If I do not see anything but a big dark area when candling the egg on day 15 does that mean that the

[cochins1088]

I also candle with an inexpensive flashlight and it has always worked for me. If you see large dark masses like that, and the eggs don't smell, I would consider them viable. At day 18 they are nearly fully formed with just their yolk sac remaining, they nearly take up the entire egg in which case you will not see veining. The only time I see dark masses in eggs without viable chicks, is when they are rotton, and you would know if one of your eggs were rotton.

 

[Brenda Vause]

Thanks, none of the eggs smell. Only one had a bad odor at all and I immediately got rid of it and more recently removed a few more. I did keep some eggs in that I truly don't think will hatch but not totally convinced yet...

Out of 24 incubated eggs, 8 (out of 17) silkie, 1 (out of 3) americauna, 2 JG, and 2 cuckoo marans looks like they have a chance of hatching if all goes well. This is my first hatch and its in a LG still air with automatic egg turner. No fan for circulated air. Can't wait for Sunday to see some new hatchlings! Watch 'em all hatch on Monday while I'm working...

 

[thumper4269]

Hi, have a dumb question so be gentle.;-)... I candled my eggs today at day 7 and see varying stages of developement BUT all my air sacs are in the small end. I am using a turner and the eggs are big end up. All the pictures dhow the air sac in the top. Are my eggs confused?

 

[cochins1088]

I've only had one egg like that in the past. The air sacs stay put unless you knock them out of place with some force, but if that happened you would know cause they would be moving everywhere. So the eggs were more than likely laid like that, and it's the hen thats confused. Most likely many will still hatch just fine, though some may need help. Continue on with your incubation, the only thing I would question, is if you should flip your eggs so that they are the pointy end up because you put the pointy end down to aviod stress to the air sac, while your air sacs at the opposite end. Not sure on that one though.

 

[Roxannemc]

Yes they probably are ok.Are they white or brown?
Good luck!

 

[thumper4269]

actually they are blue, americaunas ..

 

[mabhera]

My ameraucana eggs are on day 11 yesterday when I candled them. I can only see a orange/light brown mass in there. The problems is I see in 3 of them a biggest development. They should be developing at the same rate? Why I see a orange mass and in some a see a darker mas? My flash light is not a very powerful one...Smelled them all and found just one stinking so I took it out.

 

[mabhera]

This is what I see...day 13. Most of my eggs look like it. Just a few( very few) look all dark. Those I,m almost sure are developing....but these I think are dead. What you think?

 

[Roxannemc]

Do you see any movement?
If not I think maybe they didnt develop but if it were me i would still incubate them a while just in case but would put them away from the others . At lockdown day 18 if they look like that just the same, havent changed AT ALL or black area shrunk, then maybe take them out.I had some like this and then by day18 had even shrunk a little..chicks had died early.
Then Look inside at what happened.Take outside abnsd lay tme obn a paper towel gentley crack from the air cell end a little, if no live thing is there or it stinks then crack open all the way
Iuse astick to sort of move the yellow away fro many dork dot in there.Maybebe a tiny chick .if htye have fethater then yucan look on some of the chikdeveolpment palcesandse about when they died or if at first or not fertile at all.
Could be too high/low temps, possibly humidity, bad genes in the chicken or could be from shipping if they were shipped.
Opening is gross but gives you clues as to what happened..and what to do better next time .
Waht was yur temp and humidity?

 

[Roxannemc]

sorry about my typing!!! WHEW!!