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I know how to tell whether an egg is fertile or not by opening the egg. I thought you meant that you could tell by candling.
So, you opened the eggs after they'd been incubating for how long? And the 2 that were not showing signs of fertility-you're saying that shipping affected fertility-that they were fertile when shipped, but not fertile when you opened them? Just trying to understand...
When I cracked them ope, it was after 10 days of incubation. I crack into a glass bowl because after that long in the incubator the yolks are as runny as water and barely hold in their membrane- no way they'd handle being turned if the spot was on the bottom!
The 2 that appeared infertile had a very tiny pinprick of white, where the other 3 had clear signs of development, probably only a day or 2 past the bullseye stage. They likely started to develop during shipping due to the obnoxious heat we had at the time, and the shipping was likely too destructive. The 2 infertile had no sign at all of a ring or shading, so I'm assuming, based on the fertile/infertile thread, that they only contained a female cell.
It happens to the best of hens...I think Joys eggs and birds are just splendid and mean no disrespect at all- it killed me to crack the eggs and give up like that, because I WANT SOME OF HER BABIES!!! I am sooo willing to wait for more.
I can't imagine how she felt after 106 eggs didn't make it- this is just disappointment after 7! Holy fright!
JOY: elevated to the most patient woman that ever lived!
