Help! Unknown stages of development.

[chickenladytlt]

I am incubating 9 eggs for the 1st time and just candled on day 8. They were given to me by an acquaintance with free-range chickens. 6 of the eggs look to be right on track, but the other 3 seem to be taking up more space in the egg and further along. I have no way of telling if they are indeed more developed or not. All eggs are on a automatic turner. What should I do???

 

[cochins1088]

If you started incubating all the eggs at the same time, the should all be in the same developemental stage. When the egg is fertilized inside the hen, a few cell divide and multiply. Then the process stops untill they are incubated. I'm not sure exactly whats going on, do the eggs that are taking up more space have blood vessels? Do they have any sort of smell coming from them?

 

[cochins1088]

When candling, did you see movement in both kinds of eggs?