChook]

I am happy to say that the first egg was well and alive!! I monitored it closely, and the dark embryo was indeed growing. I sniffed the egg and it did not smell. SO kept candling and watching. COuld deffo see veins after a while As of this past saturday I have 2 happy healthy goslings. 100% hatch!! First time ever doing goosey eggs!! <3 <3 Thankies for all your help!!

 

[PattieTheDuck]

Right. They were fertile but then died. Which can happen for a number of reasons. The pics here are perfect examples. You won't see any healthy veins in the middle of this ring. It's caused from the blood pulling on the outer edges of where the embryo was growing and developing. Also, you may spot a dark mass (the deceased embryo) which floats. You won't see movement unless you move the egg. If you're never sure, wait another day or two and candle again. Once you've come across this several times, you'll begin to easily recognize which have quit developing. I can now almost tell right away if an egg is viable or not by how it looks upon candling.

Healthy/growing embryos will have nice veins and you may possibly see movement if they're far enough along. (Use a bright candling light. I use a big mag light and it works perfectly.)

Mine have some movement at 5 days! I’m so surprised considering that they look a bit behind on development