How to choose eggs for incubating

[ChickyTown]

I'm sure this is on here but I am not using the correct search words to find it soooooo...is there a method used to select fertile vs infertile eggs? I know some of the hens are not being bred but don't know who's eggs are who's soooo is it just a crapshoot and I have to waste edible Infertile eggs in bator to find out?

 

[Pyxis]

Unfortunately you can't tell whether an egg is fertile or not unless you crack it and look for the bulls-eye or put it in the incubator to see what happens

 

[lazy gardener]

How long have your birds been laying? If they've just started, which I'm guessing, you may want to wait until they are a bit bigger. Give them about a month to get some size on them before trying to hatch. Are you checking for fertility when you crack them into your frying pan?

 

[daxigait]

How can you tell? Bulls-eye?

 

[Pyxis]

How can you tell? Bulls-eye?

How to tell if an egg is fertile

That thread has some great pictures of what you're looking for

 

[Amiti]

This is fertile egg.