How do you tell if an egg is fertile???/

[hildar]

LOL, there is a VERY good chance then that they are fertile..
We eat a lot of eggs so when our roo started doing his job we were able to verify seeing the fertile egg..
check them in 7 days of incubation, some of mine are white shells and I can see the veining start by day 4

White shells are easy to see, however I have all brown egg layers, and most lay really dark eggs, so its harder for us to even candle them. We tried that last year and it wasn't easy at all. This is why I watch my rooster. Normally you can hear all of them out there. Last year I had 1 rooster for every 4 girls this year I have 1 rooster for 2 Delawares, 1 rooster for my little GLW, and 1 rooster for 7 girls, he has 9 now but will be losing 2 tomorrow when I move them to the Delaware cage. My boys keep busy.

I have one Rhode Island Red hen that all of my boys love. My main rooster doesn't go nuts with her but my white boy he will breed her 20 times a day if I would let him. I have to separate her from the Delaware every time.

 

[AmericanMom]

White shells are easy to see, however I have all brown egg layers, and most lay really dark eggs, so its harder for us to even candle them. We tried that last year and it wasn't easy at all. This is why I watch my rooster. Normally you can hear all of them out there. Last year I had 1 rooster for every 4 girls this year I have 1 rooster for 2 Delawares, 1 rooster for my little GLW, and 1 rooster for 7 girls, he has 9 now but will be losing 2 tomorrow when I move them to the Delaware cage. My boys keep busy.

I have one Rhode Island Red hen that all of my boys love. My main rooster doesn't go nuts with her but my white boy he will breed her 20 times a day if I would let him. I have to separate her from the Delaware every time.

My eyes have gotten so bad I cannot really see into the brown shells til they are around 10 days... Sounds like you got it covered, Good luck!! I have a broody sitting on 10 eggs now....Due to hatch around April 6th...

 

[hildar]

My eyes have gotten so bad I cannot really see into the brown shells til they are around 10 days... Sounds like you got it covered, Good luck!! I have a broody sitting on 10 eggs now....Due to hatch around April 6th...

enjoy those babies. I have new stock coming in from a good breeder this year, so will be putting a few of my Delaware eggs in the incubator this year, other then that it will be empty, however I shall enjoy getting the new babies. Its a 5 hour drive to go get them but worth it.

 

[chickincrazy]

Thanks everyone!!! Two of my hens are now sitting on fertile eggs! Can't wait till they hatch!!!

 

[commanderforts]

can't you use an ultra light or something to see the embryo???

 

[commanderforts]

 

[commanderforts]

That is for eating eggs. It has nothing to do with fertile or not. However I saw a thread at GLP last week where they were telling people that the good eggs were the floaters. I told them they were wrong and got laughed at. I hope they get sick as a dog, if they believe that stuff.

he is saying an egg that is light will float because it has no embryo. another will sink because its good or it is fertile

 

[chickincrazy]

Ohh, okay. But to tell you the truth, how on earth would that work???