I forgot how to tell if an egg is fertile or not by candling it before putting it in the incubator?

[Lucy Brown]

I recall seeing a post about candling eggs before placing them in the incubater. If this is true, can someone guide me on this? Thank you!

 

[Lucy Brown]

@MysteryChicken

 

[Lucy Brown]

Anyone?

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

I recall seeing a post about candling eggs before placing them in the incubater. If this is true, can someone guide me on this? Thank you!

No its not true. Their are only 2 ways to check for fertility, crack the egg open and look for a bullseye or incubate the egg and candle it after 5-7 days.

 

[Lucy Brown]

No its not true. Their are only 2 ways to check for fertility, crack the egg open and look for a bullseye or incubate the egg and candle it after 5-7 days.

I searched furthur on google and it says if the egg is cloudy, and not see through, it also indicates it is fertile, but if this is not true, thank you for your reply.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I agree, you either have to test crack one open or incubate it and see if it develops.
With shipped eggs, they are often candled before they go in the incubator to check the condition of the air cell.
Good luck!

 

[Lucy Brown]

I agree, you either have to test crack one open or incubate it and see if it develops.
With shipped eggs, they are often candled before they go in the incubator to check the condition of the air cell.
Good luck!

the thing for me is that i only have 5 that were shipped and not cracked...the rest fo the 6 were cracked and tossed out

 

[LadiesAndJane]

the thing for me is that i only have 5 that were shipped and not cracked...the rest fo the 6 were cracked and tossed out

Yes, the post office does a number on eggs. Next time ask the shipper to use egg foam or similar and double box the eggs. Even if the eggs arrive whole, if you candle them, you can often see that the aircells are damaged anyway, but you can not tell fertility this way.
When I was talking about cracking one open, I mean when this is your own eggs. You can only assume the breeder that sent you eggs checks routinely for fertility in their flock.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I recall seeing a post about candling eggs before placing them in the incubater. If this is true, can someone guide me on this? Thank you!

It is possible, but it's a challenge to spot the little dot through the eggshell.


What I do now is I place the eggs in the incubator, wait one day, & check. There should be a change in the yolk color, & a reddish orange circle on the yolk, which is where the embryo will start growing from.

 

[H-B-O]

It is possible, but it's a challenge to spot the little dot through the eggshell.


What I do now is I place the eggs in the incubator, wait one day, & check. There should be a change in the yolk color, & a reddish orange circle on the yolk, which is where the embryo will start growing from.

Yeah i had to put mine in the incubator for 2 days and then see