Fertilized?

[Melnich]

If you had a very large amount of hens to one rooster, he may not be servicing all the hens which could affect fertility of your eggs. That is my understanding, anyway! That shouldn’t be an issue with 4 hens to one rooster. Age of the birds also affects fertility in both sexes.

With regard to your photo, I can see what could be considered a faint bullseye in there, but it isn’t super obvious to me. Could be the photo; or just my eyes! With my eggs, the bullseye is usually quite clear and obvious, but that doesn’t mean it’s always the case. Do you have another egg to spare that you could crack and see? Or do they all look that faint on the ones you’ve cracked so far?

Here is one I cracked this morning

 

[redinator]

Here is one I cracked this morning

Put in back in the shell and incubate it. Just kidding obviously, but I wish I could when I see a fertilized embryo.

I would definitely incubate some eggs, that looks fertilized to me.

 

[tviss711]

I agree - looks good to me! I’d say go ahead and give it a try and incubate some eggs!

 

[ABQ chicken keeper]

I’m not sure If my last post worked. New to incubation process It’s cold in the Midwest it’s early for incubating but I wanted to start. Cracked an egg open to see and compare- and I’m seeing mixed pictures of fertile vs fertilized. Some pictures I see the white is really bright and then clearly tell it’s a bullseye. So I’m not sure about mine. Thoughts?

This egg does not look fertile to me. (First picture)

 

[Debbie292d]

Here is one I cracked this morning