Egg Candling Day 9 Help!

MadisonF

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Hi! This is my first time ever hatching chicks so I am super nervous. These silkie eggs were shipped to me and some had wobbly air sacks to start but now it’s day 9 and I can’t tell on these 4. 2 have thick veining which I am guessing is a blood ring but it doesn’t go all the way around and it hasn’t progressed from yesterday. 1 has a strange line running down the vertical middle of the egg. It’s not the air cell so I wasn’t sure what that was. And finally the “yellowish” picture I believe isn’t developing but there is a darker area that doesn’t move when the egg is turned.
Any advice for me? I would greatly appreciate it!
 

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I dont hatch silkie eggs, but to me that yellowish one doesnt looke like it started--- HOWEVER don't toss it yet. I leave mine just in case and generally toss at lockdown. Good luck!!!
Are the eggs normally ok then to keep in there until lockdown? I don’t want to toss anything that could be growing… but also don’t want anything exploding on me 😅
Thanks!!
 
I leave any questionables in there until lockdown too. I've hatched hundreds of silkies this year and never had an egg explode. That said, the first yellow one is definitely a non-starter, and I'd have removed it. By day 9, you'd for sure have signs of life and see movement even.

So, they are on Day 12 now. You could candle again in a day or two, then once more prior to putting them into lockdown.

I can't hatch any for about a month yet, so I'm anxious, can you tell? 🥚 :jumpy LOL.
 

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