Eggs!

[Stace2025]

I have a 5 month ish Silkie who is laying and a Silkie rooster about 5-5months (was suppose to be a girl!!). We checked some eggs by cracking open and they are fertilised (have the little round mark on the yolk) - are they too young to produce chicks? We put 5 eggs in an incubator (stored them correctly and turned) but after 8 days nothing has happened - cancelling shows nothing. We cracked one open and definitely nothing growing but can clearly see it’s fertilised. She has since had 5 more eggs that we left in the coop to see if she will sit on them (not yet). Any feedback would be appreciated.

 

[rebeccaH86]

Unfortunately they weren't fertilized maybe the ones you cracked open were or mistaken to be . But yes these ones weren't but hey it was worth trying. With the other eggs if she's not laying on them I myself would definitely take them in try incubating again . When I incubated eggs in the past I never cracked them to see if they are fertilized I used the candeling method. Good luck .

 

[cmobley]

If you crack some look for this. Spot will look like a bullseye if fertile not a solid spot.