I think i just killed a devloping egg *pic*

[kdcrws]

Back story: I've got a blue rock girl has gone broody. So I ssid wht the heck I'll let her set! She only has two eggs under her and it's been three days.

Sooooo, I tried candling. All i could see dot and what looked to be the yolk floating at the top, I thought that meant it was infertile? So I cracked one of the two open to see what was what. And i found this:

Baby right? Did I just jump the gun on candling when can u see the veing and stuff? I thought I'd read at two days?

 

[CrazyFowlFreak]

I always wait until day 10 to candle.

Hope to help!

 

[chickenwhisperer123]

My eggs are made in the USA too.


I think day two is to early to candle though.

 

[pbjmaker]

Commonly most people wait until days 7 - 10 to candle. Sometimes you can't see anything until then. The earliest I have ever seen anything on a chicken egg is day 3-4 and that was a small, white egg.

 

[kdcrws]

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that's what i wanted to know. Thanks! I will leave the other egg under her and not touch it until next week!

 

[starforever61]

sorry i'm not reallys sure, but when you open an egg how can you tell if it's fertile or not??

 

[pbjmaker]

There is a sticky at the top of this section that shows pictures of fertile vs infertile.

 

[kdcrws]

Speckled Hen has a sticky post: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16008

 

[Cuban Longtails]

Yup, that was a started egg. You can see the feint viening ring where the embryo would have started to form.

 

[gingernutranger]

Put a few more eggs under her because if the egg doesnt hatch she will be mad, and if it hatches alone the chick might be a loner. I had this once happen to me. It turned out to be a insane chicken.