New to incubating - Why is my egg dark during candling?

[Kaida]

I'm incubating an egg from an Easter egger hen and I candled on day 6 after it was in the incubator to check if it was fertile and everything was moving along great but I went to candle today which is day 12 and its completely dark. It doesn't smell and I see no liquid or anything. I candled with a flashlight on day 6 and today I made my own egg candler from a fluorescent light bulb and cardboard. Heat has stayed stable at 37.5 C sometimes the humidity does drop but I always catch it before it gets too low. Sometimes I think I see some movement from the egg in the incubator but I can't be sure. When I took it out today I didn't feel movement but I didn't have it out long enough to really make sure. (I didn't want to handle it too much).

Hiya, can you see an air sack? The egg should have a light area at the bottom of the egg throughout incubation.. if it’s not there that might indicate a problem.. good luck to you!!

 

[igorsMistress]

Update: Chick just hatched early this morning!

Yay!! Congratulations. Got any chick pics?

 

[Kitty_stuber]

Easter Eggers are super hard to candle in my experience... congrats on the hatch!