How to Tell a Fertile vs INfertile Egg (Pictures)

[Turkeytruff]

hi I just had NO eggs hatching out of 32 - 16 in an incubator and the rest under 2 devoted broodies. I am thinking my roo is infertile yet when I eggtopsied the ones in the incubator there were at least 3 that LOOKED fertile.
I have just cracked another one today and am doubting my sanity. Please can you confirm whether you think this is fertile or infertile -thanks!


these are all pictures of the same egg - sorry the light was a bit funny.

 

[Quack Addict]

OK. From what I can tell our Pekin eggs are infertle. It's not for a lack of our drake trying. Any idea what the issue could be?

 

[Lana123]

Hi!
I am raising chicken eggs for a science experiment. Do you know how I could check that they are fertile, I dont want to break the shell though. The eggs have been in the incubator for about a week and a half in a HovaBator Incubator. There are 10 white and 10 tan. All the eggs come from the same flock of chickens. We also have a rooster. All the chickens and the rooster are about a year old. I got these eggs from our own flock so I am really not sure if the eggs are fertile or not but I need to know to conduct my experiment.

I searched on BackyardChickens and on Google how to check the fertility but mostly all they say is to crack the egg open, which i cannot do because the eggs need to be in their original, uncracked shell. Another person said that I could try putting the egg in water but I'm not really sure how I would do that or if it would damage the incubated egg. Please Help!

Thank you!

 

[MollyDora]

okay so now that I found this thread I am VERY confused!

do these eggs look fertile to you guys?








we have just recently noticed these "spots" never before noticed them, and now that I'm reading this I'm like: HUH? we did not think we have a rooster.
We know that our 3 Original hens are hens, because all 3 are laying, now we did let the 8 newer ones that we got from Meyers in december run with the original 3 hens.
We have never heard a crow or seen any mating.
Do we have an undercover Rooster??

thank you!

 

[wabbit1964]

Lana123 you need to search on this site how to candle an egg, when you do that you will see if it is growing or not.

 

[MollyDora]

all you pro's out there, please tell me if my eggs are fertile or not, I know I'm being super impatient but I'm sooo egg-cited. Especially since I have a broody hen and could just let her hatch some if they in fact are fertile, well and I'd like to know who's my undercover rooster

 

[wabbit1964]

MollyDora I"m a newbie and thought the white spots always meant fertile because I don't usually notice them.... Now it was pointed out to me that all eggs have the spot the important thing is whether there is a bulls eye ring around it or if it is just a small white spot... do you have an incubator? I'd suggest putting a few in for a week and then candling to check for fertility.

 

[CALI CHICK]

okay so now that I found this thread I am VERY confused!

do these eggs look fertile to you guys?








we have just recently noticed these "spots" never before noticed them, and now that I'm reading this I'm like: HUH? we did not think we have a rooster.
We know that our 3 Original hens are hens, because all 3 are laying, now we did let the 8 newer ones that we got from Meyers in december run with the original 3 hens.
We have never heard a crow or seen any mating.
Do we have an undercover Rooster??

thank you!

all you pro's out there, please tell me if my eggs are fertile or not, I know I'm being super impatient but I'm sooo egg-cited. Especially since I have a broody hen and could just let her hatch some if they in fact are fertile, well and I'd like to know who's my undercover rooster

My guess is they are not fertile because they don't have a "white target". All eggs have a white germinal disk (which appears as a white spot or smudge). This is like the females' "genetic info" and the white ring going around the spot is the males' genetic info (sperm).
If you can have a rooster with your flock, they are really easy to find on Craigslist..........and then you will have baby chicks

 

[mistressangyl]

 

[Starrla]

but i want to hatch my fertile eggs not break em open to see if there fertile.