Eggs found outside, can I hatch them?

[aart]

This is the end of day 2. I wasn't expecting to see anything at all. The other eggs we put in last week have nothing, just a slightly dark clouds where the yolk is, nothing like these dark spots.

I've never hatched light colored eggs, so have never seen this dark spot, which I assume is the blastoderm growing larger and veins should start to appear growing out f it?

 

[Shlamoof]

That's what I'm thinking. I used a pretty bright light and it's a really light egg. We actually discovered that it's one of our leghorns, not sure why it's not bright white. But the eggs definitely didn't show that spot when I first put them in.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

It would be interesting to know what % of these 17 eggs prove viable.

 

[aart]

That's what I'm thinking. I used a pretty bright light and it's a really light egg. We actually discovered that it's one of our leghorns, not sure why it's not bright white. But the eggs definitely didn't show that spot when I first put them in.

I hope you keep candling and posting....great pic....all my eggs are dark, can't hardly see in there myself let alone take pics.

 

[Shlamoof]

So, here's the progress so far. We believe that 11 of the 17 are viable and are still holding out hope for a few others. We also added one more from her that we saw the next morning as well as one from our meat bird. We won't add any more. Here are the pictures of the first three days.

 

[Shlamoof]

Days 4 and 5: Starting to see veins in most of them. I didn't candle all of them, but the ones I did were all showing more development. Still hard to tell with the discolored and presumably older eggs.

 

[aart]

Excellent!!

 

[tripletfeb]

I usually can't see anything from someone's candle pictures, having never hatched eggs before. But I can actually see the veins that you are talking about! Great pictures, keep them coming please!

 

[FarmerGirl101]

I wait until day 7 to candle as then I can see the eye but good luck!

 

[aart]

Days 4 and 5: Starting to see veins in most of them. I didn't candle all of them, but the ones I did were all showing more development. Still hard to tell with the discolored and presumably older eggs.

Are these bantam eggs?