Need expert opinions on My Candling eggs (video)...

[meetthebubus]

In the video it's day nine, broody clutch 3 orp eggs 1 ee that is a brown speckled and that I couldn't even get light to penetrate it..

Anyhow I'm not sure if i did it right in order to see, if i should wait, any tips thoughts or was it just not clear? I'm on day 13 and she's still sitting on them

 

[ChickensAndYoga]

I honestly couldnt really see anything. But I would still wait! If you're on day 13 now, candle again tomorrow! You're looking for veins. At day 14 you will see a larger dark mass and clear veins in your lighter eggs. The porous egg is fine. Some hatch, some don't. I hatch a lot of porous eggs lol

 

[meetthebubus]

I honestly couldnt really see anything. But I would still wait! If you're on day 13 now, candle again tomorrow! You're looking for veins. At day 14 you will see a larger dark mass and clear veins in your lighter eggs. The porous egg is fine. Some hatch, some don't. I hatch a lot of porous eggs lol

Thanks! I never hatched before and also the broody chose the time so my eggs weren't at the ideal of what I would of wanted but I went with it and would really want at least one to hatch at least for my broody sake she's too faithful lol

 

[ChickensAndYoga]

I bet you'll end up pleasantly surprised. I wish I had more than one hen who likes to set. I always get 100% hatches from my hen and other than marking eggs to know if any were gifted later by other hens, I just walk away and she pops out with chicks 3 weeks later Incubator on the other hand. I'm currently spending my day checking every hour lol

 

[chuckachucka]

With an egg at day 9 the embryo is only on one side of the egg so it is important to slowly rotate the egg fully around while candling. You seemed to check one side of the eggs and from that I couldn't see any clear embryos. However that doesn't mean they weren't on the other side of the egg. Agree you should candle again at day 14 by which time the embryos should be starting to fill the egg more.

 

[meetthebubus]

With an egg at day 9 the embryo is only on one side of the egg so it is important to slowly rotate the egg fully around while candling. You seemed to check one side of the eggs and from that I couldn't see any clear embryos. However that doesn't mean they weren't on the other side of the egg. Agree you should candle again at day 14 by which time the embryos should be starting to fill the egg more.

Thank you, I was so nervous to handle the eggs lol i went just 20 min ago while my broody, Rambita, was on her morning break and got close without touching for a smell test, didnt smell anything....

 

[Chick Chick McGee]

I hope they all hatch!